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ANNOUNCEMENT 

August 26, 2008: HuntingCamOnline (HCO) announces their official exclusive distributorship of the Scoutguard products and exclusive Scoutguard trademark ownership in the USA.  The goal of HCO is to provide a quality product and be a responsible supplier to authorized dealers.  They are working diligently with Boly Media (manufacturer of this camera line) to ensure the quality and features that buyers demand.

In order to protect its legitimate dealers and resellers, HCO urges buyers to purchase from its authorized dealers in order to maintain warranty and manufacturer support.  Be aware that there are some resellers claiming to be "authorized dealers" and they are not.

Read the announcement on the HCO website:press_release

 


WarningTimber Eye (Remington Ghost) SD Card ships with a trojan horse virus installed.  Either do not use this card or be prepared to disinfect it.

 

UPDATE: 08-12-2008 Received email from the company that the virus was associated with the first 3000 units. As of yesterday we still had reports of someone who found one with the virus. The company assures us that the balance of the cams are clean. Until all of these units are out of the system it would still be wise to scan the card if you choose to use it.  We have queried Wild Game Innovations as to what measures have been taken to inform users about the infection, recalls, etc.
 
UPDATE: 08-13-2008 More email today stating that they feel that somewhere in the neighborhood of 500 units were shipped with infected cards. They feel a recall is not in order because so far everyone has been able to disinfect the virus. This leaves the next question. What about those folks who do not have virus protection or do not know they are infected, that have used these cards and are sitting there with their computer now open to the criminals who put the virus on the cards for their personal gain. Still clean all cards shipped by this company prior to using them. If your computer does not have the software capability to do this then discard the card and use a known good one.


Click here to read Symantec Information on this trojan.
 


 

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2008 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 2008 camera preview pages for updated details.
 


2007 camera preview pages (Updated 05/10/2007)

 

 

Issues, Updates, Announcements and Articles

 

 
Issue Date Reported
   
   
   
   

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

 

Announcements

Announcement (2008) Date Reported
  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
  Best of 2007/2008 Community slideshow 04/30/2008
  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
  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


 

2008 Camera Reviews

 
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Note:  Scouting Camera Reviews main page has a date column indicating date last updated



 

2007 Camera Reviews

 
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Note:  Scouting Camera Reviews main page has a date column indicating date last updated

What our site is about and why we test trail cameras

    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.

  
As time allows, we will take each camera through all of its modes like movie and time lapse. When a camera is found to be a very poor performer we will stop the testing in order to allow more time to be spent on new incoming models and better performing cameras.

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.

We hope that you enjoy our site as well as leave with something valuable.  We love what we are doing! So, keep checking back for updates!

 

How to use our site

This page provides a detailed review and chronology of our ongoing studies with each manufacturer and model we have tested thus far.
This page provides our overall impression on scouting camera's in general.
This page provides you with information that is not normally obvious upfront when you buy your first camera.  It was through a lot of trial and error that we arrived at most of these tips.  Studying this section will save you much time and heartache when you take your camera to the field.
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.
This page examines our experimentation with alternative mounting brackets for various reasons that we explain.  A tree is not always the best solution.
This page examines a few more camera related home manufacturing we've done to achieve certain goals.  Take a look.
 
 

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