Friday, February 4, 2022

Dead of Winter

 

Coyote about to cross remote central Massachusetts swamp

Winter and the last several weeks have certainly put a damper on hiking and checking trail cameras. Last Friday a nor’easter dropped a foot of snow in my area and today significant rain changing over to sleet and freezing rain . I hope to get out this weekend and at least check the fieldstone den cameras.

I’m looking at trying out a white flash trail camera this year in efforts to capture colored night-time pictures of bears. I was hoping that my Reconyx camera could be sent back to the factory in WI. and have a white flash added. Unfortunately, Reconyx no longer carries the parts. Researching available white flashes that are available today, there are only a few. More on this in the coming months.

Can’t wait till late winter / early spring to arrive to get out and start setting out camera’s traps. This year there will be less random camera placement and more focus on specific areas that were productive in 2021.  There were missed opportunities last year because two cameras were not setup in some of the locations. These areas will have multiple cameras this year

Jim