What's a trail camera ?

Ray · Dec 16, 2016

Menards has those wild game inovation 8 Meg trail cams on sale for 40 bucks.Anyone have any experience with them? Thinking of getting a couple for secutity.

farmboy48 · Dec 16, 2016

I got a pair of them about 5 years ago for security at my farm which is vacant during the winter, they work good, get lots of pics of moose,deer, and squirrels, a few trespassers too. someone swiped the one hidden in the trees, the one in plain sight on the power yard pole is still there aimed at the driveway. only problem is batteries get cold when below zero and don't have enough oomph to take pics. Solved that by using lithium batts. Also bought a couple wireless Uniden cams with recorder in house. They are so sensitive that I get a lot of extra clips when it snows, or wind is blowing the trees etc. Hardest part is going thru a couple thousand pics in the spring to find anything worthwhile.

Dick ND

Dave H (MI) · Dec 16, 2016

Hard to believe you can buy a good trail cam for $40 bucks, but it is Menards. Do some comparisons. There is more to these than pixels. Sensitivity, reset time, and more. Make sure a few bucks more won't get you a better unit. Also...buy a case AND a cable lock. Even then you need to put it out of reach or it will eventually disappear. My cable lock failed to a kid with a cordless grinder. I was lucky I caught the little bass turd. People like that are lower than fish poo.

ohiojim · Dec 16, 2016

not much security, but will let you know what went past....

old · Dec 16, 2016

Last time I was in Wal-Mart they had Menard's beat by $10 yep trail cams at Wal-Mart for $29.95

rustyfarmall · Dec 16, 2016

(quoted from post at 08:27:12 12/16/16) Hard to believe you can buy a good trail cam for $40 bucks, but it is Menards. Do some comparisons. There is more to these than pixels. Sensitivity, reset time, and more. Make sure a few bucks more won't get you a better unit. Also...buy a case AND a cable lock. Even then you need to put it out of reach or it will eventually disappear. My cable lock failed to a kid with a cordless grinder. I was lucky I caught the little bass turd. People like that are lower than fish poo.

I think the saturation point has been reached, and the supply has outgrown the demand. I'm seeing much lower prices on trail cams just about everywhere I look.

Ivan in Mich · Dec 16, 2016

I don't know what brand they are but the Wildview brand does not last very long before it stops working and the Tasco brands are hard to use. I have 2 wildview and the first lasted 5 years so I bought the second one and it did not last 2 years. I cannot complain about the tasc as it takes good pictures and I bought 5 of them for 10.00 a piece when Pramida closed the store up

rusty6 · Dec 16, 2016

$40 is a huge bargain if the camera is any good. Last one I bought this summer was over $150 including a 16 GB card. They do work well to take pictures of what is going on when you are not around. I get a lot of wildlife in my yard. I've had an older Bushnell for a few years too.

dhermesc · Dec 16, 2016

Adding a solar charger pretty much makes them maintenance free.

pete 23 · Dec 16, 2016

You could research the model on google to get an idea. You will get a lot of negative reports even on the good ones though. I would want it to have at least four and preferably 8 double A batteries. I run all of mine on aux batteries. Even found some little rechargeable 6 volt batteries for the one that requires 6 volts.

RayP(MI) · Dec 16, 2016

I got a Wild Game brand camera for Christmas. Wish the clerks had come over and spent some time with wife at the sporting goods store. Mine is in the $75 class, and I guess you get what you pay for. Not impressed with quality of pictures, and think it misses a bunch of opportunities. Especially night pictures are very poor. Takes a lot of false pictures as well. Does do fairly well with batteries life, (8 AA). I would give it a letter grade of C- at best. Look hard at other brands.

BarnyardEngineering · Dec 16, 2016

$40? $29.99? How about FREE?

My brother in law confiscates any that he finds on the property, because he's the only one authorized to hunt on the farm. This year he got two or three cameras.

One of the trespassers had the audacity to come up to the house and ask my folks if they'd seen his game camera.

old · Dec 16, 2016

I got the price wrong it is $29.88 instead of $29.99.

pete 23 · Dec 16, 2016

Nice buck. I don't hunt so I am not baiting, just observing.

Nick m · Dec 16, 2016

I have one wild game, 1 cabelas brand, multiple Bushnell, and 2 browning. That wild game is by far the turd of the group. Would recommend all the rest, not that one.

Jon Hagen · Dec 16, 2016

Google "wild game inovation " camera, all the posts from folks that have had them die with no support from the company. Mine failed at 6 months. A very bad product.
I now run Moultrie cameras, have been reliable for 3 years. Very little more cost than WGI junk.

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