Best Trail Camera Reviews

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Best Trail Camera Reviews by Bushcraft Pro

Trail cameras help you watch for game as the season approaches, and monitor wildlife or natural conditions in remote areas. If you’re looking to find the best trail camera for you, look no further – we’ve gone through a ton of trail cam reviews to save you some time.

There are a few things to consider when buying a trail cam including budgetary information, and technical specs regarding recovery time, flash type, battery life, trigger timing, and detection ranges.

Here are Bushcraft Pro we?ve gone through all of the top trail cameras to find the best rated cams for you.

We?ll also give a few awards out at the end for the?Bushcraft Pro?Best Budget Cam, Bushcraft Pro?Best Overall Cam, and the Bushcraft Pro Top?Cam.

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The Reconyx HC500 is the Bushcraft Pro Best Overall Cam pick. It works like a charm:?it takes decent?quality pictures, features extended?battery life, is reliable, and is constructed with quality material. The trade off for this well-rounded camera is that the pictures could be better quality. The IR also does not perform the best at night so take that into consideration.

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The Stealth Cam G30 is a great budget pick. It features an 8MP camera adjustable to 4MP and 2Mp. It can record in HD for up to 180 seconds. This cam has great battery life, quick trigger speed, quick set motes, and even records audio during the HD videos.

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The LTL Acorn 5210MM is a bit more expensive than the other trail cams reviewed so far, and rightfully so. This game cam has a 12 megapixel camera and full color infrared sensors for day or night usage. This camera can be operated with a SIM card on an appropriate cell network to gain remote access. This is one of the more expensive cameras but you won’t be disappointed with the features and quality.

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The Bushnell 8MP Trophy Cam is one of the best cameras out there right now and we’re giving it the Bushcraft Pro Top Pick Award. It can last up to one year on 8 AA batteries with the right settings. One of the unique?settings is a field scanning mode where a time-lapse mode is used to get great panoramic pictures. We gave this cam our top pick due to the unmatched features, and insane battery life. It also has a great trigger?speed so never worry about missing a shot – and the thing can basically run for the entire season.

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The Wild Game Innovations Razor X6 is the Bushcraft Pro Budget Camera Pick! This relatively new camera packs a punch with some really cool features. It’s high-point is the exposure control system that produces crystal clear images.

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Trail Cameras Review -?How to pick a cam

Now that we’ve gone through some of the top cams out there, and identified a few of our top picks – it’s time to go over some important features to consider when picking the perfect cam for you. Some things to consider are:

• Your budget!
• What flash type you want
• Trigger speed
• Recovery time
• Detection types
• Battery life
• Location and weather

Flash

There are a few choices to consider when picking a flash type for your trail cam. Infrared flashes are often covert, but incandescent and LED flash models provide better quality pictures. Keep in mind any camera with a flash may very well scare off anything you’re trying to snap a pic of. Infrared flashes are almost completely covert except for a small red glow, and have no charge time so the trigger speed is often quicker.

So in general, LED and incandescent flashes will take better pictures, color pictures at night, use more power, and have a slower trigger time. The flash may also spook animals or attract other hunters or people in the area.

Infrared flashes?will take dark and blurry pictures at night, use less battery power (last longer) and has a faster trigger time – this flash type is near invisible.

Detection

Detection involves the area in which your camera will start taking pictures based on movements. Most trail cams are equipped with PIR sensors to pick up on motion and then tell the camera to start taking pictures, or record based on your settings. You usually want a wide detection range so that you can scan over a larger area.

Batteries

Here’s a quick primer on batteries. There are three main types you could use to power your cam: alkaline, lithium, or NIMH. Alkaline is the cheapest and has the shortest life span, lithium is the most expensive and can last for a decent amount of time, and NIMH is around the same cost as lithium but can last several years if charged properly.

Another option is to use an external power supply – check to see if your camera has an input for a 6v or 12v external power supply.

I’ve also heard of a few folks even using solar power to run their trail cameras – this could be less reliable in the long run but is an interesting concept.

Wireless and Cellular Transmission

So this is a new option that I hadn’t even heard of before checking in on some of the more popular trail cams. Models like the LTL Acorn?use a SIM card like your phone does to transmit the photos it takes through cellular networks to reach your email or phone. This is a really cool way to monitor your cam and recording area in real time!

Wrap Up

Here at Bushcraft Pro we really do love to put out reviews for all of the cool up and coming outdoors technology. We hope this best trail camera reviews article was useful for you. If you could give us some feedback and let us know which trail camera you liked the most, or a quick review if you’re using one now that would be great.

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