Though I have only a brief time period of experience with the Stealth cam I would say that it depends on how you have it set up. The reason I say that is because I noticed if I set mine to take more than one picture per activation then it does tend to spook game. On the other hand, the week before I had 7 or 8 consecutive shots of two buck feeding right in front of my camera. Now the duration between activations can be no less than a minute so those two deer must have been there for at least 7 or 8 minutes before moving on.