| | |  | Game Cameras | Home » » » » » Bushnell Trophy Cam 8Mp Brown Night Vision | | | | | | | Description: | | The Bushnell Trophy Cam offers 8 MP high-quality full color resolution during the daylight and black and white at night. This Trophy Cam™ is super-tuned with advancements that will turn the industry, and that big deer, on its ear. Its still leading the way with up to 1-year battery life and 1-second trigger speed, plus now gives you the big picture of game movement with Field Scan time-lapse technology. New time-lapse technology automatically snaps images at present intervals of one minute to one hour, within the hours of your choice. Field Scan provides long-range observation of your hunting ground and a much larger coverage area, because it's not triggered by game. It's like glassing your spot without having to be there. For a more vivid viewing experience, we've added audio record to the video mode. You can also record more images and video than ever thanks to 32GB SD card compatibility. The temperature range is -5 to 140 degrees F. The PIR sensor is motion activated out to 45 feet (Low/Medium/High). Features adjustable web belt and 1/4-20 socket/SD card slot. | | | Features: | |
• 8-megapixel Night Vision trail camera with invisible 32-LED flash for 24-hour game scouting
• 45-foot PIR motion activated sensor and flash range
• Field Scan time-lapse technology allows you preset automatic image capture intervals
• High-quality full color resolution during the daylight and black and white at night
• Captures video of up to 60 seconds with audio; 32GB SD card compatible
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 5.12 inches | | Product Width:
| 1.57 inches | | Product Height:
| 3.54 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.44 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.6 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.6 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.05 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 117 reviews |
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157 of 163 found the following review helpful:
Pleased in East TexasMay 30, 2011
By Scott G Bryk
I received this product and am very pleased. I've had a lot of luck with these small Bushnell cameras. Battery life is great and trigger speed is also quite good. For clarification, this IS the 2011 model with the field scan. Up to 8 Meg images. My only semi negative feedback would be that with field scan you can only set one time period, so if you are going to take images during the morning and evening periods you basically have to include the entire day or the entire night. The entire night would definitely wear down the batteries (IR flash). I imagine it is a simple software fix that Bushnell will put out in the future. I own Moultries at the same price point and far prefer my Bushnells. I simply can't choke out the cash for the Reconyx cameras. They are entirely too pricey to have a sufficient quantity of them to try to understand the deer herd on the size property where I hunt. I can get five Bushnells for the price of two Reconyx. My Bushnell from last season stood the outdoor life well here in East TX (heat, rain, heat, rain...).
I also bought the python lock and metal outside case... they're kind of a pain in the rear to deal with (I'm a low irritant tolerant guy) and nothing a bolt cutter wouldn't make quick work of. Probably not worth it unless hunting public land.
Finally I searched the web pretty heavily and found the price at Amazon was the best I could do. If you can beat it though, congrats, then I'm the chump.
Regardless, I'm happy you're reading this because it means you're also excited about deer season. God blessed this great land and you too, be safe and happy scouting!
SGB
68 of 68 found the following review helpful:
 Great trail camAug 26, 2011
By Northwoodsman
I have owned several diffferent trail cams over the past 5 years. Some good, some just fair, some bad. The battery life and the fire up response time to take a picture is very important. I recently purchased 2 of these bushnell trail cams. Both the battery life and the response time for the Bushnell are excellent. Battery life is awesome, and the trigger time is so quick I rarely miss a picture. I can honestly say this is the best trail cam I have ever owned.
134 of 141 found the following review helpful:
2011 Model - Best trailcam on the marketJun 27, 2011
By JP Vic
"Bee Guy"
II have three trailcams from Bushnell, two earlier models and this new one. This one is the 2011 model that has audio (not really important), a timer to take a picture (field scan), and can handle 32GB memory cards.
I also own three other trail cams from Moultrie a M-60, I-40 and a D-50. I had a cuddleback two years ago, and it worked fine, but it got destroyed (tree fell on it). I do not own the new Moultrie M-100, which seems very similar to this Bushnell, but this is the first year for the M-100 and I bet they will have software issues. This is the 3rd year for Bushnell and they have this camera dialed-in very well.
The biggest issue with my older Moultrie cams is battery life. They need feed 6 D cells about once a month. The price of the batteries start to add up, but mostly the issue is going out to a dead trailcam and wondering what pictures you missed. A battery life of 1-year for just 8 AA is great.
Aside from battery life, all these trailcams seem to do the work well. Basically I want to take a picture of game when it walks by and they all do that. I'm not going to publish my pictures in National Geographic, I mostly want to count horns and find patterns. All do that just fine for me.
I've stuck different models of trail cams on the same tree and compared results. It's weird, sometimes the Bushnell shoots and sometimes the Moultrie shoots but most of the time they both shoot when game walks by.
I like the 2 year warranty from Bushnell and have used it. The first year model had issues, and I returned it- they then sent me a new current year model. I had issues with a Moltrie cam once and tried to get warranty work, but they did not honor the warranty and returned my camera. I bought from an on-line dealer they did not like. ( I will only buy from major retailers now)
I do like the nighttime flash color pictures from my Moultrie D-50, as it is nice to see in color. All nighttime trailcams that use IR flash come out in black and white. Flash vs IR is a personal thing, but in the end I'm counting horns and B&W is fine for my needs.
