It really depends how many deer are in your area and what type of cam you have. If you set it up to take pics every 10secs you will have alot more pics than every 60secs. What size sd card you have will also determine how often to check it if you are getting alot of photos. For example I set mine for every 10secs once before and had 1530 pics in 3 days over bait but when I backed it off to every 30 secs I only had 350 in 5 days. It really is all personal preference and how easy it is to get to as well. Good luck and you will be hooked on getting pics for quite sometime to come.