Whitetail Deer Hunting

Digital trail cameras come in all shapes and sizes today. If you are not making use of trail cameras in your deer hunting and scouting efforts, you could be missing out big.

Pretty much today all trail cameras are digital, however you can still find a few floating around out there that allow you to place your own camera inside to snap photos. Others store photos on memory cards such as SanDisk 2 GB Class 2 SD Flash Memory Card SDSDB-2048-A11 the size of the card you need depends on a couple factors, The size limit if any of the card a certain trail cam will take and the size of the photos being stored. A 5mp photo takes less space then a 10mp photo.

Other features to consider when making a trail camera purchase would be flash or IR (Infrared). There is plenty of debate over the two. The main concern is whether or not flash from a camera effects whitetails and their movement. Thus, IR cameras were born. The digital IR trail cameras have no flash, this allows them to snap photos of game without them ever knowing it.

Popular IR trail cameras are:
Wildgame Innovations 6.0 Mega Pixel Digital Game Scouting Camera With Infrared Flash and Realtree Camo
Primos Truth Cam 35 Camera
Moultrie Gamespy 5 Megapixel Digital Infrared Game Camera
Leaf River IR-7SS Digital InfraRed Camera
Stealth Cam STC 8 Mega Pixel Infared Digital Scouting Camera
Cuddeback Capture Game Scouting Camera
This is just to name a few. Prices will vary depending on features. When deciding on a digital trail camera, more money isn't always better. Choose a camera based on what you want it to do. In most cases, simply seeing pictures of the deer on your hunting property is enough. If saving high quality photos is what you want then choose one with more mega pixels.

I you want to shell out some big bucks you might be interested the Buckeye Cam Orion Camera. This camera can transmit photos back to a base station connected to your PC or can be controlled from your computer using the cell base. Both allow you to check your cameras from home.

If the idea of checking you photos from home is interesting but expensive, you might be interested in the Moultrie Gamespy 5 Megapixel Digital Infrared Game Camera with the purchase of the additional GPS Game Spy Connect® (around $160) and access to their website ($40-$50) you can manage your trail camera and photos from the comfort of home.

Summing it all up, having the ability to see what's on your hunting property without being there can only be done with digital trail cameras. No matter if you use them to watch a hot trail of keep eyes on a food plot, these are the tools to use. They range in price anywhere from under $100 to over $1000 depending on what you expect from a trail camera you can get into them for not to much money and start knowing what, when and where deer are where you hunt....