BigBuckFinder
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Been looking at these for while figured i would hold out for bugs and kinks to get worked out. Anyone having luck or anything positive to say about these cameras.
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Any positive feed back for the new wireless/SMS/text trail cams.
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mike1225
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mike1225
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The text are kinda grainy but the pictures on the card are real good. Make sure you have good service from Tmobile or Att.
BigBuckFinder
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How long do you get on a set of batteries and is it a pay as you go cell service.
mike1225
Senior Member
I had gone 3 months & probably 2000 pictures on Energizer lithium batteries. They were still showing 9 of 10 bars when I went to Kansas. The service was poor in my area & it was very cold. Those two conditions used those batteries up in a week. Get a go phone prepay plan. Mine is 1000 text per month & cost $10.75 per month tax & all.
rosewood
Senior Member
200 txts is 4.99 plus tax If that works for u.
StewartHunter
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I purchased these three cameras to test out.
LTL Acorn 12MP MMS Wireless Trail Camera, Camouflage
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BHQPDWQ/ref=oh_details_o07_s02_i02?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Covert Scouting Game Trail Camera Special OPS wireless tech
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00806KGY6/ref=oh_details_o07_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
HCO SG580MB Blackout Invisible GSM Cellular Wireless Scouting Camera
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009QBFZP4/ref=oh_details_o07_s02_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I have three AT&T sim cards so I'll be able to test each out in the same conditions: great AT&T coverage area (hill tops, clear cuts, etc), average coverage area and single bar coverage area (bottoms, valleys, etc). I will test them out next week when I'm back in Georgia at my lease.
I'll post the reviews of them at the end of next week as I plan on shipping the two losers back to Amazon and getting more of the winning model.
I want to use them to know when hogs are at the feeders and they need to finish off their meals of corn with some buckshot ;-) I place a few feeders right about bends on the logging roads so I can get within buckshot range without disturbing them.
Here is a nice picture of some hogs getting a few loads of 3.5" 00 buckshot.
http://i.imgur.com/4LKnfy5.jpg
LTL Acorn 12MP MMS Wireless Trail Camera, Camouflage
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BHQPDWQ/ref=oh_details_o07_s02_i02?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Covert Scouting Game Trail Camera Special OPS wireless tech
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00806KGY6/ref=oh_details_o07_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
HCO SG580MB Blackout Invisible GSM Cellular Wireless Scouting Camera
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009QBFZP4/ref=oh_details_o07_s02_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I have three AT&T sim cards so I'll be able to test each out in the same conditions: great AT&T coverage area (hill tops, clear cuts, etc), average coverage area and single bar coverage area (bottoms, valleys, etc). I will test them out next week when I'm back in Georgia at my lease.
I'll post the reviews of them at the end of next week as I plan on shipping the two losers back to Amazon and getting more of the winning model.
I want to use them to know when hogs are at the feeders and they need to finish off their meals of corn with some buckshot ;-) I place a few feeders right about bends on the logging roads so I can get within buckshot range without disturbing them.
Here is a nice picture of some hogs getting a few loads of 3.5" 00 buckshot.
http://i.imgur.com/4LKnfy5.jpg
BigBuckFinder
Senior Member
Thanks for the responses guys have yall had any negatives with these at all yet.
dj50
Member
I have not been impressed with the HCO blackout night time pictures. I have the 562 and its night pics are much clearer. If you get an hco 562get an enhanced antenna for $10, it adds a fair amount of signal. Good cell service is essential to getting pics sent consistently.
GameMgr270
Senior Member
I have 3 covert spec ops and they work flawlessly. Great pics great battery life. They will detect out past 80ft. They were a bit challenging to get initially setup and running. Fortunately Covert provides setup videos on their website which connected all the dots for me.
For a black flash SMS cam, I don't know of any better.
For a black flash SMS cam, I don't know of any better.
bukhuntr
Senior Member
Here is a nice picture of some hogs getting a few loads of 3.5" 00 buckshot.
http://i.imgur.com/4LKnfy5.jpg
That is an unbelievable trailcam photo. That could win a contest! Did you get all three?
Old Crusty
Senior Member
It appears like I have ATT coverage where I hunt. I've read that you need an ATT phone to set up one of these cameras. I'm with Verizon. Does anyone know?
mike1225
Senior Member
Trail Cam Help
Try this.
Try this.
BigBuckFinder
Senior Member
Now I would have issues our AT&T members at the club have to stand on top of their four wheeler or in the back of their truck in the middle of our main road on top of a hill to get a signal. T mob does not have any service either.
GA DAWG
Senior Member
Do they text you as soon as it takes a pic? I could see me using these to get a coonhound pup on hot coon. Is their a service fee? I already have at&t with unlimited texts.
dj50
Member
Pictures send within a couple of minutes. If you already have at&t, i think you can add a line for the trail cam with unlimited text messages. I pay $10 a month for 1000 text messages through the at&t Go Phone plan (pay as you go). I dont have a phone with at&t, i just use the sim card.
rosewood
Senior Member
My HCO has the external antenna and it picks up the signal better than the phones do.
C.J.
Senior Member
I have the Covert Black Ops, make sure your AT&T rep knows what their doing before setting you up with a sim card.
suburban slayer2131
Member
i did a bunch of research on the scout gaurd cams. Everything i read about that was really positive. Seems like people loved them.
95g atl
Senior Member
I purchased these three cameras to test out.
LTL Acorn 12MP MMS Wireless Trail Camera, Camouflage
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BHQPDWQ/ref=oh_details_o07_s02_i02?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Covert Scouting Game Trail Camera Special OPS wireless tech
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00806KGY6/ref=oh_details_o07_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
HCO SG580MB Blackout Invisible GSM Cellular Wireless Scouting Camera
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009QBFZP4/ref=oh_details_o07_s02_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I have three AT&T sim cards so I'll be able to test each out in the same conditions: great AT&T coverage area (hill tops, clear cuts, etc), average coverage area and single bar coverage area (bottoms, valleys, etc). I will test them out next week when I'm back in Georgia at my lease.
I'll post the reviews of them at the end of next week as I plan on shipping the two losers back to Amazon and getting more of the winning model.
I want to use them to know when hogs are at the feeders and they need to finish off their meals of corn with some buckshot ;-) I place a few feeders right about bends on the logging roads so I can get within buckshot range without disturbing them.
Here is a nice picture of some hogs getting a few loads of 3.5" 00 buckshot.
http://i.imgur.com/4LKnfy5.jpg
Awesome pic.
So which camera was the best????
