Greetings all,
As my orchard has started to come together over the past year, so too have the intrusions of critters. No deer out here, but squirrels, skunks, rats and of course birds are my main adversaries. I’d like to better understand my opponents and have been searching Amazon for surveillance equipment. Anyone have suggestions for a good, simple hunting/monitoring cam? Don’t need anything special, but a few features like the time stamps and good nightvision seem to be key. I don’t need much range either since my target areas are relatively small. I know some members have posted shots of their thieves, but I haven’t been able to go back and find if they gave camera details.
Thanks much.
Bob
Moultrie game (hunting) cameras. I think the last ones I got came from Bass Pro sporting goods store. Shop around though prices can vary some. Simple to operate, run a long time on AA batteries, takes a SD card which you can pop right into most computers, and will take still shots or small segments of video. The cameras can become quite addictive, always end up with some unusual pics and video.
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Depending on what you are after (deer/elk or rabbits/voles) it may have some bearing on which camera you get. From the little I know, most game cameras work just fine for deer and the like. I am not sure if they would go off for a vole moving, but mine did catch my chickens.
Since I wasn’t doing a remote woods install but just setting it up in the garden, I went with one of the cheaper ones which had both color daytime pics and nighttime IR flash pics in B&W. Not the highest resolution either. As I recall it ran $50 or so. IIRC now is a pretty good time to look for one as they will be clearing out last years models for the new stuff for fall.
There are game cams that you can set up to take a pic at whatever intervals you program into them. It is sometimes a pain to go through all the pics but you also don’t have to rely on an animal triggering them (or not triggering them) .
I went through the same thing you did a few months back. Started with an Amcrest from Amazon. Lots of great features but it sucked batteries. It was junk. Returned it and bought a Primos from Dick’s Sporting goods. Image quality was horrendous. Then purchased a Stealth Cam R24 and it’s been wonderful. Build quality is great. Easy to program. Can set to run on a schedule so it doesn’t record me cutting grass at 4pm. It’s really small too. I highly recommend it.
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I have a Moultrie that works well for an inexpensive camera… It uses C cell batteries so battery life is long. The Stealth Cam R24 that speedster mentioned is a little more expensive but has better specs.
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I have an older Bushnell HD game camera. Works fine. Takes a bunch of double AA’s but they last forever. Uses an SD card. Bunch of different settings. The newer ones probably have a better picture.
I’ve noticed game cameras have gotten a lot cheaper since i bought mine.
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