I had mine out for 12 days and the batteries were still good but i went ahead and took it down anyways becuase I didn' t wanna mess with it all again becuase it was 100 degrees when I went out. Come to find out it had only taken 2 pictures in that time. What do you think happened? I know its hard to tell. I walked in front of the camera where i thought the deer would be and it took a picture. So what I' m thinking is the deer just weren' t there at that time. I' m going back out this weekend and give it another try. Hopefully this time I can find a better spot and it will work.