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Post by hoosieroutdoorsman on Aug 28, 2008 3:57:59 GMT -5
Congrats camby. I got the same camera last year at meijer there at camby for around $30, I got it set out on some new private land we just got permission to hunt and will be picking it up this weekend,, hoping to get some good shots with something to see,,lol. Those pics looks great,,was leery about the camera but after seeing your success with it am happy I got it.
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 5, 2008 13:32:44 GMT -5
Hmmm..
The rebate check I got from Stealth Cam BOUNCED.
It seems that the company that handles their rebates for them went under.
I've emailed Stealth Cam and asked them what I should do about the bounced $10 check and the penalty..
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Post by Hoosier Hunter on Dec 5, 2008 13:35:07 GMT -5
THAT BITES! The bank charged you a penalty too?
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Post by ridgerunner on Dec 5, 2008 17:16:35 GMT -5
I have 4 Cuddeback Digital Cameras and love em. In fact I'm gonna buy a couple more before next season. They're invaluable scouting tools. Problem is I had to buy a new computer to hold all the pictures. I have over 1200 deer pictures since Spring.
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Post by ridgerunner on Dec 5, 2008 17:20:59 GMT -5
I wouldn't have a cheap model, been there done that...save yourself some grief and disapointment and get a good one. Cuddeback can't be beat by anything I've seen out there as of yet.
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Post by moss935 on Dec 7, 2008 14:55:49 GMT -5
Hoosier Hunter, What kind of battery life do you get out of them? During the warm months I'll get several weeks/hundreds of photos on a set of batteries. Once it gets sub-freezing day and night I'll be lucky to get a week. This is the 3rd week on my brand new camera and I'm still on the first set of Duracells. I keep my cameras set on "Hi-RES" and "1 Minute"
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Post by moss935 on Dec 7, 2008 14:59:10 GMT -5
Try a hand warmer ? I use them on my videocamra
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 8, 2008 12:02:09 GMT -5
Last week when I wanted to get some pictures of my 6 pointer before gutting it out I pulled out my camera and it said "Battery Empty". DARN!
It was pretty cold out and the camera was in my day pack since the beginning of season. I pulled the battery out and held it in my hot little hand for a few minutes and that "recharged" it enough to get 8 or 10 pictures at least...maybe more.
Cold weather is a battey's enemy..
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 8, 2008 12:04:27 GMT -5
I wouldn't have a cheap model, been there done that...save yourself some grief and disapointment and get a good one. Cuddeback can't be beat by anything I've seen out there as of yet. Dunno.. Camby's $19.95 special sure took some good photos that he posted. Trigger time on them is slow but if they are on a bait or salt or pointed down the run instead of across it they work OK.
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Post by ridgerunner on Dec 8, 2008 15:54:32 GMT -5
Woody I have friends and family who had the Stealth cam, hags house homemade cam, moultrie, bushnell and few others. The first Cuddeback digital expert I bought has outlasted every one of those other cameras. They'd put em out and only get one or two pics in weeks of the camera being out, we expiermented I put my cuddeback on a tree next to the Stealth and bushnell and i got 70 some pics of deer in a week and the other two cameras only got 5 on one and 10 pics on the bushnell. You never realize what deer you aren't getting until you get a good camera. Get a friend who has a cuddeback and try this test.. You'll never buy another cheap camera.
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Post by ridgerunner on Dec 8, 2008 16:08:08 GMT -5
Woody I have friends and family who had the Stealth cam, hags house homemade cam, moultrie, bushnell and few others. I also had a couple of the stealth several years ago... The first Cuddeback digital expert I bought has outlasted every one of those other cameras. They'd put em out and only get one or two pics in weeks of the camera being out, we experimented and I put my cuddeback on a tree next to the Stealth and bushnell and i got 70 some pics of deer in a week and the other two cameras only got 5 on one and 10 pics on the Bushnell. You never realize what deer you aren't getting until you get a good camera. Get a friend who has a cuddeback and try this test.. You'll never buy another cheap camera.
If that's all you can afford then yeah it's better than nothing and they do take pictures, but if you get hooked on trail cameras like I did, you'll want the best you can buy. I've been looking at that new Prowler and Drury Outdoors has a nice one out. Haven't got any feedback yet on either one I'll wait and see. May end up trying one of those as my next camera. So far though Cuddeback is hard to beat...
Buckeye cameras has a base unit now that you get 5 cameras and the base. The cameras e-mail photos to your computer or phone with you ever having to contaminate the woods to check your cameras . I like that idea, but 1500.00 is a little more than I can spend at any one time.....the old lady would skin me alive...lol
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Post by arsnider1 on Dec 8, 2008 19:31:10 GMT -5
I have a cheap moultrie that works pretty good. With that being said it is the second one they sent me since the first wouldnt turn on out of the box. I will NEVER buy another wildview i picked up their top of the line camera last year on sale I am now sending back my third one I asked if they were going to pay for shipping and they agreed to send me a voucher a month ago which has never arrived after two phone calls. There has been several problems but with the latest the batteries last three days in 50 degree weather. My moultrie has been in the woods since October and still kicking as of Sunday.
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Post by ridgerunner on Dec 8, 2008 20:18:23 GMT -5
arsnider1m..been there done that, that's exactly what I was tyring to say with all the headaches and heartache the cheap one aren't worth it for any price...Cuddebacks just take em out of the package, batteries in em, program however you like, put it in the woods and forget about it for a couple weeks, then go pull the card, drop a new card in and go, takes about 30 seconds to change card and get the heck out of dodge... Here's a pic of one of the big boys I was chasing this season taken with one of my Cuddeback Cameras..I got about 20 pics of this deer.I figure he needs one more year, next year he'll be a shooter. Side profile of the same buck
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Post by ridgerunner on Dec 9, 2008 18:45:26 GMT -5
Yeah can't beat a Cuddeback...Best camera made.
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Post by arsnider1 on Dec 9, 2008 19:26:12 GMT -5
I agree my next camera will either be a scoutguard or a cuddeback. However on the expensive camera debate, my neighbor has an expensive leaf river camera that he has sent back twice and has numerous problems with.
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Post by ridgerunner on Dec 9, 2008 21:24:50 GMT -5
Had a Leaf River for two days and returned it. Hated it...had all kinds of trouble w/ it and never even put it on a tree...took it back.
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