The biggest thing I hate about the I-40 &M-60 Moultrie is the fact that it is not easy to swap the SD card. I sometimes like to check my cams every day and it's a real pain to swap SD cards. On the Bushnell it's a piece of cake.
The biggest thing I hate about the Bushnell is that programming in the field under low light conditions is difficult. The screen is hard to read and the buttons are impossible. I find I need a small flashlight unless it is a bright sunny day.
Some trailcams come with a `viewer'. Personally I think it is a waste, save your money. If you need to view pics in the field, most all cameras (the cameras you use to take pictures of the kids) that use a SD chip will display trailcams pics, and so do smartphones. In my trailcams I use microSD with an adaptor and then plug the microSD into my blackberry for field viewing (If I can't wait to get back to the house).
Summary, I've been real happy with my Bushnell trailcam. I buy one new cam every year and for 2011 bought this one. I did look at the Moultrie M-100 and I think it would have worked fine for my needs, but it was a bit more $$ than the Bushnell and the fact that the Moultrie is a first year model made me stay with the Bushnell this year.
37 of 37 found the following review helpful:
Excellent for hunting, not so much for surveillance (mod 119436C)Nov 12, 2011
By Jamie C. Smith
"georgiaboy"
First, this review is for the 119436C model.
I bought this camera for surveillance at my business (kind of a bridge-the-gap measure until I can get an effective surveillance system installed.) The camera takes good color pics in the daylight, and good black and white pics at night. The consistently effective range of this is around 50 feet, with occasional pick ups at 80 feet. Part of the reason for this is most likely the clean background area, anything moving through the area is "framed" by dirt, no moving bushes or background noise that will cause false triggers or interference.
The pictures are good, but I have noticed some slight distortion away from the center of the pictures, a slight fish eye effect.
My main problem with this unit is that the led's do glow a noticeable red color which is pretty noticeable in dark environments. The flash catches the eye kind of like something flitting by. I plan to move this unit to a more lit area to compare the flash glow and see if it is still as noticeable.
I rate this at 5 stars in spite of my led visibility because this camera is designed for game images and videos. It was not designed to be a business surveillance tool, I just wanted to list the drawbacks of this unit for those who might be considering it for the same purpose.
Edit to add: I moved this unit to a more lit location and it does help with the glow noticeability, but it is still there. I purchased the Bushnell Black LED trail camera (# 119466C) and am more pleased with the flash performance. The LED glow is almost nonexistent in pitch black conditions on the black led camera.
31 of 31 found the following review helpful:
Great little cameraSep 23, 2011
By Georgejr
Picked up this unit based on good reviews and a great warranty. Comes with free software to scan thru 1000's of pics to find motion (great when using field scan mode) and comes with free software for a buck scoring software (I haven't used this yet). The Scouting assistant software is great tool. Currently I have it set to 5MP, 1 sec delay, high sensitivity, Field scan turned on for 6am thru 7:15pm. After being on for just over a week used about 1 GB with these settings.
First location was in the middle of woods in a thick tall grass trail. Worked great facing NW direction. Plenty of canopy so I wasn't worried about direct sun. New spot is facing direct N (most state this is best if you can face north to avoid direct sun wash-out of the pics). At our house I tested (I highly recommend this to get used to the camera) facing south and south west w/o any problems with only 2 trees in our yard. Took great pics of cars and people in the neighborhood. I did have some low light blurring of pics till I updated the firmware as noted below.
I would recommend the following. Sony Envelope rechargeable batteries (new ones have even more charge cycles and have great life (85% of capacity after a year and spend a few bucks on the BC-700 Lacrosse charger or something similar. This charger took my Energizer rechargeable and gave them new life. Charges each cell separately and doesn't rely on just a timer. Our Digital camera went from 3 weeks between trying to take a pic and having dead batteries to lasting 4-6 months with about the same amount of use. Old energizer charger cooked the batteries I am guessing and the storage life was non existent, new charger they are working much better, but do loose over time so I would not use with this camera due its low consumptions and possible to go seasons on 1 charge.
Just ordered a 16 GB memory card and plan on trying videos later this fall to watch turkey patterns (Time lapse and Trigger can be set to use video, you get either pics or video but you can't do one of each). I purchased a Scandisk class 4 and MicroSD size so I can also view on my phone (Micro to SD adapter used in the unit). Class 4 card is probably over-kill but the price was not much different then class 2 (Higher is faster Be careful of fake memory cards, If you write a review make sure to know the seller if you are sure it was not a fake. Amazon has frustration free on the MicroSD and you can be assured it is not fake. I've read several reviews where memory cards were the problem or low battery life was tied to it on this and other trail cams.
Note Bushnell has a 2010 and 2011 firmware update. Review your Ser # to see if you need to update it. Fixed blurry pics I had in night vision before I ran the update.
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