Trail Cams?

[lungdeflator]

One of the best camera buys I made was earlier this summer. Got a wildgame IR4 out of the bargain cave in Cab for 45$. just bare camera, nothing came with it, so I had no idea what it was all about or what it did(features). I ran it all fall and it has the best battery life out of all my cameras (wildview, moultrie, cuddeback, leupold). The trigger speed is a little slow, but not bad. I had it over a scrape on video mode and found out that it takes sweet night videos! Gets a little blurry with night still pics if the deer are moving but overall a great cam!

[skee0025]

Don't mean to hijack the thread, but I have question regarding the cameras. My brother is having difficulty with theft at a house he is restoring. He wants to install 1st camera near the entrance and a 2nd camera taking a picture of the 1st camera in case it's stolen. To prevent theft of either camera, is there a camera that has less "flash" so that they are less visible while still producing a quality picture?. Trying to keep the cost down vs an entire survelliance system.

There are systems that download pics directly to the internet as soon as the pics are taken. Last time I looked they went for about $800 plus a subscription fee. By the time you get 2 cameras, Memory cards, and security boxes you might be looking at spending the same amount of cash. Add in that the cameras may still be taken leaving you out the cameras and associated gear along with the pics they took, they might be worth looking into.

[lungdeflator]

Hillbiehle-- there are cheap cams(~60$) that are infared and would work well in a house like that. I would try to find places to hide the cameras or places to mount them (like the ceiling) that are harder to get to. They do sell metal boxes for cams that are lockable, might not save the camera, but the card should still be usable and have all the pics on it

[landscaper]

anyone on.....How do the M-80's do in cold weather?? Like battery life?

also how waterproof are they?

Thanks Guys

[MNexpoler]

I had my M-80 up from Oct to the first weekend of Dec. Took Hundreds of pictures. Never had to change the batteries. Your batteries will die faster in cold weather but I was very happy with the battery life of the m-80.

[landscaper]

Whats everyone using for camera stands?? when theres no tree around what do you use?? I made a stand out of some angle iron tonight just need to weld it tomorrow with my new welder but i guess what i am wondering what everyone else uses??

[BLACKJACK]

I take a four foot piece of 4x4, and four pieces of two foot 2x4's, take my screw gun and attach the four 2x4's to the bottom, making a modified X, attach each piece to the face of the 4x4, butting up against the next 2x4, that makes it freestanding, I can put it anywhere. I attach one 8 inch piece of 2x4 to the top, a nail sticking out would work too, that keeps the strap on the camera from sliding down, I also use a bungie cord on the camera.

I make sure I have an extra stand around in case a gut pile shows up and I need to put a camera over it.

[trolloni]

i took a 3 ft piece of no5 rebar ground a point on it ,took 2 pieces of no 3 rebar bent em u shape and welded to the no 5 bar for feet, welded a short piece of slotted L brace so i could mount the camera to it,also painted it brown with hs camo paint, works great, can put it anywhere and it only takes seconds to place it !

[landscaper]

sounds good guys

I made one yesterday, I had a piece made 5' tall of 1"X1" angle iron and then found some 1"X1" Square tubing then welding the to the angle near the bottom for something to push it in with and once its all the way down it will help support it from tipping then another piece on the top for a handle to help pull out.

Then drilled holes every 3-6" to mount the camera on.

I have seen some people put "SUN SHADE/ RAIN SHADES" on top/above the cameras does this help?? Seems like it would create a shadow.