Trail Cam newbie help!?!

[jiggineyes]

Looking to get my first camera. Looking to spend around $150. Which one should I get? Moultrie or stealth cam? Also, do they come with a memory card or just internal memory. Its for property away from home so retrieving pics without taking the cam is a must! Can you transfer pics from internal memory or does the card have to be in camera? I dont know a whole lot about them so any help would be great!

[bmoffit]

You need to pm some of these guys about their home brews. From some of their photos I've seen, they're the way to go. I'ts my next year project.

[brokenarrow]

IMO, Spend 44 bucks more and get the I40. bmoffit is right, the pics from some homebrews are nice but like he said, "that can be next years project" From what I have seen here the I40 is pretty nice for the money. I spent hundreds on cheaper cams over the years. Did I get some nice pics? Yes, but, I missed many many more cause of trigger speed and poor flash. Then comes the biggest part of the cheaper cams. The battery life will not only cost you an arm and leg (and quickly will even out the cost of a more expensive cam) but if you expect pics right before the rut and you make that trip out expecting to see this years kill and you find your battery had gone dead 2 days after puttin it out? Well, all short ropes you may have in the garage should be kept hid!
I vote for your first cam to be the I40 or its cuddeback equal, feedman has some good deals on cuddes
Good luck

[don]

Here's what looks like a great deal on a homebrew. I can testify that the Sony P41 takes great pics. http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?t=741148

[buckhead]

Spend 44 bucks more and get the I40

agree 100%. cabelas has a sale right now on a 5mp IR camera from moultrie.. 199. if i were going to buy a camera today it would be that one..

[jiggineyes]

Bass Pro had it for 69 bucks. I am glad just to have one for now. For the price I couldnt pass it up. I still might buy the I40 for another spot. Not sure how i feel about the flash though. Should I leave it on or will it spook deer?

[Sabre03]

Leave it on. It may spooke a few. But if you turn it off you wont see any pice unless its Daylight