Trail cams

muzz · Jul 13, 2020

What’s a good infrared camera that don’t break the bank?

Bluehair · Jul 14, 2020

I guess I don't know how to answer that. Are you just talking about one that takes good night pics? The triggers and stuff are infrared, but I'm not sure about the image processing.

muzz · Jul 14, 2020

A good camera that will take day and night pictures.

Bluehair · Jul 14, 2020

I like $150 coverts, bushnells, and brownings. All the new ones seem to take good pics day and night. Night pics are grainy and I do get more false triggers at night (I think that's probably a delay issue most times). Video mode seems to fix most of that, but I like jpegs.

I sleep better with cheaper cameras out there in the trees.

Joe2Kool · Jul 14, 2020

I've had good luck with Moultries. Most of my cameras are on public land so I go with the cheap versions when they are on sale. The ones I have typically give a battery indication when you pull or insert a card. They also start a countdown 10,9,8... to let you know it's ready after you insert the SD card. Night pictures are OK.

A couple of buddies have Wildgame. They have a narrower field of view, seem to take fewer pics, and when I put a card in, I never know if it is set up correctly.

diablo · Jul 14, 2020

You can’t go wrong with Reconyx, Browning, Bushnell or Spypoint!

Comules · Jul 15, 2020

muzz said:
What’s a good infrared camera that don’t break the bank?

Look on EBay at new ones and check reviews of the cameras, I bought 6 last year for a great price.

GoHigher · Jul 15, 2020

I like Brownings...even for a rookie like me, they were easy to set up and take decent photos day and night.

1Bigbull · Jul 29, 2020

If you want the most bang for your buck buy the 28.88 tasco 8mp from walmart. Takes good pictures and will last a year on lithium batteries. I run almost 100 trail cams and have moultrie, browning, reconyx, and spartan cams. The cheap tasco cams do fine and won't break the bank.