Same as Ausie-guy- turn it to stand-by when you move it. I had a similar scenario- hot deer area, but few pictures when I checked it. After sitting in the area for a morning I realized the deer cross in the area, but not necessarily in the sector covered by the camera. I' ve found using the test-mode helpful to determine how far out the camera will detect deer. If we' re talking about the same model (sold at walmart for about $70) I' ve been pretty happy.