When the camera takes the picture does the flash scrare them away or do they pay attention to the flash?

Sometimes it spooks them a little....sometimes they pay no attention....sometimes they are drawn to it(does).

last winter i was hunting by my camera. I forgot to turn it off and I had two fawns walk right by my camera. one got his picture taken and they both jumped a little but didn't run away. Then the other one walked up to it and started licking it. it has only a minute delay but he didn't get his picture taken. I almost started laughing out loud. I ended up getting 3 pictures before they calmly walked away.

I know those are fawns and they are dumb as can be but it was funny. I've had lots of does and bucks get one picture taken then stand there for a minute and take one step and get their picture taken again.

I don't think it bugs them too much. I leave my camera going during the season over a nice funnel by my stand. It gives me and idea if I should hunt there or not.

Plus, I constantly get pictures of the same bucks, one on the way to corn, one on the way back. If it bugged them they'd go a different way.

Edited by - rackluster on 11/12/2002 22:12:46