Saturday, January 16, 2021

New TC Location




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 !


Coyote meanders past beaver lodge.


Bobcat starts across beaver pond.

Jim


Sunday, January 10, 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