I’ve been checking out a new spot to camera trap. Scouting
it out several months back showed signs of beaver, bobcat and coyote. A second
visit with the beaver pond iced over and a light snow covering, revealed lots
of tracks from a variety of critters. A few weeks back camera traps were placed
around the beaver pond and one TC watching a beaver lodge. We’re off to a good
start for 2021 !
Following up on a tip from a friend resulted in finding a
moose kill. I'm guessing , but I would estimate this was probably a four to five hundred pound animal. The likelihood of finding this moose carcass was poor at best. I’ve
been bushwhacking the last few weekends looking for moose sheds in north central
Massachusetts. It’s really just another excuse to be in the woods. It’s a bit
early for shed hunting but I figured why not look for sheds and maybe I'll find the moose carcass. While meandering back and forth on a hillside looking for the
carcass I picked up on several sets of coyote tracks and started following
them. They led me to the moose. In just over a weeks’ time, predators literally
cleaned the carcass to the bone. Other than the lower legs, there was nothing
left. Further investigation showed scat from coyotes and bobcat in the area.
Jim
