Choosing a surveillance camera

[greenriver]

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Block the LEDs and you get no image captured.

 

[Mike Winters]

idk what the range of a security cam is but game cams only see for about 30 -45 feet in front of them.

 

[fishman65]

most game cams now have a range of 35-50 feet...they are called a game cam for a reason, they are for taking pictures of game not surveillance...the only way to get a good face pic on a game cam is if the crook looks at the camera...and they will see the red IR lights light up....now i don't know about you but if i see a camera take a pic of me breaking the law i am going to try and get that camera and they usually do. They do make game cam security boxes to house the game cam so people don't steal the camera. they attach to the tree with a cable which can be cut with a pair of bolt cutters. Wireless transmitter on a IR security camera will send the images from the camera to your PC and is the right way to go. Radio shack or spy store would be a good place to check out for surveillance cameras. They might cost a little more than a game cam and all the accessories but it is the safest way to go. Just my two cents...

 

[greenriver]

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[Atlantakycklingar]

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Nobody else thought that was hilarious?

 

[jbs]

I have more experience with scout cams and surveillance systems than I'd like, and think for $60, your best bet would be some fake cameras. And like an earlier poster said, baby monitor and shotgun. I have a few scout cams, one was $75, the others around $200, and I wouldn't count on any of them to catch a bad guy - and the $75 camera has a minimum 10 second delay. The infrared is very obvious on our scout cams, and even with locks, they're pretty easy to steal. The scout cams that don't flash infrared are very expensive, I think they start around $600.

We tried webcams before going all out and installing a closed circuit system with 16 cameras. A fake camera with a flashing light is probably enough to deter most criminals, but we breed a special kind of crazy out here and needed the real deal.

 

[coopncottage]

Thanks everyone. I think for now we will go ahead and put up a fake camera, and will work towards getting a surveillance cam at some point. It's beginning to look like Fort Knox out there. We live in a small town, and the police reports in the paper generally report loose dogs, howling cats, or the occasional kids making noise with firecrackers. Our chicken theft was a new wrinkle and the police officer I called said it was a first for him. So... I'm hoping that our locks and lights will deter thieves in this normally quiet town. But we'll see. I will never leave my house unlocked again -- used to leave all the time without my keys. Not anymore, and the girls are locked up when they aren't in the yard during the day.

Thanks again for the advice -- it helped!

 

[farmer growing]

I don't understand you guy are talking about getting a camera for a lot more then 7 chickens are worth maybe if you had a hundred chickens but seven chickens that crazy.

 

[chickortreat]

There are also those who think the idea of shooting someone over stealing a chicken is preposterous....but I don't.

 

[tellynpeep]

Hi all,

I'm reviving this thread as my 2012 Bushnell Trophy cam (which got me GREAT pics and video for a while) decided to just stop working. Zip, nada, nothing.... It is, of course, out of warranty. So I'm in the market for a new camera and am a bit shy of the Bushnells. I'm looking for recommendations by folks who love (or hate) their cameras, and why...
(Besides guarding the chickens, I am signed up to take part in a Bobcat study that starts soon, and need the cam for that!)

Thanks !!