Like Cuddeback Long Range IR C2?

[dbHunterNY]

Anyone like and use the Cuddeback Long Range IR C2?  Just picked one up at a banquet.  Don't have any experiences with Cuddeback cams but always heard they're good.  20MP pics, time lapse, wide zone detection, 30+ yard IR range, quick trigger speed.... seems like a good cam I can do a lot with like trail camera surveys and in season monitoring.

[phade]

Some good reviews on this cam, but one thing to look for is re-arming. It'll ID game pretty quickly within 20 feet, but if a deer is hanging out at 30 feet, there are reports of the cam not re-firing quickly after triggering an event, meaning it takes alot for the cam to re-trigger when the animal is more than 20 feet away. Might just be a weak spot in the sensing area. I usually find this happens when a cam has a weakness toward straight on detection (ie not coming from an angle or the sides).

 

This to me makes it not a cam suited for field edge sets.

Edited March 16, 2015 by phade

[rotorooter23]

My cuddeback Attack is not as good as my moultrie M-80.... I feel Cuddeback has stayed the same while other companys have flew by.

[dbHunterNY]

yea i'll have to play around with the wide zone versus narrower zone setting with where I put it.  not sure what difference it makes.  for field edge sets I usually throw the ones I've got in time lapse unless I'm over a scrape.  i'll have to give myself a good couple weeks of brewing and tinkering if I use it for a spot to do a survey.

[phade]

Surveying in NY is peeing into the wind...you can try to get an idea, but no point source attractants makes it difficult. Best shot really is in my opinion fall around a mast bearing tree. I know people try to make it work with some logic, but it's just trying to paint rose coloring on glasses.

[dbHunterNY]

Surveying in NY is peeing into the wind...you can try to get an idea, but no point source attractants makes it difficult. Best shot really is in my opinion fall around a mast bearing tree. I know people try to make it work with some logic, but it's just trying to paint rose coloring on glasses.

 

I very much agree it makes conducting them a big pain, not using bait.  I've had to do things like run cameras on multiple ends of a primary plot getting hit.  I've put them on later yielding mast trees (while collecting mast under a few others at the same time to eliminate competing sources).  I haven't released some trees that need it because of this and some spots aren't really huntable.  info does help when including it with harvest data though.  if I have time doing both pre and post season surveys helps but not sure it's worth it at that point.

[G-Man]

Just not a fan of any ir camera, I have many cuddiebacks and like them but i want color ..

Edited March 17, 2015 by G-Man

[skully]

I have had over 8 cuddebacks over the years.  They all broke.  I have had 10 moultries and 2 bushnells and I still have them.  I will never get a cuddeback ever again.........