Day/Night Trail Camera with No-Glow "Black Flash" Invisible Lighting

[swamp thang 16]

I posted this earlier to day on an electronics forum, but decided to paste a copy here with the hunting community as well, just in case some of the old hands here know of a day/night trail camera with invisible flash, that I could order online. Thanks for any help you can render.

 

Out on my motorbike on the trials through the woods here, on the trail of a couple of my hounds that took off, I damn near ran over a headless corpse. Talked to some of the locals, and it turns out ritual murder is on the rise, BUT, the cops are too scared to go into the woods. As for crime scene investigation, it doesn't exist in this neck of the woods.

 

The other "law enforcement" group here comprises civilian volunteers with pump shotguns, and they generally dispense "justice" without recourse to trials of any sort, so I spoke to their head honcho, who also expressed understandable reluctance to go lay in ambush in the woods, especially since the quarry doesn't keep to any fixed schedule.

 

Then it occurred to me that a number of night vision trail cameras with NO visible flash, positioned overlooking known "dumping grounds" could be the ticket to identify the perpetrators, so that the vigilantes could round up the guilty and dispatch them to the Happy Hunting Ground.

 

Looking for No-Glow, or "Black Flash" night vision cameras was a bewildering experience, on account of the vast number of makes and models out there. The Chasing Game website seems to have the most comprehensive listing of reviews about the various trail cameras, and that is where my top choice, the Little Acorn 12MP Trail Camera fell from favor, on account of water leakage issues which may or may not have been resolved by the manufacturer.

 

I am looking to spend no more than $250 USD per camera, and would have preferred to stay with established name brands like Bushnell, so, after long hours of reading looong reviews, I figured there would be no harm asking here if any of you may have hunting experience with No-Glow (Black Flash) trail cameras, where you might have a favorite and reliable model worth mentioning.

 

I would prefer a woodland camouflage housing, but will make do with camo tape if the preferred model is only shipped in black, and of course I can ONLY use trail cameras that produce NO visible light when they flash for night pictures. Any words of advice would be very much appreciated.

[PlasticJock 539]

You can get infra red film and cover the flash - it works on cameras very well you can take pictures in the pitch black with no visible light. Just make sure it's a night time capable camera

 

Edited to add - if you look hard enough you'll find one.

Edited June 3, 2012 by PlasticJock

[swamp thang 16]

_{Right you are about keeping on with the search, PJ. I have spent the day reading consumer reviews on the net, and the Bushnell Trophy Cam Model 119466 CG, sold by Gander Mountain for a rather steep $279 USD each, came out tops.}

 

_{It costa a good $50 above what I'd hoped to pay, but this nicely camoflagued unit unit is dead silent, produces zero visible light when it flashes for night pictures, and records images of far greater clarity than most other trail cameras in the same price range. Being a creature of habit that I am, staying with a known name brand will probably turn out to be the better choice than settling for some cheaper knock-off,}

 

_{For anyone interested, here is a link to this trail camera. The camo version is evidently made specially for Gander Mountain, and not available anywhere else.}

_{http://www.gandermountain.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?pdesc=Bushnell-Trophy-Cam-119466CG-Bone-Collector-Trail-Camera-BW-Text-LCD-Camo&i=443029&aID=503AC3&merchID=4006}