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  • vmax

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    I bought an entirely new game camera setup this year.
    These are the Muddy model stealth Cam cellular cameras
    You can get the Verizon or the AT&T version
    You can have unlimited pictures for $15 per month and operate up to 3 cameras on one account
    There are also cheaper options for a fewer pictures

    I have to say I am pretty damned impressed with how they are operating so far

    The setup was about as fast and easy as it could possibly be using their app

    I got rechargeable A-A batteries and 12 Volt solar panels and soldered the end with a 12 V DC connector myself
    It was about a 3rd the cost of buying the premade solar panels for game cameras

    I'm set to go now my camera's should run the entire season and I should never have to touch them

    Also going to show you guys some of the ideas I have for mounting the cameras
    Instead of driving a T-post nto the ground everywhere you want a camera I like them to be more mobile so I can move them.

    I take a 60 pound sack of concrete and a 5 gallon bucket and a t-post or a 4X4 post and build a mold and make a portable camera stand.

    They can be moved pretty easily

    I also bought some security camera swivel mounts to mount the cameras on

    These give me a whole bunch more mounting options than the standard game camera mounts that I have found

    Hope some of you find this useful, if not FOAD...lol

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    vmax

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    $15/mo plus data? I'm at $75/yr for data.
    $15 month all in
    No data plan..you don't do anything just open the box and turn them on
    You only pay the $15
    ,no other accounts needed
    No Sim cards to get..nothing
     

    no2gates

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    I've got a Muddy camera I just got a week ago to find out what critters we have that are digging up our yard. Looks exactly the same as yours except it's not cellular. Got it from Academy for $29.99. Thing takes excellent quality pics day and night.

    And the critter turns out to be a skunk BTW.
     

    vmax

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    I get picture notifications 3 minutes after
    I can sit in my cabin and be alerted to hogs at the feeder
     

    rotor

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    Have had 2 Spypoint cams up for over a year, have built in solar chargers for the Lithion bats, have never had to reset and batteries stay charged at 100%. Work great. Control with my iphone.
     

    popper

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    I got one (forget the brand), sun charger and bluetooth so just download to the phone. Haven't seen anything but the GK's pic setting it up. Rural america doesn't have very good cell service.
     

    andre3k

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    I've been running them for a couple of months now and I've been impressed. I bought three of them when they were $79 at Academy, but so far I only run one and haven't touched the other ones. The ATT model works well in the the piney woods where I'm at. I need to pull the card and look at the full resolution pics but they quality of what I get sent to the phone works good enough.
     
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