I used to have 2 or 3 moultrie cams that took the colored night time pics. In order to get those they had the white flash. I never seen any negative effects from it but I know their had to be. I remember multiple times walking in and seeing the cam go off and it lit up the woods for a split second. The only negative effect I know for certain was from my dad. He walked by it one morning not knowing it was there. He about had to change his drawers lol.
Back when I still used hacked digital camera trail-cams, that use white flash, the two major patterns I could count on was a rapidly declining number of pictures at each cam from week to week to week, and deer learning to walk behind the camera. I have a long narrow food plot that I've monitored with a camera from various locations for years. When I still used white-flash cams, I would watch deer walk up the middle of the plot until just before they entered the cams trigger area. Then the deer would leave the plot, walk behind the camera, and then reenter the plot just beyond the camera's trigger area. The white-flash camera caused the deer to alter their behavior, but it did not influence them to leave the area or make major changes to their travel pattern.
So you think there's a good chance this buck will stay around? He saw the red glow of my reveal cell cam.
He won't leave the area, but he may avoid that exact location.
He definitely noticed it but in hind sight he didn't run off . He did the foot stomp but stayed so I guess no harm no foul .
Boy he's a stud but smart and a cautious one at that . Be hard to tell Fairchaser but I'd still hunt him hopefully after a couple days he'll forget . Maybe he'll come back around cautiously and see nothing to harm him . Although deer are cautious they are curious.
