This time the deer discovered the camera.
Here is part of a sequence of one young deer checking out the camera.
There is a lot of speculation about why animals notice game cameras. Some people say that they see the camera taking photos (there is a tiny red light that goes off - deer do not see red very well). Others say that the animals hear the camera take the picture. Many suggest that animals smell the cameras, either human scent on the camera or the electronics themselves. In reality, deer probably just notice that there is something in the woods that wasn't there before and they check out the camera just like a person would check out something new that suddenly appeared in their home.
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ReplyDeleteThanks! The first time I had the camera out, none of the pictures were like this. This time there were probably around 30 pictures of the deer looking at the camera. I didn't change much - I just moved the camera to a different tree about 10ft closer to the trail and that was enough for them to discover it.
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