Bear Activity Slow This Fall

 

Bear activity this fall has been very slow. This is the first time since camera trapping that NO bears triggered any of my trail cameras in the month of October.  Then finally, this week a bear triggered a camera crossing a beaver dam. There’s not fewer bears. I have started compiling my 2022 bear trail camera data and was surprised to see that more bears in 2022 had triggered trail cameras. So, where did all the bears go? They are following the food! Mast nut crop trees this year in the area I camera trap were non-existent. The drought this summer impacted the berries as well. The majority of my trail cameras are setup in wetlands surrounded by ridges of white and red oak trees. Last year there were so many acorns you would roll on them under foot. This year there were very few acorns. No doubt bears are travelling greater distances to locate food sources. .

Jim