best trail camera for under 300

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what would you guys buy for a trail camera for that price .something that is easy to use and set up .no hassles .
 
Ive had nothing but good luck with the wildgame innovations cameras I've bought over the years. Can't think of the models off hand but they've been good on batteries and take good pictures. I've had one since 2012 and one since May without issue.
 
The SpyPoint Force series has a very fast trigger. Often $150.00 on sale, the available steel security box to help keep the bears at bay is another $50.00. I added 4 of them to my collection this year. Good pictures, the night flash is OK but I think it could be better. They are making them for Sail (Force S 11mp) and Cabelas (Force C 11mp). They're a Canadian company and have very good customer service. I sent them my old, broken and worn out IRB for repair and they upgraded to a Force 10mp for $100. They also repaired a good but not working properly HD7 for $45.00.

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Go visit "trail cam pro.com" they have very good reviews for most all trail cams... There are different qualities of cam for different applications. If you want to set one over a bait pile or mineral lick you can get away with a cheaper cam but if you are using time lapse or monitoring trails you may need a bit better quality camera. One thing about trail cams you usually get what you pay for but the cheaper ones have gotten a lot better than they used to be!
 
I have a pair of Cuddybacks I bought from Cabelas. Very pleased with them. Simple to operate. Take great pictures. Taxes all in there under $300 a piece. Add $40 bucks more per if you want a metal box that protects the camera from honest thieves and bears. I have the boxes for mine as we have a lot of bears here and they destroyed one of previous cheaper cameras. An outfitter friend highly recommended these Cuddybacks.
 
I have a few different ones some older some newer some expensive some cheap. Bushnell have been a headache, bushnell HD have been great. Some wild game's eat batteries. My Simmons are older but utilitarian they use c cells so some what inconvenient. Cuddyback's have been hit and miss

I just bought some Wild game Terra 5's for $70.00 each from Can Tire, don't know about results yet.

I choose which camera to hang based on the likely hood of theft

But I have never found the fancier more expensive cameras to be better, do you really nee a 12mp picture of a deer walking through a meadow when a 5mp will do
 
Even the real cheap under $100 cameras with take pics, if that's all you want. If you want decent pics, get a camera with a higher MP rating, minimum 8mp for anything close to decent, and 12mp would be a lot better. But like I said, even the real cheap cameras take pics, if all you want to do is find out where the game is.
Avoid the C Cell cameras. Typically they take 4 C cells, and last about a month. Cameras with 8 Lithium AA's can last a year.
another trick to save battery life is to get a fast SD card. They have gotten even faster since this article was written: http://www.howtogeek.com/189897/how-to-buy-an-sd-card-speed-classes-sizes-and-capacities-explained/


If you look through the pics on this thread, you can see the results of various camera makes: https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1417866-Trail-cam-pics
 
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