I bought my first camera and put it out last Thursday by 1 of my bowstands. Saturday morning I hunted but couldn't stay long because I wanted to see the pictures too bad being my 1st time. A total of 38 with a few little bucks. I deleted the pictures and left it out again until Tuesday morning and had 185 pictures this time with are alot of the same deer because it was set on 1 minute intervals. My problem is that all but 2 pictures are after dark into the early morning hours. There were deer there everyday from a few hours before light until minutes before. It would be tough for me to hunt any mornings without spooking these deer and there was at least 1 shooter. My questions are do yall think that this is the moon phase causing all of the activity to be at night? Also even if it is the moon phase isn't this a rediculous percentage of daytime activity, 2 out of 223? What would some of you do in this situation? Also this piece of property is only hunted by 3 of us, plus maybe a few poachers, but it's in a very secure area which is risky just getting there without permission. Thanks for any help or advice.

My answer to the first question is yes. The majority of the recent deer activity at night is a direct result of the moon phase. When it's a new moon, most of the activity will be during the daylight hours.

As for the 2-223. If it's on a one minute interval...I'd say that perhaps it's a bit outta the norm. But you should set your camera at a different interval. Perhaps, one pic per five minutes and see if it evens out the numbers a bit more.

In the 2 1/2 years of using my camera and after close to 2,000 pics of deer, I would say 95% of my pics are at night year-round..... That tells me one thing........ Whitetail deer are even more nocturnal that I originally thought!!!