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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 11, 2006 8:58:19 GMT -5
Do you think the flash on a trail cam scares deer away?
Yes it scares them and continued use will drive them away.
No, it is like a quick flash. They think nothing of it.
I couldn't give a honest educated response.
I don’t use trail cameras
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Post by chicobrownbear on Aug 11, 2006 9:07:54 GMT -5
I think it probably piques curiosity (hence the closeup second and third shots often seen). OTher than that they could care less.
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Post by jstalljon on Aug 11, 2006 10:04:35 GMT -5
I have had pictures where it does bring them in closer for a second look, but also pictures where the second one is of a rear end high tailing it out of there as if spooked.
That being said, a day or two later, that same deer is in another batch of pictures. So if it does spook them, I don't think it's enough to truly affect the deers patterns as it would being spooked by a hunter.
However, I have yet to have a really mature buck in front of mine either to see how he'd react. Based on some others I've seen, I don't think it really matters.
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Post by Decatur on Aug 11, 2006 10:08:12 GMT -5
I can't afford Trail Cameras. :-(
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Aug 11, 2006 10:51:36 GMT -5
I do not use em. From the sequenced photos I've seen, the deer react differently to the flash / click.
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Post by eelriver on Aug 11, 2006 12:57:49 GMT -5
I have been using one for the first time this summer. I have a series of photos of the same buck coming back to the same spot continually. I don't think it spooks them to the point they won't come back.
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Post by birddog on Aug 11, 2006 13:15:58 GMT -5
As I have just put up two more a total of now 6 cameras out I have not yet saw any deer being scared by them...
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Post by 911 on Aug 11, 2006 16:18:50 GMT -5
Absolutely Not.
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Post by deerdude on Aug 12, 2006 5:39:36 GMT -5
i really dont thnk it does,i have got a bunch of pics.with the deers face stuck right in the camera after the first flash, i can tell you that owls dont like the flash, i had one actually attack the camera .it hasnt worked 100 percent right since.
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Post by mbogo on Aug 12, 2006 11:10:58 GMT -5
The best answer that I can give is that it depends on the individual buck. I have had deer that I've had multiple closeup pictures of that didn't seem to be bothered by it. I also had a young buck last year that I had gotten about 7 pics of, he came almost every night to my camera setup until I got an extreme closeup of him on the eigth night. He never showed up again in the two weeks I left the camera in that position.
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Post by lugnutz on Aug 13, 2006 20:41:20 GMT -5
I think it has to at least scare them. Maybe they get used to it, i dunno. But i know if you miss a deer with an arrow they seem to run off, you miss enough times they won't come back! That part i unfortunately know!  Lug |
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