My camera has taken pictures with some deer looking directly at the camera, raccoons, squirrels, bear, etc--I' ve even got pictures of a fox stalking and then eating a chipmunk.
Doesn' t seem to spook them and some pictures have shown the ' same' deer on different dates. I have learned more about my spots while using the camera and have even seen some pictures of deer taken by the camera, deer which I have not seen while in my stands.