Bear Activity Winding Down Fast

 

The cover pic might be the last bear pic / video for 2024. What a year it has been learning and camera trapping Massachusetts bears

 

Finally, Massachusetts has received badly needed rain the last couple of days.

It’s that time of year I take in most of my trail cameras. Massachusetts woods get busy with deer hunting season. I have never had an issue with theft or tampering of TC’s in the fall, I just don’t want people to know where the trail cameras are located.

 My focus this winter camera trapping will be Fishers. I hope to find five or six fisher scent posts. Last year I found two active scent posts and left two cameras traps monitoring them.  I thought it would be interesting to see what activity took place  each month over the course of one year. I’ll share those stats in an upcoming post. I would also like to find new camera trapping areas for 2025. Mid-December I’ll start bushwhacking looking for new spots.

I’ve been fortunate over the years to have found several bear dens and locate what appear to be prior den sites. Last week I set camera traps watching these sites. Hopefully a late fall check gives up a snoring bear….

2024 Camera Trap Summary :

-         Camera traps triggered 618 times capturing bears. I was able to distinguish 26 different bears.

-         Camera traps triggered 80 times capturing moose.

-         Camera traps triggered 200 times capturing bobcats.

Jim