Looking to buy a trail cam

[duckman#1]

I'm looking to buy my first trail cam. Price is a factor (not looking at the $200+ ones for my first) but I am thinking about getting a No flash model for one simple reason: if anyone is walking by it there won't be a flash to catch their attention and possibly avoid theft. I do want to have a model w/sd card.
Any reccomendations on models? places to buy one?

[uptracker]

Have one of the guys on here make you one. I'm contemplating doing the same after so many problems with others. Some guys claim their homebrews have never had a problem 30,000 pics later.

I may have a guy that would make you one for a few bucks if you supplied the BOM or fronted the money for the BOM!

[Kevin_D]

I would also like one of them Homebrew cams. I would acually like to make my own but got a feeling I might need some coaching to get started. Know of anyone knowledgeable and willing to help someone get started.

[Impray]

Just because it says no flash doesn't mean it can't be seen. All cameras have a light source to produce a night picture. If you are looking at it you will see it. It just will not be a bright white flash. If you are looking in the other direction then you will not see it, but if you are looking in the general direction of the camera you will see it.

[NonTypicalCPA]

I have both a cuddy IR and the new moultrie IR40. The moultrie is a nice camera for the money. I like that it is very user friendly and has a nice display showing the number of pictures taken that you don't need to open the camera to see. My dislike is that it takes far more scenery pictures than my cuddy, probably due to the sleep mode. Also the night pictures are blurry if the animal is moving at all.

The cuddy takes great pictures day and night, and has far less scenery pictures than the moultrie. The cuddy does not have an external display of the picture count, which for the life of me I can't figure out why such a great camera (and expensive) does not have. Also the cuddy is almost twice the cost of the moultrie.

Overall, I would recommend the cuddy. The purpose of the game camera is to get good quality pictures. What good is a picture that is anything less.

That's my opinion on my cameras. Take it for what it's worth. Good Luck.

[onebad800]

build one there not to bad to do even the first time, and they work better then any other sold . I put mine out in 8days had 425 pics , it was even detecting mice going in front of it......I had to set the sensitivity lower !!!

[ckhanna]

I know RC-Dano used to build alot of homebrew's. He might beable to walk you through some information.

[duckman#1]

As for the "non -flash" I was planning on putting approx 12' up on a tree pointing downward in "hopes" to keep it out of easy eye sight so thats why i don't want a flash to attract attention on those cloudy days.

I would be very interestd in building a homebrew. Does anyone have pics of theres to show how the housing looks?
I did a google search and found this link:http://www.jesseshunting.com/site/homebrew-cams.html

I'll have to look into this.