question on deer cams
 

I'm thinking about buying some deer cams this spring, but i dont know much about how they work I'm assuming that by some of the pictures I've seen that they must flash when taking a picture. My question is doesnt this scare the deer away? It just seems to me like it would and I would use one to find where the deer are not where they where! Thanks

RE: question on deer cams
 

In my opinion, I think the flash may startle a deer momentarily. I don't think it will scare them off completely. I've had multiple pictures of the same buck on the same night. Just my two cents. Trail cameras are priceless to me! :)

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I don't think that the flash scares them much, if any at all. Like trophybux says, I have multiple pics of the same deer on the same night. I have watched the deer activate the flash, . . .some pay it no attention, some alert to it and then settle right down. I think that for my next cam tho I'm going to go with the digital so that I won't have the developing to deal with.

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the first roll of film taught me they don't mind it much. I had the camera set to go off every minute. I had assumed the flash would scare them off, boy was I wrong.

http://seahunters.org/gallery/12-14-04

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thanks for the info, as I mentioned I'm looking to buy m first one, what ones are the best for there money. or ease of use. thanks again

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get a digital. my film camera costs me about $10-12 per roll including film, developing and batteries. also a camera that takes "D" batteries over "AA" batteries is more cost effective.

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I just ordered a Penn's Wood's digital. I will get if Friday, then in it'll be in the woods Saturday. I wanted a digital, so maybe this is a good one. We'll see.

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A buddy of mine called me and said I should've ordered the Leaf River Digital, so I called Cabela's and changed the order. Maybe it'll be a good one. I've been using a $60 Stealth Cam with mixed results, maybe this will be the ticket!

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I would call Cabelas and get your money back . Build your own , you will save money and have a great camera . You can go to Hags House and find everything you need to build one .

I am going to start selling them to cover the cost of my own cams .

Here is what they will look like .

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Here are a couple pics from home made cams .

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How much do you have in that camera? The photos look great! Is it weatherproof? I might try to build one too. Thanks for the advice.

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I have about $250 to 275 in that cam in the picture . It all depends on what board you use . The Pennwoods brings $699 in Cabelas . Its a Pixcontroller boards with a Sony P32 I believe . You can buy a Pixcontroller board from www.pixcontroller.com and build your own for under $300 and have the same Deer Cam as them . We ( homebrewers ) know use the Sony P41 . You will get great pictures from that camera . It is a 4.1mp camera and Pnnswoods is a 3.2 I think . Shutter time is just under 2 seconds , so it is good for a trail camera . Battery life for the board is one 9V ( 8 months ) and two AA for the camera depending on how many pictures it takes can last almost a month . I got over 500 pictures on one camera in a 2 week time and batts were still reading about half .

Yes they are waterproof . The case of choice is a peilican 1040 or 1060 . The case in the picture is a 1060 camo dipped . You can buy a case and use liquid nail to have a 3D camo effect . Many people have done it that way and it looks good after the paint it up to match the color of the woods they have around them .