2023 Massachusetts Bear Activity

 

What a year it’s been camera trapping bears in Massachusetts. It will be interesting to see when trail cameras capture the last sow with cubs for 2023. This week a sow with a completely black face was videoed (cover picture). She had three yearlings with her. That mom is new to my camera trapping area, making her the twenty fifth different bear caught on camera traps so far this year.  This is up from eighteen in 2022. Also, in October last year, my trail cameras went dry not capturing any bears during October. This year, October has reached thirty-seven camera trap triggers with a few days to go. Also, the last bear captured on a TC in 2022 was November 10^th. What date will it be this year?

I had a neat experience this week while out in a swamp setting a trail camera. I felt like something was watching me. Typically, when this happens, I look up and there’s a deer looking at me. That morning it was a bear! How neat. When I stood up it ran the opposite way.

Jim