2015 Detection Shootout

- Formerly called "Trail Camera Shootout"

In the Detection Shootout, a test subject walks parallel to the test cameras from each direction at 10-foot intervals.  This continues out to 110 feet.  

For 2015 we completely revamped the scoring system on the Shootout.  Companies had been designing cameras with detection zones much wider than the field of view of their lens. This gave cameras with slow triggers a head start on their competitors and cameras with poor detection circuits were being unfairly rewarded. 

This year we simplified the scoring process.  Each camera was awarded a point for each full picture (greater than 60% of the body) of the test subject captured on each pass.  We also recorded empty and partial pictures to compute an efficiency rating for each camera.  The efficiency rating is simply the percentage of pictures which captured a valid image (60% or greater) of the test subject relative to the total number of images taken (valid + partial + empty).

We feel this year's scoring system has greatly improved the overall quality of this test.  The Detection Shootout is the culmination of a cameras trigger speed, recovery time, detection range and detection zone.  These combine to form the "trail camera detection circuit."

Rank	Model	Overall Score	Efficiency Rating	Full Results
1	Bushnell Trophy Cam HD Aggressor	74	62%
2	Bushnell Trophy Cam HD Aggressor No Glow	65	63%
3	Browning Spec Ops FHD	47	80%
4	Stealth Cam GX45NG	39	66%
5	Reconyx HC500	37	95%
6	Bushnell Trophy Cam Essential	35	83
7	Cuddeback C2	32	86
8	Reconyx HC600	32	97
9	Cuddeback C3	31	86
10	Browning Dark Ops HD	30	67
11	Kodiak Wifi	28	93
12	Browning Strike Force HD	28	68
13	Spypoint Force 12	27	63
14	Covert Outlook	24	92
15	Primos Proof Cam 02	24	73
16	Stealth Cam G42NG	23	70
17	Reconyx XR6	22	96
18	Primos Proof Cam 01	19	58
19	HCO SG560C	18	75
20	Primos Proof Cam 03	17	57
21	HCO Spartan GoCam	16	80
22	Stealth Cam G30	16	84
23	Wildgame P8I	16	100
24	HCO Spartan GoCam NoGlow	15	100
25	Wildgame M10i	15	100
26	Stealth Cam RX36NG	15	79
27	Bushnell Natureview HD Max	14	100
28	Covert HD 60	14	67
29	Eyecon Crossfire	12	100
30	HCO SG565	12	63
31	Moultrie M-880 Gen2	11	69
32	Covert Illuminator	11	79
33	Eyecon Quickshot	11	100
34	Stealth Cam RX24	10	71
35	Moultrie M-550 Gen2	10	91
36	Moultrie M-990i Gen2	8	89
38	Eyecon Frenzy	6	100

Additional Resources:

Browning Trail Cameras                            Browning Strike Force            

Stealth Cam                                                  Spypoint Reviews

Trail Camera Reviews                                 Bushnell Trail Camera

Primos Trail Camera Reviews