Detecting deer in outdoor setting

Cameras
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I have a front yard garden with zone restrictions that limit my fence height to 4 feet and a deer problem.

Does anyone have experience using a wyze cam to detect deer and trigger an automated event? Maybe turning on a sprinkler or making a scare crow pop up?

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Have you looked at something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Havahart-5277-Motion-Activated-Repellent-Sprinkler/dp/B078HK12H8/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=deer+sprinkler&qid=1646095604&sr=8-3

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Not sure if Deer are scared off by a siren, but the Wyze V3 Camera has a siren on it (80dB). You could setup a detection zone on the garden that turns on the siren if motion or a “pet” is detected.

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Yes, I have… I was hoping to create something smarter that would scare deer, but not the mailman using the wyze AI.

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Since the camera won’t detect deer specifically, I doubt it is any smarter. :slightly_smiling_face:

Pet detection probably wouldn’t identify deer and motion detection won’t work for your needs since it would trigger for the mailman.

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A sparrow tried to take up residence in my v3 equipped bluebird house. Blasted the siren, which had to be deafening inside a small box. Didn’t faze the bird at all. Had to open the birdhouse and clean out the nest.
Had some crows totally decimate the sunflower seed tray. Have a WOC pointed at the tray to monitor the seed, because the squirrels make me put the tray on a 10 foot pole.

They jump high when popped with a 22 caliber CO2 pistol

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I’d like to use my Wyze cam to detect the Mail Delivery Vehicle and notify me when “You’ve got mail.” or Mail’s in ala Addams Family whoop whoop.

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I’m not aware of a Wyze mailbox sensor or a garage door tilt sensor.

My smart home runs on Hubitat Elevation. I am also an Addams Family fan (TOS)

After a week or so of getting woken from a nap by ‘whoop whoop whoop Mail’s in’ I changed it to a chime. But the bigger issue was getting the signal from inside a metal mailbox that is inside a brick enclosure was challenging. Had to put a bulb that is a repeater in one of the post lamps in the front yard, Then I drilled a hole in the metal mailbox all the way inside just large enough for the motion sensor to fit into and also not be shielded by the metal mailbox. After a few weeks the humidity inside the mailbox corroded the motion sensor. I replaced it and put it inside a Ziploc bag.

So even if you put a camera inside the mailbox, I doubt your WiFi would reach.