To Flash or not to Flash

[dixiedeerslaya]

deer dont mind a random pile of corn in the middle of a pine forest, but you let a bright light flash for a fraction of a millisecond and them fuckers are going to get smart.


im with HS. yall give deer too much credit.

[HT]

Camera flash has no effect on a big buck. Big bucks use one primary thing to sense danger and that is their nose. I have never seen any negative effects to bucks from my flash cameras. I personally hate the look of a IR camera picture.

X2

I've got pictures of good 3.5 and older bucks on a flash camera only to kill then at the same stand the next day or couple days after.

[FEETDOWN]

deer dont mind a random pile of corn in the middle of a pine forest, but you let a bright light flash for a fraction of a millisecond and them fuckers are going to get smart.


im with HS. yall give deer too much credit.

[baydog]

I hope it does scare them. When there is no other food, and all they want is my corn, maybe they will decide to eat in the daytime. I swear a button buck can eat 50lbs of corn in less than 48 hours, given a nap from the hours of 7am and 7pm. daytime = no flash

[trkykilr]

I had no opinion on this until today. I have a spot where I have been getting pics with a flash camera for 6 weeks or so. There are several nice bucks, but no wall hangers. Two nits ago, I got 2 pics of an absolute stud. Probably 135" deer. In the first pic, he is staring at the camera, in the second, 30 seconds later, he looks like he is standing on a hot tin roof. There is not a third pic, obviously. 30 seconds is a long time, so he wasn't completely scared, but he damn sure didn't like it. We'll see if he comes back.

[Catdaddy]

I use both and the flash camera is the best. The IR cmarea lights up with red and spooks the deer more. My deer will not feed close to an IR camera except in daylight. They will feed right up to a flash camera.


The only advantage IR has is battery life.

Also, I would set my cameras for taking pictures no sooner than 5 minutes apart. I personally use 10 minute intervals.