Trail camera question

**staylo** · June 26th, 2015, 12:46 AM

For those of you who have trail cameras a quick question: would a trail camera give itself away to a human when it activated? I have some suspicion that someone may be poking around our cars at night and I was considering putting a trail camera up to see if that's so. Not having any experience with them I didn't know if one would be stealthy enough to get pics if anyone was there without the camera alerting someone to itself.

**varmintblaster** · June 26th, 2015, 04:02 AM

I have an older model trailcam but I think the newerones operate the same way.

Mine has a diode which blinks to show that the IR (infared) sensor is working properly (I suppose a small piece of black electrical tape can cover the diode nicely.

I set mine at AUTO FLASH to get a night pic. Theflas i blindingly bright - yup they will definitely notice if their pic is snapped at night.

Perhaps a newer model with bight vision would be undetectable - but I bet they are $pricey.

**S&WOwner** · June 26th, 2015, 05:11 AM

Take a look at No Flash Infrared Trail Cameras "...With no glow cameras, the night infrared led's do not glow red and therefore, the trespasser won't see a visible flash at night..."

**Qtrborecrazy** · June 26th, 2015, 08:32 AM

I have a Covert and no, no one would know its going off unless they stumble upon it.

**4070BN** · June 26th, 2015, 08:35 AM

This may work. Not a trail camera but it's wireless, not that pricey and provides proof/security.

http://www.amazon.com/Midas-Link-CCT...camera+outdoor

**staylo** · June 26th, 2015, 09:10 AM

Originally Posted by Qtrborecrazy

I have a Covert and no, no one would know its going off unless they stumble upon it.

Which model are you using? I see that they have both 'visible' and 'invisible' models.

**Qtrborecrazy** · June 26th, 2015, 02:30 PM

Originally Posted by staylo

Which model are you using? I see that they have both 'visible' and 'invisible' models.

The answer is (__________ ) < here.

**40twist** · June 26th, 2015, 03:19 PM

If you live anywhere near me in Lancaster and you are noticing little things that are changed then yeah someone is snooping. Seems to be common around here.