I read an interesting article about a week before I put the camera out. in the past I had always put them at deer level so I could get body height pics....it just made sense. The article talked about the reactions that critters display when they encounter a camera, even one that isn't turned on. They tested it with inactive cameras being watched by hidden cameras and most critters spooked like crazy and hauled ass. Even when the camera was turned off...they see them on trees and know somethings wrong. We just don't realize it because these reactions happen after the picture we get has been triggered.
I always got alert pictures of deer before and in hindsight, I bet they took off shortly after the pic was taken. This time I hung the camera about 8 feet up and pointed down to the trail....out of their normal field of view and not one animal locked eyes with the camera . Even a few of the duplicate pics, when the does just stood there, they look like they are sensing "something" but they don't look up....pretty cool.
Hang em high!!
_Kirk T. Norris
