ORIGINAL: HuntingBry
Germ, to answer your question about the Moultrie I40 yes it does take color daylight pics. I just got it this year, and I've been very happy with it.
Greg, if you ever jump back in here, I have a question for you. You have mentioned a number of times that deer, particularly mature bucks, will start skirting you camera within a short period of time regardless of whether it is IR or flash. I am assuming you know they are skirting them because you can see the tracks going around the camera. I would be interested to see what would happen in your area if you simply put a camera out, but left it off. If the deer start skirting it without it off we can rule out both the flash and the IR as what bothers the deer, as well as the noise. If they don't we can assume it is most likely the flash. It may seem to be a foolish experiment, but I know I'd eagerly anticipate the answer. What do you think?
1) I get 2 full months battery life on my Cudde's in the cold (-12) weather along with taking 30 sec video with each pic.
2) I know they are skirting the cameras by the tracks in the snow.
3) They really notice the camera when it's mounted to a real skinny tree (profiled). They are looking at it when their pic is taken in the daylight.
I'm going to try a couple of things.
1) Camo the camera.
2) Put the camera up high and angle it downward.
3) Last resort...... stop taking night time pics.
I really don't want to do #3, because during the time I have my cameras out, there are periods where almost all of the deer activity is night time. I experience this several times from end of Nov to end of March. I'd miss out on a lot of big bucks doing this.