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Offline duckbuck90

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what kind of arrows should I shot, and what is the best trail camera to use

Offline whiteoakbuck

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Go to your local archer shop and talk with them about the kind of shooting/hunting you will be doing they will be able to set you up with a proper spined arrow for the set up you shoot
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Offline nontypicalhunter

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Depending on your bow setup, shoot Maxima 250's, if you shooting a lighter poundage go with the 150's.

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I use moultries and have the best luck with them.  I like the trail cams that use AA batteries.  They usually get longer battery life.
 
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many cams here. 200 bucks will get yu an awsome cam,
Moultrie black flash
busnell trophy cam. you wont be dissapointed wither either Ive had four primos brands an their ok. have quite a few moutltries an their one of the best out there IMO, have the busnell an love it an have the blackflash an love it.
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Spend the ectra money on the Lion batteries. lithium ion. youll save money.
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Offline Mayfly

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what kind of arrows should I shot, and what is the best trail camera to use

Did you make a decision?

As far as trail camera it depends what you want to do with it. Are  you using it as a scouting tool and want to catch the deer on the move or do you want to inventory your deer and pout it over food?

If your just shooting over food to see what deer are out there spend around $100 on your cam. If you want to scout and get deer on the move spend $175 plus on your cam. And if you find a good camera for under $175 that has an incredible trigger speed I want to know.

As far as arrows... its like broadheads. Pick what you can afford. Pretty much every thing you find these days will shoot straight and kill whatever you are shooting at as long as you practice and can shoot straight  :happy1:

Offline stevejedlenski

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take your bow to an archery shop and get the right arrows for your setup. you can pretty much pick your price but make sure you have the right spline and length etc.

as far as cameras go, get a wildgame cam. they are cheap, work beautifully and you can buy two instead of 1. the new ones you can find on good sales for around $70 and will perform just as well as any of the top brand name cams.



heres how you look at it. pay $250 for a "nice" camera and have 1 camera taking quality pics but will still miss deer and have flaws. Or,

buy 2 or 3 wildgame cams have way more coverage take quality pics, miss about the same amount of deer as the "quality" cameras would but have two or three times as much knowledge and patterning ability. expensive cameras are just that, expensive. sure they might be a little better but you will hardly notice the difference. the point of a camera is to learn a deer's behavior not count ticks on its nutsack.

the wildgame cams are all around performers and have the same features of the expensive cams and take quality pictures. look for a good sale and put 3 cams in the woods instead of one. also when one breaks or is stolen its not such a big deal, just replace it. you still have 2 more. not to mention the amazing cams of today will be crap tomorrow.

i cannot speak of other cheap cams, but the wildgame blade cams i own 7 of and I will never buy another expensive cuddy again. you do have to be careful of which ones you buy, stores and sites sell them cheap but look at how many LEDs they have and what Megapixel they are. make sure you get the good ones. and like mentioned above buy the lithium batteries.

we catch squirrels at 40 yrds and mice. they catch birds flying through. ocasionally we will get the but end of a deer but its not often and usually when the batt gets low. lithium usually runs the cam even using video and about 300 pics a week from june to sept.

like i said though if you do want to buy one dont be fooled by the stores, make sure the panel is loaded with LEDs and its a good megapixle. blade 6 is what most of my cams are but they sell them with 10 LEDs up to like 32. i think all of them have the same modes, video, time lapse, multiple pics etc.
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