A trusted colleague of mine camera trapping wolverines in the Wind River Range of Wyoming uses the Stealth Cam Model G42NG. Here's what he says: "We purchased ours on Amazon for ~$113 last fall. Like we talked, it isn't quite as sensitive as the 4-year old highest quality Reconyx that we use too, but it compared well in performance, plus has higher quality images and the video/sound option. I really like them, and for 1/5 to 1/6th<x-apple-data-detectors://3> the cost, they're worth having. We had zero problems after having 3 deployed at 10,500 feet from Nov to April. Lithium batteries are the way to go too. We took thousands of images and video and did not have to change batteries the entire period afield."
Sent from my iPad On Apr 29, 2016, at 7:41 PM, Kaitlyn Gaynor <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Does anybody have any recommendations for reliable but affordable (<$200) camera traps for large mammal research? I'm monitoring wildlife in a sub-Saharan Africa savanna system. I have used Bushnell TrophyCam HD 8MP with success, but these are no longer available and I have read that the newest version (the TrophyCam HD 12MP) is inferior. I'm looking for an equivalent to the older TrophyCam in price and performance. I'm a big Reconyx fan but don't have the money to shell out for them! Thanks, Kaitlyn Gaynor Ph.D. candidate University of California, Berkeley Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management Brashares Group (Wildlife Ecology and Conservation) [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
