I have owned 10 trail cameras, five of which are in good condition and fully operational. Of the other five, one is very obsolete and probably has been given away, three are obsolete and have limited use, and one was destroyed in a forest fire. I also have access to the images from my brother's trailcam at his cabin in Montana, and I use remote trigger/motion trigger with four Canon cameras. As of July 2024 I am also including two drones in the list as #16 and #17, and in September I added a smart telescope as #50. There isn't anything more remote control than a drone, so I think it is appropriate to include them here. The smart telescope is run from inside the house from my phone, so it also is remote control.
- #1 Bushnell purchased 2009, is very obsolete. My wife's cousin borrowed it a few years ago to track deer, which is what most people use trailcams for. I don't have it so I'm guessing he still has it.
- #2 Reconyx PC900 was in Wind Cave National Park 2011-2018. Restored by Reconyx to new condition after being damaged in the Legion Lake Fire, December 2017. Currently in Custer Gallatin National Forest in Montana.
- #3 Moultrie M-880 acquired 2014, destroyed in the Legion Lake Fire, Custer State Park, December 2017.
- #4 Primos Proof Cam 02 HD acquired 2015 and is obsolete. Images and the first few frames of video are usually blown out. Sometimes I can extract frames, but the image quality is not great. I'm not wasting lithium batteries on it, but I might use it with rechargeables if I need to get some bad video for a few days.
- #5 Browning Strike Force HD Pro acquired 2017. The most capable of my obsolete cameras so I can use it for scouting new locations.
- #6 Browning Strike Force HD Pro acquired 2017, while in Wind Cave National Park damaged in the Legion Lake Fire, December 2017, but I taped it up to cover the warped seams and it still works. Same model as #5 but in worse condition. Currently sitting in my trailcam box.
- #7 Reconyx HyperFire 2 Professional Covert IR received June 2018. Currently in Custer Gallatin National Forest in Montana.
- #8 Canon 5D Mark III DSLR, acquired 2012, images here were taken with remote trigger or motion sensor.
- #9 Canon 1D Mark II DSLR, acquired 2004, images here were taken with remote trigger or motion sensor.
- #10 Canon M100 mirrorless, acquired 2018. Images here were taken with remote trigger, a phone app connected by Bluetooth.
- #11 Browning BTC Patriot FHD trailcam acquired 2022. It bears superficial resemblance to the 5-year-old #5 and #6 but is slightly larger and has much better image quality. Currently in Custer Gallatin National Forest in Montana.
- #12 Canon 6D Mark II DSLR, acquired 2023, images here were taken with remote trigger or motion sensor. Like the M100, the 6D can be operated with a phone app connected by Bluetooth, or I can use the Canon accessories that I also use with #8 and #9.
- #13 My brother's Campark T180 located at his cabin in Custer Gallatin National Forest, Montana.
- #14 Gardepro T5CF close focus, acquired April 2024, spent the summer shooting flickers in my back yard but currently between assignments. The close focus is nice, but I can't use it as a general purpose camera.
- #15 Browning Dark Ops DCL Nano, received June 2024. Currently in Custer Gallatin National Forest in Montana, no images posted yet.
- #16 DJI Mavic 3 Pro drone, received July 2024.
- #17 DJI Mini 4K drone, received July 2024.
- #50 ZWO Seestar S50 smart telescope, received September 2024.
- (#8-10 & 12 are not trailcams but are the numbers I've assigned to my Canon cameras. On my website, these numbers identify images taken by motion trigger, remote trigger or intervalometer with these cameras.)
By the way, #3 was detroyed in Custer State Park and #2 and #6 damaged in Wind Cave National Park in the same fire. They were about 10 miles apart but it was a big fire, 54,000 acres. Made-in-America #2 went to Reconyx for repairs and came back good as new. Chinese import #6 with the Browning brand name can't be fixed but is still operational despite a warped case.
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