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I will be a newby this year as for as using cams. I have read alot of great suggestions as far as set up and use. MY question is what kind of cams are yall using. Is a flash ok? Hoping to learn from any mistakes before making the investment. Thanks for your time in advance
 
Get the best quality you can afford. I use primarily homebrew trail-cams, because for my uses they are the best, and worth the extra expense (although there are much worse commercial cams that cost more than a pre-built homebrew).

Yes, white flash is OK, but it is important to move your cameras frequently.
 
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I would highly recommend the Moultrie Game Spy 4.0. Yes, its a Moultrie and most folks hate them (I too wasted $99 on a Moultrie 100 that wouldn't trigger if an elephant walked in front of it). But these cams work pretty darn well. I own 2 of them, and for $89 at Academy, you just can't beat them. The trigger is fast, and although they take 6 D batteries, they last forever. To see the quality, check out my post in the picture forum. A 1 gig card will let you get around 500 pictures on this camera set at high quality.

By the way, I also own a homebrew made by Outdoor Bob. If money is not an issue, buy his - they are awesome. You won't regret it. But if you're just getting started, you might want to try a cheaper one first.
 
Check out this web site( http://www.chasingame.com/ )it has camera reviews and a forum to ask questions. There is alot of information there just like here. If your budget is tight yes Moultrie is a good bang for the buck and I would say next is Stealth V450.
 
rackaholic72 said:
BSK said:
REDNECKDEERSLAYER said:
cuddeback infared.
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Friends don't let friends buy Cuddeback.
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The older cudde's worked good, the new ones you should STAY AWAY FROM!!!
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Exactly. In fact, the older Cuddeback C3000 may have been the best digital trail-cam ever built. Their DC-200 and DC-300 models were the best film trail-cameras ever built. I still have a bunch of them.
 
DWM said:
Check out this web site( http://www.chasingame.com/ )it has camera reviews and a forum to ask questions. There is alot of information there just like here. If your budget is tight yes Moultrie is a good bang for the buck and I would say next is Stealth V450.
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Sorry sould have said I450
 
If you need any help at all with a homebrew, rd-hc.com is a great forum for it. That's the main focus of the site.
 
The 99 buck ones from Wal-Mart are good for me.....however i would like to have one of the new moultries with the ir flash....which is not supposed to spook them at night!...$219.00 at basspro or cableas
 
camoman270 said:
The 99 buck ones from Wal-Mart are good for me.....however i would like to have one of the new moultries with the ir flash....which is not supposed to spook them at night!...$219.00 at basspro or cableas
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All flashes, IR or white, spook deer.
 
I've got a new cuddeback IR and I've had to send 2 of them back because they either froze up or only recorded half the pics that it was taken. Guys, I would look elsewhere if you want a good cam. The picture clarity and all that is great, but it's too much money for something you can't depend on.
 
Two cameras will be available with "no visible flash" this year (a true infra-red flash which is outside the visible spectrum of both deer and humans). Only time will tell how well they work. The previous models were not promising. Picture clarity was poor, although the new models "claim" to get 30-foot illumination with true infra-red.
 
camoman270 said:
The 99 buck ones from Wal-Mart are good for me.....however i would like to have one of the new moultries with the ir flash....which is not supposed to spook them at night!...$219.00 at basspro or cableas
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Don't worry about spooking them with flash. I have regular flash on my camera and they just keep on about their business. I get pictures of them same deer constantly. Many of them large mature bucks.
 
The flash WILL spook some deer. I watched deer avoid the cameras once they've been flashed, and they learn how to do some very quickly.
 
BSK said:
Friends don't let friends buy Cuddeback.
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TOO FUNNY! :grin:

Heck, it was a friend of mine who sold me one of those Cuddeback No Counts! ;)

For those buying a new cam, I would not consider a Cuddeback, way overpriced, unreliable, and user unfriendly. (Prior to 2006, I had been pleased with the older versions of Cuddebacks.)

I like the home-brew I have from Outdoor Bob, as well as the Leaf River commercial cams. The Leaf River units are just phenomenal on long battery life.
 
What WES and BSK said. Leafriver IR has long long battery life and the IR does not spook them as much as the white . Can't vouch for the new moultrie , but the old ones were bad bad.
If you call leafriver , you get a real person to answer the phone usually within a ring or 2.
original cam trakers were great , but so was the price, not tried new one.
All my $$ going to leafriver until I find something better, they also have 2 new models coming out in July.Maybe the ones BSK is talking about?
 
Anybody try putting a red or orange gel over the flash on your trail cam?

It WILL decrease the output some, but it might reduce the amount deer are spooked by the flash.
 
Red-light flashes don't spook deer less than white flash. They all spook deer. However, the Predator trail-camera and the Reconyx are both coming out with "flashless" cameras that use true infra-red instead of visible red light like all the other supposed "infra-red" cameras. Predator tried the flashless last year and it was a dismal failure, but supposedly they have redesigned the system (and some find it very interesting that the new Predator system is virtually identical to the Reconyx [hmmm, a little company "borrowing" of technology?]).

Supposedly, you will be able to get 30-foot visibility at night with the true infra-red. That's not far, but far enough for a baited camera site (food or salt/mineral lick attractant).
 
WhitetailSlayer said:
does that severly alter their travel route or do they just walk on the other side of the tree????
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They literally just walk behind the camera, and they learn exactly where they have to walk to trigger the camera and then avoiding just that area.
 

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