Bushnell or Stealth Cam???

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  1. TKP030

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    Been looking into trying out one of these cameras and looked on cabelas today and they seem to be at a pretty good price. What are some of your thoughts on one or both of these cameras?

    Stealth Cam G42Ng $129.99
    http://www.cabelas.com/product/stealth-cam-g42ng-10-mp-trail-camera/1813038.uts

    Bushnell Trophy Cam HD Aggressor $129.99
    http://www.cabelas.com/product/bushnell-174-trophy-cam-hd-aggressor-14mp-trail-camera/2005188.uts
     
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    I own both cameras and I feel they are pretty similar when it comes to function and battery life. I personally like the ease of use with the stealth cam, but Bushnell's are not too much different. 2 problems with my bushnell is water gets passed the seal on the access door and I really don't like the way the bushnell hold batteries.
     
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    i second that on how the bushnell holds batteries, I dont like it at all. Other than that solid lil cam
     
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    I'd go with this cam. Stealth Cam G-30.
    http://www.cabelas.com/product/hunt...tealth-cam-g30-8-mp-trail-camera/1816964.uts?
     
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    I've got 4 G42s and love them all so far. Plan to get a G30 next year.
     
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    I have both and would go with the Stealth Cam. The batteries as others have mentioned are not stored well in Bushnell and have had a few Bushnell HD cams that take a lot of blank pictures. StealthCam mounted right above took zero blank pictures.
     
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    Stealth cam. I'm personally a Moultrie fan but I've heard great things about stealth cams and I want to try one.
     
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    The G42NG is 10 megapixels and has black flash/no glow. The G30 is 8 megapixels and has infrared flash.
     
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    I have 10 G42ng's I've run for about a year. I've had a problem with one of them, it started eating batteries for some reason...like a set per week. I'm guessing the LED's are staying on full time, but dunno. The rest have been flawless and I'd give them my best review between a couple older Bushnells, Moultries, Cuddies, Coverts and Primos.
     
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    I have the m-880 & m-990 the only down side is I get a lot of blank pictures so want to see if one of these helps with that
     
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    not happy at all with my bushnell. just bought two stealth cams on black friday, so I cannot comment on them yet, but I would avoid the bushnell.
     
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    Aggressor gets amazing reviews on trailcampro.com reviews. Is that misleading?
     
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    I have a A-5 and I got a lot of random pictures once but I think it's because the wind was really high the weekend it started to take random pictures. Otherwise I've never had a problem with besides it frozen once when the temps were below 0°f but I just took it inside and it worked fine after some new batteries.
     
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    its usually windy here in ND haha but they still seem very sensitive i even try to trim tall grass from where the camera is going to be facing but that doesnt seem to help either
     
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    Aggressor gets amazing reviews on trailcampro.com. Is that misleading?
     
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    I use a stealth cam G-42NG and get usually 3-4 blank pics in one week.
     
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    With all my moultries I will get a couple hundred a week. Talk about a battery killer
     
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    I would go with a Stealth Cam.
     
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    I recently picked up a couple Stealth G30's. So far I have been impressed with them for the price. I run bushnells, Reconyx, and moultries. I was impressed enough with the stealths to pick up a GX45NG. I'm hoping the NG night images will be better than my Reconyx HC600 that crapped out on me.
     

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