What is the best scouting Camera?

[Hipskindt]

I have owned several scouting cameras over the last five years. Some worked well and some were complete junk. The Photo hunter from trailtimer was pretty good at taking pictures but it can not handle the rain here in washington state and broke a few times over the years. The stealth cam I had was junk never took good pictures and was real slow.
I have not had anyone say anything bad about the Cudde back so I might try that one next.
Let me know what you all think about the different cameras you have owned.
Thanks
Tom

[M1Garand]

IMO, the best one is the Cuddeback. I finally picked one up but I can't tell you personally how it is in the elements. I've heard nothing but good about them, fast trigger, security features, etc.

[Terrific_tom]

Tom in my opinion build your own. Cheaper and much better than what you can buy. Here is a website that you can read about it. If you are afraid to build your own there are people on site that will build one for you. http://realdealhuntingchat.invisionzone.com/

[glnmiller]

Check out this site, they do a lot of testing and reviews on cameras, it does look like the Cuddebacks rate pretty high.

http://www.chasingame.com/

[bjmad]

I have a Cuddeback 3.0 and I would definately recommend it. I had it out all last fall, through the winter to the present. It hasn't failed me yet. It made it through the snow and rain with no problems.

[Buck Rogers]

I've had a Stealth Cam, Moultrie and Cuddeback. The Cuddeback is hands down the best out of this bunch. I purchased this last summer and it takes great pictures, no false triggers and the battery's last for months even in the winter.

Compare this to the Stealth Cam which has the slowest trigger speed I have every seen and the Moultrie which the batteries last one day in cold weather and there is really no comparison. The Cuddeback is more expensive but in my opinion well worth the money.

[dcgreil]

I have owned several scouting cameras and the Cuddeback is heads and shoulders above the rest. Reliable, excellent battery life (not what they claim, but still great), and great pictures. Can easily get 200+ pictures on a single set of batteries. Also, better-than-expected battery life during the cold, however, trigger speed slows.

[Letmgro]

There's no doubt the Cuddeback is the best!

Now if I could only get my wife to buy me another one for her birthday.;)

[joeyd50]

Check out this test: http://www.chasingame.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=628&sid=f2906c873fe7b58cb2b6d11acf6e623c

[Terrific_tom]

Just wondering if you are able to veiw your pictures in the field with Cuddebacks, and also remove camera for regular use if you want? According to the link that JoeyD50 posted the distance that Cuddeback senses is an issue also. After building several Homebrews for a lot less money and seeing the homebrews outperforming the commercial built cameras I will stick with the Homebrews. Just my opinion.

[Letmgro]

Just wondering if you are able to veiw your pictures in the field with Cuddebacks, and also remove camera for regular use if you want? According to the link that JoeyD50 posted the distance that Cuddeback senses is an issue also. After building several Homebrews for a lot less money and seeing the homebrews outperforming the commercial built cameras I will stick with the Homebrews. Just my opinion.

Yes, they can be viewed in field. I used a laptop, but I think you can do it with a small monitor too.

No- the camera isn't removable.

The IR trigger works at least as far as 50', which is where I have recorded several good buck photos.

[NorthJeff]

Some guys have had some problems, but I've been real happy with my Leaf Rivers. I have 1 IR, and 2 non-IR. Batteries last long, very sturdy case that has a VERY good mounting system, and seems easy to use for me. I've run about 1200 photos through the IR model, most from between Christmas day and mid to late January where all pics were on the same battery.

So far, so good. I need a lot of cameras ( I have 8 right now) and can appreciate spending $800 to get 3, as opposed to spending the same to get two, so price is definately a concern. So far, my next camera will be another Leaf River IR and although the trigger time is a little slow (around 5 seconds) I just set it up in areas where trigger time is not as much a concern....mineral sites, long narrow food plots, up or down trails, feeders, etc.

[joeyd50]

I would recommend a Leaf River, I have 2 IR`s that work great, I`m getting rid of all my flash cameras, I also have a Moultrie Gamespy 100 that I changed to IR, it works OK but I would not recommend a Moultrue, it took 5 cameras before I got one that worked.
Joe

[old graybeard]

Give the leaf rivers a good look.