Opinions on Browning & Bushnell game cams

[natehunter]

Can't beat bushnell warranty. I have had to take cameras back to them. But I've been upgraded every time.

[MikePal]

Personally I think the 'guts' of all these cameras on the market are made at the same factory in China and they just put them in different shells for marketing.

General rule of thumb..you buy a lower end (cheaper) camera you get less performance out of it than a more expensive models regardless of the brand.

If you check thru the ratings afforded all the models on the test/review sites, it pretty much holds true that you can group them by performance and that ends up being the cost factor. You pay more of faster trigger times etc.

Personally I've used Moultrie cameras for the past 16 yrs and never been disappointed. I broke one by putting the SD card in backwards...sent it in for repair with a note telling them that is what I did... and they still sent me a new one in exchange, no charge.

I might add.....before you spend the extra $50-$75 for the fastest trigger speeds, think about how your deploying the camera..ie; If your setting up over a bait pile you don't need a 'great' camera..they'll all work.....BUT if your setting up on a trail to see how much activity there is passing by, then you will want a camera with a fast trigger/fast wake up.

My buddy bought that real low end Bushnell at CT for $60 and he gets great pictures at his bait pile...go figure

[mooboy76]

I have not owned a Bushnell yet, but just picked up a Browning Dark Ops (BTC-6). I have not had it deployed long enough to tell how great it is. On paper iy looked good! It is small and easy to program. Price was right for me ($133 shipped to border store in US).

I have to check my angles. I am getting a lot of empty spaces instead of animals so far. I switched it to Rapid Fire mode (3 photos, 0.3 seconds apart) and have the delay at 5 seconds now. I am hoping to snap a pic of the wolf that is running around chasing the deer/fawns by our house. Maybe catch a glimpse of the bear that wanders through every now and then.

Sail does not list it on their website, but their website is slow and glitchy, so they may carry it after all.

http://www.trailcampro.com/browningdarkopsreview.aspx

The Recon Force that you are looking at looks good too, so I guess whatever tickles your fancy when you get to the store!

Another good site for trailcam tests/reviews is http://www.chasingame.com

I have found it hard to find some of the models that I was looking for, but the tests seem thorough.

[SongDog]

I should also say that I bought the cheap Bushnell trophy trail cam....It never worked right from day one....Called Bushnell and sent it in to them. They replaced it with a black flash HD trophy. I was more than satisfied.