What are some solid trail cams for the price?

[Elkoholic87]

Just looking for something simple and fairly cheap.

 

[digger]

I run 3 or 4 Tasco cams from Walmart.Had em 3 years now no complaints.50 bucks. Also have a few Primos refurbished from Natchez.
I'm always afraid to put 150 dollar cams out figure they will get stolen.

 

[Hesseltine32]

I run several of coverts mpe5. Find then on eBay from time to time 80 bucks. Good camera night pics aren't what you get from a 200 dollar cam but for price good cam.

 

[5MilesBack]

There was a guy selling the Moultrie Trace cams last year on Ebay when I was looking for a few cheap ones. I think I paid about $60 for two of them. They work very well for the price. Check to see if he's still selling them. I might pick up a couple more if he is. Here's a sample pic.

 

[les welch]

I picked up 10 of those Trace Cameras. To clarify they are a surveillance camera and not a game camera. You can not set any delay to them. They do however take great pictures. I use them heavily on scrapes and trails. They also are a "glow" camera.

Last week Camofire.com had a great deal on some Moultrie no glow cameras, I picked up a few at $60 each there. I've also been running a Covert's for a number of years. They take great pictures, and seem to be very reliable.

 

[go4thegusto]

The new Brownings are really performing and showing up at places like Cabelas sales for around $99. Be careful with "cheap". A $49 camera that eats batteries, has blurry pictures, and misses animal due to response time will piss you off. Buy once, cry once, really holds true here.

That said, you can get some great performers for less than $200. Look at Trail Cam Pro and Chasingame sites. They review them.

 

[mallard833]

If you can get a get the bushnell trophy cams on sale, I love mine. It is an older brown 5mp model. It is small, takes great photos, and the 8 aa batteries last all year and then some.

As mentioned earlier by digger, you can get primos truthcam35 refurbs on natchezss that are easy to use and take decent pictures. The downside is they are rather large, take 4 D batteries, and don't get the best battery life(usually ~2 weeks for me). I've got 3 of them and at ~$50 they are my go to for anywhere I think there is a chance my camera may grow legs.

whatever you decide to get, I would suggest formatting your sd card every time you put it in a camera. Make sure you format the card with the trail cam you are putting it in and not your computer. It really sucks to have a camera up for 3 weeks, and fine out there are no photos due to some kind of card error.

 

[DukeHouser]

I'll sell you four (4), moultrie M990i brand new never used cams.. I thought I would use them.. Not so much.... $400 for all four