Christmas is around the corner folks and putting a trail cam on the list this year. Wanted to ask which ones yall have had good experiences with and would recommend, most importantly Im looking for one I can leave up for periods of time that have long battery life my current one is older and uses a 6 volt and it sucks the battery. let me know what yall think! thanks

Bushnell Trophy Cam ..

I've been using the primos Truthcam 35, easy to setup, uses 4 D batteries and mine has been up and running since early August and the batteries are still reading 70% full even after over 4,000 pics and videos. I've been plenty happy with it.

I like the low end moultrie camera's i bought two in august and still haven't needed to change the batteries and they only costed me 99$, they have all the features like moon phase, temps good quality nite time pictures.

i really like the bushnell trophy cam as well. it has long battery life and is supposed to last a year on 8 AA's. I havent had it out that long to find out. trigger speed is great as well, works well with the 3 burst mode on trails

I have a few spypoints and I wont buy any other kind...
Long battery life like 3000 pics or more and its a very easy setup..
Not much difference in the 5mp and the 6mp..
Great cameras

It is not uncommon for me to have 2000 pics on one 4 gig card after 3 weeks on my Trophy Cam set in the burst mode and 1 second delay .. 8 AA batterires will last me at least 8 months even with taking that many pics (between 10 and 16 thousand), I have left it for 2 weeks and went back and the card is full with over 3000 before.. it will last even longer up to a year if I set the delay longer .. I have had both Home-brews (I made them myself) and Moultries and this one is by far the best I have had..

I have not had the spy-points though so they may be great too..

I would like to have about 3 more of the Trophy cams though if I could afford to get them.. they are about $130 each on Ebay for the non Bone-collector model (waste of money for that) the plain Jane model has all the same features..

I have a couple of the spypoints and the work well. My most recent purchase was a Primos DPS (Deer Positioning System). The trail cams work great and take good pics but I wanted something to watch food plots and open fields. As you know a trail cam has to be triggered. If the deer is more than 30 yards away you get nothing. The DPS (Primos' version of a Plotwatcher) takes a picture every 5, 10, 15, 20, or 30 seconds all day. If something comes into the field it will be captured. I have several photos of deer out over 100 yards. Things I would never see with a trail camera. Might want to consider it.

Another thing to consider is some trail cams have this feature too. They might cost a little more to have a plot watching feature, but they will do everything you may require. I have been very happy with mine, except for no deer showing up as of late. I think I paid about $100 for mine so they don't break the bank either. Mine also came with software so I can watch an entire days happenings in about 5 minutes.

Something to consider.

Vic

Thanks for the advice guys! I will continuing looking at cabelas and ready reviews but Im thinking bushnell trophy Cam. WVboy has talked up the long battery life and that what im looking for!