My trail cameras have been working overtime recording bear
activity throughout May and most of June. But this morning’s SD card check was unusually
quiet. I checked three locations, with eight cameras monitoring bear scent-marking
trees and two beaver dams. Seven cameras had zero bear triggers, and one TC captured
two smaller bears crossing a log bridge.
Berry patches will likely be the next major food source.
With mating season nearly over, sows with cubs should begin moving more freely.
My trail cameras do not often capture sows with cub’s scent marking, but one
sow with two cubs has been marking consistently in one area since early spring.
Now, a second sow—the one in the cover photo—has marked in another location.
Maybe sows with cub’s scent mark more than I realized, or perhaps my cameras
simply have not captured much of that activity over the years.
Last week, while checking one of my more distant trail
camera locations, a TC captured a second collared sow with four cubs. In ten
years, this is only the second time my trail cameras have recorded two
different sows with four cubs.
Jim
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