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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 :
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Camera
traps triggered 618 times capturing bears. I was able to distinguish 26
different bears.
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Camera
traps triggered 80 times capturing moose.
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Camera
traps triggered 200 times capturing bobcats.
Jim
