Snowshoeing
is about as good as it gets camera trapping. This morning’s temperature was -3 with
20” inches of powered snow. Dressing in layers and a couple hand warmers in my
gloves made for a comfortable hike. Last October I started looking for new areas
in North Central Massachusetts to run a camera trap line targeting moose. Prior
to the major snow storm earlier this week, previous scouting revealed a dozen
piles of moose droppings and a number of small maple trees racked from antlers.
One of the trees had marks better than seven feet high. On this morning’s jaunt
I came across a number of moose droppings and three beds. One was extremely large
the second large and the third small. Hopefully next week I can get back into
this area and set out more trail cameras.
Jim
