Buckeye Cam sells a really neat long range wireless game camera system called the Buckeye Cam Oriion PC. The PC Base Kit allows you to send images from up to 30 cameras at once, directly to your PC. With a range of up to 2 miles, you no longer have to venture into the woods to gather your digital pictures and videos. This is definitely a high tech system, and it is used by the US and Canadian Border Patrol agencies to gather surveillance for their border control efforts.
While this is very cool technology, I have a hard time getting past the price tag of $1899. It does come with a 1 year warranty, but if I'm going to pay $1,899 for a game camera, I'd like to see it come with at least a 3 year 36,000 mile warranty, like the Jeep I purchased from a local dealer.
As other game camera manufacturers enter the remote game camera market with lower cost cellular options (like Moultrie with their Game Spy Connect), I see the Orion PC Base Camera Kit being a tough sell. I think that there will always be a market out there for high end products, because there are people out there with more money than they know what to do with. It will be interesting to see if Buckeye Cam continues with their current price model, or if the new cellular game camera options will force them into a price drop. With the Moultrie Game Spy Connect hitting the market in July of 2009, I guess we will see soon.
Here is a video describing the new Moultrie game cameras and the Game Spy Connect option. This should be available around June 1, 2009, and will be a more cost effective cellular game camera solution than any other currently on the market. I can't wait.
The SmartScouter Cellular Surveillance System is yet another of the new remote access game cameras to hit the market with force. Imagine being able to access your digital game camera images, from any computer, anywhere in the world.
There are some major benefits provided by cellular game cameras:
No more disturbing your hunting areas, just to check your game cameras. No more jumping up deer or leaving your scent behind to spook them later.
No more wasting gas, driving to the woods just to check your game cameras, swap memory cards, adjust camera settings, or to change batteries. Keep the gas money in your pocket.
Determine which stand you will hunt tomorrow, based on today's deer movement. Checking your camera remotely gives you that option.
Check your game camera pictures from your smart cell phone.
Moultrie has done it again ... They have announced an exciting new product called the Game Spy Game Management System. This new technology will allow you to access your remote game cameras via a cellular network and the Internet. You can now check the pictures on your digital game cameras from the comfort and warmth of your own home.
This Game Management System will be compatible with four of Moultrie's scouting cameras; the infared Game Spy I-45 and I-65, and the Game Spy M-45 and M-65. These models are completely redesigned with a new look. They have a communications port on the bottom of the camera, which connects to the Game Spy Connect. These new cameras will feature quick trigger times and long battery life, and will be available at retail prices ranging from $279.00 - $379.00,
