2009 Cameras: Whats new on the market
We are gathering information on the new cameras for this year and publishing what we know thus far.

Please visit the 2009 camera preview pages for updated details.

2009 Review Schedule (new reviews for 2009)
 
Product Status
  Custom1Enterprises Scoutguard SG550 Security Bracket In Progress
  Stealthcam STC-DVIR4 Sniper On Hold
  Leaf River PV-2.5 Multi-card Picture Viewer Completed
  Custom1Enterprises Envue Field Picture Viewer In Progress
  Spypoint PV-2.4 Digital Picture Viewer Completed
  Cuddeback CuddeView 4-in-1 Viewer Completed
  StealthCam STC-CRV20 Card Viewer Completed
  Spypoint IR-A In Progress
  Spypoint IR-B In Progress
  Spypoint IR-C In Progress
  Spypoint FL-A Pending
  Spypoint PRO-X Pending
  Bushnell Trophy Cam In Progress
  HCO Okoo RF-1000S Completed
  Lucky Buck Mineral Attractant In Progress
  Custom1Enterprises Bushnell TrophyCam & Covert II Security bracket Completed
  Custom1Enterprises Capture Security bracket Completed
   
   

 

Announcement (2009) Date Reported
      StealthCam Stimulus Trade-up Program 04/16/2009
StealthCam Announces New One Year Warranty in 2009 04/15/2009
     Spypoint Announces new firmware update 04/11/2009
     2009 Bushnell Trophy Cam 02/10/2009
     2009 StealthCam Cameras and Products 01/18/2009
     2009 WildGame Innovations Press release 01/28/2009
     DLC Covert II: An in depth Observation 01/25/2009
     2009 Recon Viper 01/19/2009
     2009 Reconyx Press Release 01/16/2009
     2009 Spypoint announces new line up 01/16/2009
     Moultrie 2009 Game Management System (M2M) 01/01/2009

 


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NewsLetters:
May 16, 2008 "Trends and Outlook for 2008"

 
July 20, 2008 "Reviews and more Reviews"  
February 16, 2009 "2009 Scouting Camera Forecast"  
February 27, 2009 "The Yearly Scan"  
March 15, 2009 "2008 Camera Companies, a look back"  
March 21, 2009 "Just can't Wait..."  
May 21, 2009 "Reviewing the Camera Review Process"  
June 30, 2009 "Trail cam Users Beware"  
 
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Issues, Updates, Announcements and Articles

 
 
Issues (2009) Date Reported
   
   
   
   

2007 Issues and Updates (historical)
2006 Issues and updates (historical)

Announcements

 

Announcement (2008) Date Reported
  2008 Chasingame Member "Best of" slideshow 12/01/2008
  Cuddeback Capture IR pulled from Cabelas 10/18/2008
  Four Camera sensing Shootout 10/14/2008
  Scoutguard SG550 Firmware Update Available 07/21/2008
  Scoutguard Quality Control Policy 06/14/2008
  Reconyx Graph Pack Software 05/20/2008
  WingScapes Birdcam: Perfect gift for Mothersday 05/02/2008
  StealthCam: Digital video Stamping 05/01/2008
  HuntingCamOnline introduces new IR camera 02/11/2008
  Bushnell introduces new accessories, etc 01/29/2008
  StealthCam: New Models and technology 01/22/2008
  Predator Trailcams: Xtinction 01/22/2008
  Reconyx Announces Rapidfire Covert IR 01/16/2008
  2008 The Rumor mill 01/16/2008
  Buckeye cam announces Apollo 01/16/2008

 

Announcement (2007) Date Reported Date Updated
  Shootout: Moultrie M40 vs Stealth I450 09/18/2007  
  Chasingame Interviewed by Augusta Chronicle 08/29/2007  
  IR Photo Contest/User Poll 08/16/2007  
  Shootout: Battle of the Wildviews 08/11/2007 08/13/2007
  Shootout: Moultrie D-40 vs. Wildview 4.0 07/24/2007 07/29/2007
  BuckeyeCam Press Release 07/12/2007  
  Moultrie firmware release is available now 07/09/2007 09/19/2007


Articles

Article Date Reported
  Lets do a little Camouflage 04/01/2009
  How we perform trigger tests on cameras 07/18/2008
  Summer Heat, Placement & PIR Sensors 06/16/2008
  Summer Heat vs Trail cameras 08/07/2007
  Introduction to Camera Homebrewing 08/06/2007
  Our take on Interpolation 07/21/2007
  A Note about IR Cameras and Trigger Time 06/12/2007
  What is photo White Out? 06/15/2007

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    In the past, there have been a lot of trail cameras produced that were of poor quality and did not function as advertised. The folks at the American Sportsman (a local retailer in Martinez, Georgia  click here for more info) have had a bit of experience with these and found that most of the cameras that were sold were returned due to truly poor performance and instructions that were impossible to follow. Now they are doing things differently.  They have sold to us a number of different cameras for field testing.  This was done to aid future buyers and to prevent them from possibly ending up with a scouting camera that functioned like the early models.    All cameras that were field tested did work but in some cases very poorly. Scouting Camera Reviews provides a list of cameras tested to date and our unbiased findings. These cameras in some cases have a multitude of options that can be selected. Most of our tests were using 24 hour settings with flash, highest sensitivity, lowest image delay, and one picture per event.

  
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Here at ChasinGame we focus on Game Scouting Cameras.  We provide in depth reviews on Moultrie, Recon Talon, Recon Extreme, Leaf River, Leaf River IR, Cuddeback, Kolpin Wild Life Eye, StealthCam, TrailMac, Bushnell, Wildview and BuckEyeCam. Models include both film and digital models, still frame, movie, day and night time operation.

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This page details the most common mistakes we've made during our ongoing testing with these cameras.  We still make mistakes but if you are aware of these things and make a mental check sheet in the field you can avoid these problems.
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