Marketers would have you believe the more money you spend on a game camera, the better the game camera. If only this were true. Over the years, I have tried several brands of camera. I am still searching for the perfect camera. I have my least favorite camera or the brands I won’t purchase again.
By far, my least favorite camera is a Stealth game camera. The Stealth game camera is programmable and the cost won’t break the bank. I use this camera to monitor the traffic on my driveway. The camera is an older model. It is reliable. I change the batteries every couple of months and change the SD card about once of month. The camera is consistent. It takes good pictures of vehicles and stills of the driveway during the winter. It has never taken a picture of a coyote, mountain lion, or bear.
My least expensive camera is a Herters game camera. This is another driveway camera in the perfect location. The camera has a narrow depth of field where the pictures are in perfect focus. This camera is great for monitoring vehicles as well as wildlife. I have all sorts of fuzzy pictures of feral cats, skunks, etc as well as larger animals. Occasionally the pictures are in focus. But I have good idea of the animals walking down the driveway. The Herters camera eats batteries. When the batteries are low, the camera stops taking pictures at night. The camera is non-programmable but easy to set up and operate.
All game cameras miss the perfect shots. I have had a game camera take 1000 pictures of grass blowing in the wind. I have seen many blurs at night. But the occasional photos make all the disappointments worthwhile. Game cameras are not perfect but even blurry picture can be priceless.
-Patches
Trego's Mountain Ear 