Does the flash off the cam spook deer?

Guys,
I just picked up a stealthcam that does not have IR. It has the flash mode turned to auto and snapping pics with a 3 shot burst. Do you think that deer get spooked when they see this flash at night? It has to totally screw their night vision when this baby goes off right? Also how much of a delay should I put between shots? 1 minute delay?

thanks,
Mack

 

I used to say no but after watching for a couple of years now I believe some deer will get used to it but your older deer will start going out of there way to avoid that area..Walt

 

What camera do you recommend to keep out for a week at a time or so??

 

I am new to this myself but from what I gathered you can leave them all out that long and longer. My stealthcam came with a 1 GB card and it can hold over 800 medium quality photos and a bunch of video. I would get one that has the ability to insert an SD Card. From what I have been told and cam vets correct me if I am wrong, you want to put your cam in some type of delay so that if the animal(s) are just standing in front of your cam, you wont be getting a gazillion photos. I am putting mine out this weekend and I have the thing set for a 2 minute delay with a 3 shot burst. The burst mode is cool because if the animal is moving rather quickly it will snap 3 quick photos then delay or until the motion detection picks up another target. Let me know how you make out.

 

White flash camera's and the IR camera's that have the tiny red lights going off do In deed scare some deer. Lightning Is a natural thing, deer are used to It. Watching a tree light up In a foot square area Isn't natural to a deer. A white or red glow and an object hanging from a tree that wasn't there before that makes noises when these lights go off Isn't natural.

This Is the exact reason why I went to a Reconyx trail camera. No white flashes at night and no red tiny lights at night. Deer haven't detected this camera anything like they have my no flash cuddebacks. The sound of these camera's taking pictures too plays Into this as well. My RC60 Reconyx doesn't make a sound when taking pictures, another plus for that camera compared to 95% of the other cams out there. Every deer Is different, some could care less with the flashes from these camera's but I'm not willing to take a chance anymore on buying these type of camera's when my other cudde's wear out. I'll use them now being they still work but my future trail camera's will be something that doesn't make a sound such as the Reconyx and Predator trail camera's and something that doesn't have any lights such as the Reconyx. The Predators have red lights but you can hardly see them. I just bought a Predator camera here about 3 weeks ago so I'll give my take on them and see how the deer respond to them and the red lights. The bear had no problem with the Predator but they have had Issues with the red lights on my cudde's so that already Is telling me something.

 

Some spook, some dont. It all depends.

 

what he said,all depends.

 

Mack,
If you put your camera out along a trail, without food, or bait, or any type of attractant to keep the deer there, then you'd want your camera on the shortest
delay possible, to get as many photos as you can while the deer move through. (It's normally not that many)

If you're luring them in with feed, a longer interval such as 2 min. is the way to go.
Looking forward to seeing some pics.
Keith

 

This is one of those debates that will never be fully settled. All I can tell you is what I have experienced. I own both IR cameras and white-flash cameras. The deer seem to stand and stare at my IR cameras just as much as the WF cameras. I don't know if they hear something or just notice the flash. I will say that it doesn't seem to effect them very much because I keep getting pictures of the same deer over and over again. I think if it really bothered them, they would quit coming to that area. When I set up my cameras, I always do a walk test to see if it is positioned correctly. My Moultries make a very slight sound, my Reconyx makes no sound whatsoever, yet they stand and stare at both of them. So who knows? I'm sorry this answer is probably not much help but that has been my experience.

Blessings.....Pastorjim

 

I think that is a very good answer, it all depends on the animal i guess, sometimes the same deer will always come back sometimes, you never see him again.....like caleb said, all depends

 

Definitely depends on the animal, doesn't seem to spook deer at our farm at all (as far as I know). But... my buddy has pics of 2 or 3 diff. deer rearing back and getting "jumpy" from the flash, not more than 5 miles from our place.

 

Thanks for all the info guys. I got my camera set out yesterday morning about 10 yards in from the corner of this field off what appears to be a large main trail with a bunch of others coming into it. Hopefully I will get some pictures after this week. I also hung a ladder stand about 25 yards from my camera just inside the woods and as soon as I got up there to strap it in you could really see a maze of trails all coming on to this main one. This entire woodlot and ridge is all white oak and beech and there are acorns and beechnuts all over the ground already. I really hope I can get some pictures! I will definately post some here next week if I get anything. My buddy put his out last week a few hundred yards away and got a few does, turkeys and a coyote.

 

I agree that it depends on the deer. I got some pictures last year of a buck that seemed to keep coming closer after every picture/flash. There are a couple where he is right infront of the camera and one of them he actually looks like he is smiling for the camera. But I also have pictures of some really nice bucks that I only have one picture of. I had this camera out in the same spot for over a month. Seems like the big one avoided it.