Moultrie Mobile has come a long way from its roots. In the late 1970s, Dan Moultrie started building automatic spin-cast wildlife feeders in his apartment closet. He later went on to build his first trail camera using a rat trap, a 35MM camera, and a piece of string tied to a bear-bait barrel.
“When I walked up and saw that rat trap sprung, it was like Christmas day as a kid,” remembered Moultrie. “We drove into town with the film and went to the drug store and got the film developed in an hour. We had one picture of a black bear. It was the best thing ever.”
Today, Moultrie Mobile builds cellularly connected products and an app designed to connect people to wild places more than ever before. With cellular trail cameras, customers can now monitor remote properties anywhere in the United States and Canada with cell coverage. Most Moultrie Mobile customers use their cameras to keep daily tabs on big bucks, but many others use the camera and app system for security in places where internet and power connections don’t exist. With built-in advanced artificial intelligence (AI), customers can get real-time notifications on their phones if a person or vehicle is caught on camera. This works the same for bucks, turkeys, bears, hogs and many other species, too.
The Moultrie Mobile app is the centerpiece of the ecosystem. When a camera is triggered by motion to take a picture, the image is uploaded via a cellular connection to a cloud-based server. From there, the images and data that come with it, are fed into the Moultrie Mobile app.
“The Moultrie Mobile app is where the action happens,” said Mark Olis, senior brand relations manager for Moultrie Mobile. “After you hang your camera and walk away, everything else is done through the app. It’s where you view images and videos, but also where you change all the camera settings and plan your hunt.”
A New Connected Feeder
Moultrie Mobile’s newest cellularly connected device isn’t a camera, it’s a feeder system. Feed Hub is the first-of-its-kind product that harnesses the power and convenience of cellular technology to give you full control of your spin-cast feeders. Feed Hub will automatically connect to the strongest cell provider, too. There are no SIM cards to swap around, just turn it on and it will look for the strongest signal and connect, no matter the network that works best in your area.
Never have hunters and land managers been able to remotely monitor and communicate with their feeders. Before Feed Hub, hunters would have to physically open the feeder lid and look in to see how much feed is remaining. Then, it was only a guess as to when the feeder would run out. With many people living hours away from their feeders, an impromptu trip to the feed store and hunting property to fill feeders isn’t enjoyable and can be downright disruptive to work and family schedules. The only thing worse than that is climbing into the treestand and then realizing the feeder has been empty for the past week and deer activity has dropped way off.
“Feed Hub removes the stress of feeder management by allowing land managers to monitor feed levels and battery life, change feed times, feed on demand, and receive alerts if a feeder is clogged or not working properly,” said Olis. “All of this is controlled remotely via the Moultrie Mobile app, which can be done from the comfort of your couch, in the truck, treestand, or from a different state.”
Feed Hub consists of a cellular timer, a feed level detector and the Moultrie Mobile app. Once installed, the cellular timer connects to the cloud-based server where it relays feeder information, such as feed level, battery life, feed times, and any problems that the feeder might be having. Hunters simply use the Moultrie Mobile app to monitor this info as well as set feeder times, feed on demand, and receive alerts for feeder clogs, low battery life and feed levels.
Feed Hub will roll out in 2024 with three different configurations. The first option is a universal option that will work on all major feeder brands, not just Moultrie Feeders. This setup contains the cellular timer, feed level detector and the free Moultrie Mobile app. This is the best option if you already own a feeder. Customers will need to install the cellular timer into their existing feeder motor for it to work. Depending on the feeder brand, this can simply be as quick as unplugging the old timer and plugging in Feed Hub. For other models, it’s a quick 15-minute job to install the new cellular timer.
“I want to stress, this is a simple install,” said Olis. “I did it in 15 minutes and I am way underqualified compared to most hunters out there. We also have detailed instructions and videos in the app that walk you step-by-step through the install process, no matter the feeder brand being used.”
Lastly, the feed level detector is installed into the bottom of the feed hopper lid, so that it points down looking directly at the feed inside the hopper with the lid on. The feed level detector communicates with the cellular timer via radio frequency. Every time Feed Hub checks in, the feed level detector measures the feed level and communicates it directly to the cell timer. The universal option will sell for $99.99.
The next offering is for those who already own a Moultrie Feeder. The Feed Hub Kit comes with a Moultrie Pro Hunter II spin-cast motor with the Feed Hub cellular timer already installed. The Pro Hunter II twists directly onto the Quick-Lock adapter on a Moultrie Feeder. The only other task is to install the Feed Level Detector into the lid of the feed hopper. This kit also comes with a Quick-Lock adapter, which allows it to be installed onto other feeder hoppers, too. This all-in-one solution will sell for $149.99.
The Final Feed Hub solution is a cellularly-connected Feed Level Detector. This is ideal for gravity-style feeders and spin-cast as well. The Feed Level Detector will allow users to monitor feed levels and get alerts when the feed is low via the Moultrie Mobile app. This product is designed only for monitoring feed levels and does not allow remote control of feeder settings. The Feed Level Detector will sell for $59.99.
