Bull Moose In Full Rut

 

Great time of year to hike. The fall colors and crisp mornings are about as good as it gets! This morning I ventured out to do some bear den clean up work and set out one trail camera. It will be interesting to see how many bears check the site out and hopefully a bear makes it home for the winter.

Finally hit pay dirt with moose and a new area I’m camera trapping. Over the last several weeks three different bulls and one cow triggered trail cameras at this location. The bull in the video grunts while passing the trail camera. I’m sort of kicking myself for not putting the camera lower on the tree. This area is typically wet being the back side of a swamp. The lack of rain presented the opportunity with several open areas which made ideal spots to setup trail cameras. The moose video is the same Bull Moose now in rut. You can hear him grunt in hopes of locating a cow. The second video is of a much larger bull and most likely the dominant moose in the same area.

 

Jim

Moose TC Pics Slow .....

 

Bears have been the center of attention for me since they left their dens in early spring. Then recently my focus changed to moose with the ongoing rut. Interestingly some of my old moose camera trapping haunts have really quieted down. I wonder if a distant logging operation and more folks hiking have somehow impacted the moose moving through this area. Several years ago, seven different bulls were captured on trail cameras. So far this year “ ZERO”. I have one camera trap that hasn’t been checked in a month or so. I’m hoping at least one respectable bull has triggered that camera’s motion sensor.

Bobcat’s have been relatively scarce this year. Hmmm , wonder why? That will be the next focus.

Jim