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Post by HuntMeister on Jan 13, 2008 23:06:39 GMT -5
I am interested in buying a trail cam. I have checked out the chasin game website reviews but would like some opinions from those who have used them. I cannot justify spending over $200.00 for one. Based on what I have read, the one manufacturer that seems to stand out for price, quality and performance is Moultrie. I see that they have a couple in the $100 - $150 range. Your thoughts please.
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Post by parrothead on Jan 14, 2008 7:48:14 GMT -5
I have 4 of the Moultrie. D40's I think the cheaper ones. I really like them and have no complants. I got mine for 89 bucks each.
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Post by HuntMeister on Jan 14, 2008 8:30:32 GMT -5
parrothead,
Thanks for the response! Where did you buy them? How long do the batteries typically last during warm and cold weather?
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Post by parrothead on Jan 14, 2008 8:39:23 GMT -5
Call and get a Natchez shooting supply magazine. They have them in there for 89 bucks. I then took that book to Wal-Mart and they matched the price. Warm weather I would get 5-6 weeks with about 200 pictures a week on each. Cold weather eats them up. 3 weeks tops but that all depends on the amount of pictures of course.
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Post by turkeyscout on Jan 14, 2008 8:53:17 GMT -5
hey huntmeister, check out this web site for updated info on all trail cameras....www.chasingame.com .....go to talk forum to find all the trail cameras...hope this helps ya..........turkey scout
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Post by HuntMeister on Jan 14, 2008 8:55:36 GMT -5
turkeyscout,
I had looked at that site but didn't think about the forums. I will revisit, thanks!
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Post by WhoDey78 on Jan 20, 2008 14:10:17 GMT -5
I've owned three Moultries, a Game Spy 200, and two D40's. The D40's are nice and have batteries last up to two months in nice weather. Only a few weeks in cold weather. The only problem I've had with the D40's is the clock. They tend to lose an hour a day, sometimes more, sometimes less. Strangely enough, the clock seems to be accurate now...8 months after I bought it.
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Post by HuntMeister on Jan 21, 2008 9:30:09 GMT -5
I bought a D40 last week and right out of the box kept getting card locked message. Finally after many tries got it to go away and took some pics in the house. After reviewing the pics on my PC had the card locked message again and got tired of trying to get it to go away. Ended up returning it. I think I may get the I40 as the batteries seem to last longer and it sounds like less issues. The more I read about them I think I would like to try a homebrew, at least then I could repair it myself.
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Post by huxbux on Jan 21, 2008 21:47:53 GMT -5
I've owned three Moultries, a Game Spy 200, and two D40's. The D40's are nice and have batteries last up to two months in nice weather. Only a few weeks in cold weather. The only problem I've had with the D40's is the clock. They tend to lose an hour a day, sometimes more, sometimes less. Strangely enough, the clock seems to be accurate now...8 months after I bought it. Probably just confused about the time because they're in IN. |
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Post by arsnider1 on Feb 4, 2008 16:49:45 GMT -5
I have a moultrie d40 and it does a pretty good job. The cold weather did wear the batteries out quick but I got 247 pictures in 11 days at the corn pile shown in my thread. I left it out during season and it ran from oct. 10th to dec. 18th on one set of batteries. Make sure you test out a moultrie as soon as you get it my first one had to be sent back due to a manufacturing problem.
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Post by trapperdave on Feb 7, 2008 10:07:23 GMT -5
love my Moultries, especially the d40, no complaints or problems here.
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