Hunting & Ice Fishing

Trail cameras, heat and batteries in the cold. Find out how long your gear runs before you head out, and what to buy so it doesn’t quit on you.

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Trail Camera Battery Life Calculator

Pick your camera, how busy the spot is and your batteries, and see how many days one set lasts, how lithium, rechargeable and alkaline compare, and what to buy.

  • Days on one set of AA
  • Photo, video and cellular cameras
  • Every battery type compared
  • Sets to pack for the season
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Example: a cellular camera on 8 lithium AA batteries, going off 15 times a day, most of it at night
243 days on one set
0.14 Whused a day
70 dayson alkaline instead
1 setfor a 60-day season
Coming soon Propane Heater Run Time Calculator How long a 1 lb or 20 lb tank lasts in your blind or ice shanty.
Coming soon Heated Gear Battery Life Calculator How long heated vests, gloves and socks run on their batteries.

Guides

Trail Cameras: Setup, Batteries and the Questions Everyone Asks Where to hang it, the settings that matter, which batteries last, external power and solar, and fixes for blank and blurry pictures. Read the guide

Products

8 picks Trail cameras Browning, Bushnell, Stealth Cam, GardePro, Tactacam, Spypoint and Moultrie, regular and cellular. Compare and shop → 7 picks Trail camera batteries and power Lithium and rechargeable AA batteries, battery packs and external power. Compare and shop →

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