Looking to buy Cellular trail cams….what you suggest?
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TheLBLman
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Opinions vary greatly.
I have both Brownings & Tactacams.
Prefer the Brownings.
I suggest reading the reviews at www.trailcampro.com for whatever you're considering.
I have both Brownings & Tactacams.
Prefer the Brownings.
I suggest reading the reviews at www.trailcampro.com for whatever you're considering.
I can't speak to those, but I have had pretty fair experience with stealth cam cell cams. Camera itself has been just fine, takes good pics and cell service works well. Only issue I ever had, they resolved.
Get Spartans and don't look back.
I really like my Spartans. They haven't given me any trouble and the picture quality is great.
@fulldraw
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Moultrie Edge (not the pro). I have 8 and no issues for how I use them. Can switch between pic or video. Only negative is videos won't send on demand. You will receive the video on next trigger after request. I think the new edge 2 will have upgrades but I'll hold off on them to see how they do.
Shanman
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Tactacam is supposed to drop another one tomorrow.
Just got 3 of the tactacams the other day. I hung one of them today, looking forward to some pics. I got the solar panels to go with them . It's my first go around with cell cams.
First evening pic since I set 1 camera up today. I think I'm going to like this.
East TN Bowhunter
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I run Tactacams and have never had any issues. They do take 12 AA batteries and the brownings only take 8AAs. I also wish the non-HD pic they send to my phone was a little better quality but other than that I have no complaints. Oh and the Tactacams monthly plans are a bit cheaper if you only have a 3-4 cams. $8 a month for the first cam and $7 a month for any additional cams for the intermediate plan(the one I use). You get 500 photos per month with this plan. That is an average of around 18 photos a day which is enough if you are on a rub line or a scrape. Maybe not if you have it on a corn pile or a salt lick. It is $13 a month for unlimited photos. Moultire and Brownings I think are more expensive just for a few cams but if you have more than a handful of cams than it can be a better value than Tactacam from what I have heard. With the Tactacam intermediate plan I have 4 cams and pay $29 a month for 2000 photos. They combine your total photos so if one cam is on a heavily used area and the others aren't it works out well and I don't normally go over the limit.
I run Tactacams. Ive never had an issue the last 3-4 years i have ran them, i tried a few other more budget friendly cellular cameras before i settled on the tactacams. Tactacam seemed to have the best combination of camera and app
I have two browning cams with lock boxes. All are new in box. If you are interested I will make you a deal on them. I was gonna use them, but ended up not needing them. Ill probably post in classifieds in a few days.
wobblegobble
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SPYPOINT FLEX! Not much better
I run tactacams as well, the solar panel is a must. No issues with the 3 I have.
themanpcl
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I have been running stealth for 4+ years on my lease. Would not recommend. Too many issues, too hard to get support. Only good thing is that they have replaced every cam at least once. When they stop replacing and they all die, will probably just use my non cell...lol
another option if you already have non cellular cams is to use those and get the spypoint adapter. You can find those on sale at certain times of the year pretty cheap.
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wobblegobble
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$19.99 right now.
deerhunter10
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I have run spy points they aren't worth anything at all waste of money. Bushnells they did good, but didn't last but 2 years. Currently run tactacams and Moultries. I like my tactacams quite a bit. I don't like my Moultries the app is annoying and it takes almost 24 hours to get a video. They take good day time pictures but night time they need to be within about 10 ft to get a good picture. I run browning regular cameras and love them. So adding browning cell cams a couple Spartans and a couple new 3.0 tactacams for me this year.
Interested in the black gates but from what I understand they are good but the animals have to be pretty close to trigger it.
Interested in the black gates but from what I understand they are good but the animals have to be pretty close to trigger it.
I have just started to dabble into them. First one is a Bushnell A20. It doesn't send pics at all, despite having really good signal. It does act as a normal camera though via SD card.
Next was the SpyPoint Flex-M series. I bought one on sale and I have been really impressed with it. I just ordered 4 more. They give you 100 free pics a month, $10 for 1000 pics or $15 for unlimited. I'm going to run these a while and see how they do. I have my normal SD card Brownings setup beside them to see if I am missing anything. So far, no.
Next was the SpyPoint Flex-M series. I bought one on sale and I have been really impressed with it. I just ordered 4 more. They give you 100 free pics a month, $10 for 1000 pics or $15 for unlimited. I'm going to run these a while and see how they do. I have my normal SD card Brownings setup beside them to see if I am missing anything. So far, no.
JCDEERMAN
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It's a different feeling having those pics come onto your phone for sure. I like it, but it will probably be my nemesis this fall
Just curious on the data plans. Are they easy to turn off and on like for deer season only? And follow up question is do the cell cameras stuff function as normal cam without data plan?
760Remington
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I've been running the muddy manifest and muddy mitigator they use the same internals as stealth cam and I have yet to have issues with them over the last year. Look at trail cam pros website they test alot of the cameras out there.
I bought a couple Browning Pro Scout Max Extreme HD cell cams. The name should have given me enough warning… so far 2 of 2 will not register on cell network. I've opened a case with support and hope they can figure it out but I'm definitely concerned this model may be a dud.
bigtiller
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I have a Bushnell cell cam. Works pretty good and decent price.
BSK
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One of my BILs bought a Browning Ridgeline. Now I've got to figure out how to set up a cell camera.
Word of advice: set it up at your house or somewhere extremely convenient for you, and run it for a few days to make sure it is powering up correctly, taking pics, connecting to cell tower and sending to the app as it should be. I like to confirm this over at least two days before deploying to the field. The last thing you want to do is drive an hour, walk 1/2 hour, setup a cell camera, drive back home, to realize it is not working correctly, and it is 2 hours from you. That is a PITA, ask me how I know.
BSK
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HA! Thanks, will do so!Word of advice: set it up at your house or somewhere extremely convenient for you, and run it for a few days to make sure it is powering up correctly, taking pics, connecting to cell tower and sending to the app as it should be. I like to confirm this over at least two days before deploying to the field. The last thing you want to do is drive an hour, walk 1/2 hour, setup a cell camera, drive back home, to realize it is not working correctly, and it is 2 hours from you. That is a PITA, ask me how I know.
