Winter Sets - Beaver Lodges

 

It has been a busy week re-deploying trail cameras. The focus continues to be on beaver ponds with new and old beaver lodges. Camera trap sets will  be moved slightly once there is enough ice to support a bobcat / coyote. A good example of this is the bobcat pictured above. The easiest access to this lodge without getting wet is to jump from the stone wall to the lodge. This is an ideal camera trap location because this funnels wildlife down the wall. Once the pond has iced over most predators would access the dam from the ice. That’s  when trail cameras will be moved  back away from the lodge, giving a wider field of view and hopefully video a predator approaching the beaver lodge .

Jim