I'm looking for a real cheap game camera. I do not want to worry about it in case it gets stolen. Will be hunting public lands.

I see that cameras that take 4-5 megapixel pics run $80-$120. I saw a cheap'o at Academy for $36 but it only has 300k pixel pics... That seems super low.

Does anyone make one thats in-between, like 1-2 meg? I do not need to have great pics. I will not blow them up or most likely will not use them for anything except scouting. But 300k seems too low for any standards.

Thanks for your input.

I have a moutltie 3.1 that seems to do an ok job. If the flash is off the battery life is ok, if is is on the battery life stinks. It is digital.

-john

Wildview makes a cheap unit. Gander Mt used to sell them. I have one, but it's cheap and I don't use it except to deter trespassers.

I usually use low res setting and take 32kb pics. I will bet any camera will work well for you. Just check the battery life on them or get a solar panel and you'll be all set.

another vote for wildview

BPS has the Moultries Game Spy 4.0 dig with flash option on sale for 69.00 and I picked one up last week and went and set it out Saturday at 3:00 p.m. and checked it Sunday at 10:00 a.m. before I left the lease and it had 10 shots of does and seem to work just fine. I had bought a busnell about 3 years ago for 99.00 and it is pure junk. The sensitivity may bit a little strong but so far so good. Thumbs up for the price, and it says battery life is 60 days, I guess I will see about that

I agree on the grass swaying to the wind on my busnell, it was crazy sensitive. Im not going back for a few weeks to check the moultrie, but over night I only had 2 pics in the dark that was undescrible. Hope its not tooo bad.

I have a couple of the wildview cameras, first edition. They are good for .3 megapixels but a little grainy if you enlarge the pic. The trigger time is slow so you might not get the animal if you are trail watching. I noticed they now have an IR flash camera that is only 120.00, might be worth checkin into.

I bought a Wildview first edition last night for $34.99.

Tested it and your right, it takes a long 2-3 seconds to take the picture. But thats OK as I will have it hidden watching the feeder.

Any idea what the battery life is h20thief? Just wondering if I should space the pictures 20 minutes to save battery juice.

I set mine at the 1 minute mark to catch as much as possible. With the 4 C batteries I was getting around 400 pics on a SD card. I think it would last about 2-3 weeks max.

I retrofitted my cameras with a solar charger and rechargable battery mounted to an ammo can on a stand. Now I'm getting 900 plus pics with the battery still in good shape. I checked it after about 6 weeks this last time just cause my lease is 4 hours away.

Bought the same moultrie 4.0 at B.P.S. its works great. It took 118 pictures the first day and half. they turned out great.