Does flash spook deer?
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Does flash spook deer?
Well the tittle says it all . does a flash trail camera spook deer ?? I seem to get some pics of deer with there eyes wide open in the second pic of them! hopefully its not spooking them away!
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Re: Does flash spook deer?
It depends on the deer. Some deer around here get scared more from IR than a regular flash, and some get scared more from flash. Some deer also get used to a flash and eventually get used to it, & same with IR.
The buck in this post is more scared from IR than flash.
https://gjhunting.forumotion.com/t118-buck-growth-bushnell-trail-sentry
The buck in this post is more scared from IR than flash.
https://gjhunting.forumotion.com/t118-buck-growth-bushnell-trail-sentry
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Re: Does flash spook deer?
x2 on what jeff said ! some deer get spooked and some dont ! and if the deer got spooked by someone earlier in the day he might be a bit more spooked by a flash when it goes off then he normally would .. also i see allot of deer that looked spooked by the IR flash but i thought deer were not supposed to see it !
every deer is differant!!
every deer is differant!!
Re: Does flash spook deer?
This is a good topic. I have a variety of commercial and homebrew cams. I have found that most deer will spook with IR. There are various reasons from my experience and others from different forums. Some people believe it is the "clunk" from the IR filter moving in the camera alerting the deer. Some think it is the IR flash. I feel it is a combination of both. The noise is something they are not familiar with. The IR flash is definitely something they do not see in the woods. On the other hand, a "white" flash cam makes no noise. I have spooked a few deer with a white flash but far less than IR. I think they see it as lightning without the thunder. They will get used to it or go around next time through the area.
In the areas I have cams, coyotes do not like flash of any kind. My main interest is mountain lions and I have never had a lion spook from IR or white flash. Will post a few lion pics up when I get a chance.
In the areas I have cams, coyotes do not like flash of any kind. My main interest is mountain lions and I have never had a lion spook from IR or white flash. Will post a few lion pics up when I get a chance.
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Good piont about the filter clunk and the IR's going off Dave I found out that if you mount a camera higher that the deer usually don't notice the camera as much. I like mounting cameras lower because i like how the pics look more.
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And can't wait to see the cat Pics
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i found that mature deer were more likly to be spooked from flash and way less likly to be spooked by IR.
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Re: Does flash spook deer?
Red blob ir cams do scare deer,alot has to do with flash duration as some cams has way to long of flash and even worse if you like to run your cam in video or multi flash mode. Not all deer head for the hills but it seems the mature deer do. sorry I have some videos but the site wont let me post the for 7 days it seems.
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Re: Does flash spook deer?
mrtrailcam1 wrote:Red blob ir cams do scare deer,alot has to do with flash duration as some cams has way to long of flash and even worse if you like to run your cam in video or multi flash mode. Not all deer head for the hills but it seems the mature deer do. sorry I have some videos but the site wont let me post the for 7 days it seems.
Gona check and see if i can do anything to change that! dont know what is doing that!
Re: Does flash spook deer?
To be honest I have found ir sometimes to spook the bigger bucks more, the mature bucks I have on my place don't seem to mind the flash. My reconyx is a real low glow ir so that doesn't bother them. I agree above it depends on the deer but that has been my experience with both cams. Scoot
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Re: Does flash spook deer?
scoot12 wrote:To be honest I have found ir sometimes to spook the bigger bucks more, the mature bucks I have on my place don't seem to mind the flash.
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Re: Does flash spook deer?
any mature deer will spook at something out in the woods if its not normal!!
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Very true Ray, good point. Scoot
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Re: Does flash spook deer?
It sure does. All my pics are blurrs as they bolt for the bottoms every time when the V2800 bust's their chops so the V3700 will be even worse I bet. See for yourself!
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Both bird pics are awesome, really like the stand-off pic!!
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The flying crow was a rare one I thought. Thanks FG.Fallguy wrote:Both bird pics are awesome, really like the stand-off pic!!
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