Its Time ! Trail Camera Sets For Bears

 

It sure has been a busy week. The few days of warm temperatures melted enough snow to start setting out trail cameras. I’m excited about this year having new areas and new spots within existing areas.

 On that note, this week while driving down a country road passing through ideal wildlife habitat ( private property) the landowners were outside. I figured I would stop and take a gamble at gaining landowner permission. I walked away in disbelief. They said, YES ! .

Hopefully, the landowners see this. Thanks  Again! I appreciate it so much!!

This morning’s hike took me a bit of effort to get to, packing in trail cameras. It’s a  remote swamp / pond with a bear bite scent marking tree and  beaver dam. The small hemlock sapling beaver chewed stump made for an ideal place to mount a trail camera. ( cover picture ).

Bear Bite Tree - Scent Marking

In previous years I had set up my camera trapping locations on a seven-day cycle, checking and changing SD cards weekly. This year I have more than fourteen locations and will travel longer distances to three of the locations. It should make for an eventful year. In the past, last year TC’s videoed an estimated twenty-seven different bears. With the new locations, I’m hoping to reach thirty-five this year.

 

Jim