Last weekend I hiked into a remote trail camera to swap out SD cards The batteries were dead so I decided to pull the set. No shortage of deer activity. Deer appear to be wintering very well. The area beneath the hemlock tree where the trail camera was pawed up from deer scraping the the snow for the acorns.
I bushwhacked my way back to the truck hoping to find moose or deer antlers on the way. No such luck
This morning right after the rain I headed out shed hunting. I saw one moose , two chipmunks and more moose droppings than I've ever seen in one area. From the different sizes of pellets, it appeared possibly a cow, calf and another adult moose were wintering in the area.
STAY OFF THE ICE ! The warm weather . heavy winds and significant rain in Massachusetts the last several days has raised the water level and shorelines are exposed.
I have been inspecting, cleaning and preparing trail cameras for spring. Actually had to throw one away. That was hard to do! Need to start thinking about replacing some of the four and five year old cameras.
Headed back to the woods tomorrow morning looking for new areas to camera trap.
Jim
