Affordable trail cams?

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Abinoone

Abinoone

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I'm very interested in setting up a few (non cellular) trail cams on my Canadian property, just to see what wildlife visits when I'm not around, and would appreciate know what experience you may have with them. My interests are primarily casual - I'd like to capture reasonably good quality still images (and maybe a few short video clips) but I have no illusions that the quality will be stellar. I realize that there are a number of fine, higher end, options out there, but I don't want to invest a small fortune in trying to achieve professional results, as some photographers do. A couple years ago I ago I installed a $100 Browning trail cam on site, and enjoyed seeing the few foxes, coyotes, skunks, raccoons, tons of deer, and one neighborhood cat that sauntered by. That cam finally bit the dust, so want to see if there might be better quality, affordable options available today. Also interested in learning what suggestions and tips you may have about placement.

Many thanks!
 
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I've tried a few different ones but for the money it's tough to beat the basic Brownings. I own three of them. I have one that's been in the Wyoming elements 24/7 for 7 years.
 
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It depends on whether capture to a SD card is OK or if you want to receive wirelessly form the camera to an inside computer or smartphone. The majority of trail cameras either capture to an internal memory card or require adding them to your telephone account for wideless, assuming you have good cell reception at your location.
 
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Calson said:
It depends on whether capture to a SD card is OK or if you want to receive wirelessly form the camera to an inside computer or smartphone. The majority of trail cameras either capture to an internal memory card or require adding them to your telephone account for wideless, assuming you have good cell reception at your location.
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To a card. I don't have reliable wireless or internet at the property.
 
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I have two wildlife cameras with dual lenses - VisorTech and one older Nikon D5300 in the box with PIR Sensor 😀
the results you can see in my videos:

and here:

the quality is not very good but it is a lot of fun 😅
 
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I have a few of them. One moultrie and a recent one that's a Chinese brand.

They work really well to understand what's out and about at what times. I move back to where I grew up next year and will have them out on the property. I plan to drop the Z8 and Plena in when I know the patterns of some of the wildlife and attempt to use it as a high quality trail camera in places where I know it's safe. I think there's a lot of potential for Autocapture but you need to know what's where when so the trail cameras are perfect for that.

If you have a particular spot you'd like to setup a blind drop one in and see what it picks up within its range as that'll pretty much be where your telephoto effective range for quality shots will be. It could save you some time finding out how often subjects are there and what time you should head to the blind when they aren't to get ready.
 
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Here is an image from that camera in my backyard with the camera mounted on the deck! I have Enveloop rechargeable batteries in it and they are still at 100% so I don't think the camera had to use them. The camera has an internal 4400mAh rechargeable battery and can be powered by the top mounted solar panel.


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