It's no myth that the cameras bother the deer (mostly mature bucks), I can see their tracks in the snow where they've circled around it.
Hey....just asking....but is it the camera or the scent?....or maybe they saw you checking it? How do you know it's the camera?
I wear rubber boots and gloves to check mine....and I'm still SURE I leave scent there.
I don't think we'll ever know whether this is a myth or not.....but I can show you photo after photo of 3.5 yr old bucks sticking around after they've had their photos taken (with or without flash).....and then coming back to the same place to do it all over again either the next day or one closely thereafter.