Game Camera

What game cameras do you suggest. I cant afford cell cameras so it has to be a card.

Had great luck with browning strike force

I have 3-4 different brands. My Browning is the best, by far.

I only recommend Brownings. Great quality and their customer service folks are good as well.

Browning! I now own probably 10. Battery life is ridiculous.

I get really good service out of the Moultrie cameras.

I like the $60 Chinese made ones on Amazon. Pretty sure they are the same companies that make cameras like Moultrie and Browning, but without the name brand.

Out of the 6 or 8 brands I've used, the Browning has been the best of all of them. If you are worried about them getting stolen, or want 2 or 3 cams for the price of one, the Tasco from Walmart has been good to me. The pic quality isn't suitable for framing, but I can tell what it is well enough. You can buy an extended warranty for a couple bucks, and the only 1 I had to return, was a simple trip to WM instead of having to send it back.

I've tried Brownings, Stealth Cams, Moultries.
Don't expect any one brand to last more than 3 years consistently.
None of them are built around the concept of reliability.

If you get a Moultrie that will accept the modems I have a modem that you can have. I also have a tasco camera or two that you can have.

I have the following
spypoint
Browning
Stealth
Primos
Covert m5
Apeman
Bushnell HD
Moultrie m30i
Moultrie w30i
Moultrie M40i

I'm going to stick with Moultrie for now on, the 2 year warranty is what I like. The last 2 I got were under "specials" on their website, warranty only 90 days but the cams were only $35 ea, I grabbed 2 to test. On a side note, typing with Evan Williams is challenging lol

I have a couple of Moultrie cameras that take over 1000 pictures per week. Batteries last about 5-6 months in those units.

I have posted about this here several times. The cheap tasco you get at walmart are great for the money. I have over 15 now, with 8-9 still in the woods running. Battery life is great, it will range 4-12 months depending on how many pictures it is taking per day. The ones we have on feeders usually get 4months.

When you buy them, get the $2-3 warranty for replacement and you are golden.

Picture quality is great during the day, and good/acceptable with IR.

For $25 or so each, you just cant go wrong unless their quality starts to diminish.

I’ve been doing moultrie almost exclusively for awhile now. I have 3 of my 4 original m80xt’s still running. They just finished their 5th and 6th seasons between the 4 of them. I’ve had 4 of the m880s. One died and one flubs up flashes at night time from time to time. They just finished their 4th and 5th years. I bought some D40i exclusives from Dick’s sporting goods and they sucked. Night time flash was almost non usable. Without a receipt, Moultrie ponies up and replaced them with the m40s with free shipping and they’ve been doing great. Later, moultrie had them on sale on their website and me and a buddy stocked up. One year under their belts now with no issues. I bought a cell modem for one. Service ain’t good at the lease so I had issues with it constantly. They have them available with Verizon and at&t service now so I may give it another try.

New Spypoint Link-Micro Cellular $ 149.99 available this April.

Interesting...thanks.

$150s good, I've only seen them for 2fiddy. I've been eyeballing those and the Moultrie's that are coming out. I get a really good deal on the Moultrie's. both have a 2yr warranty

One of y’all needs to “guinea pig” the Spy Point this spring so rest of will know if we should get one this fall.

overall the brownings seem best to me...…..I've owned over 40 cams probably over the past 10 years.....some moultries were great, some sucked....but seem to have gone downhill.
Spypoints aren't bad either.

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I had some old moultrie m-80’s. Loved them. I got a deal on two Browning command ops pro’s. Last years model. They are ok. I get pretty good pics, but some of them are hazy at certain times. Looks like I’m getting condensation on the lense. They will definitely do the job, but if they were one of the more expensive models I wouldn’t be happy. Other than that, they seem to be solid little units.

I've had really good luck with the Wild Game Terra 10's. Bought 4 of them for $200 @ Academy. So far they have been reliable. 2 years in the books.

I have several Bushnell trophy cams that haven't stopped working in the 4-5 years I've had them. Only 1 has died after 2 years of year round use. 8 copper tops last no less than 6 months in them taking thousands of pictures. If you spend the money for the lithium's you will get longer battery life but I just use the duracell copper tops. Been debating on buying the bulk amazon brand batteries to give them a try.

I'm using all Brownings now but the picture quality on the old Cuddeback Captures was the best IMO.

We have sold just about every brand and whittled it down to three most reliable - Browning, Hawk and Spartan (cellular). Browning is the most reliable traditional trail camera in my experience. Although, I am impressed so far with the new Ghost camera by Hawk.

Maybe I have bad luck. All my cameras fail past 3 years. All moultries suck. Bushnell and Browning have been the best. They just don’t last. I do use them year round. Battery like us amazing on Brownings. I have a few new Tasco from Walmart. Pics aren’t great but hope for better longevity. At $29.99 who cares.

Ive always been pretty loyal to Moultrie... Have only had 1 bad experience with a moultrie cam that just wouldn't work out of the box. I spent several years using the A-5's and finally had the last one bite the dust this year. One of my buddies got 4 of the A20s two years ago and they are doing fine.
I have never had much luck with wild game innovations, but my brother bought 4 for a really good deal at the expo last year and they all seemed to get through the season.
I have 1 bushnell that has been reliable for about 3 seasons now.

The one camera that I was super impressed with this year was my new Exodus Trek. Exodus is fairly new to the game but they put out some quality products. My Trek made it from late September - End of season on a single set of AA's and took some really high quality images IMO. For 115 im not to sure it can be beat