Patient Bobcat - Bears Still Active

 

 

The picture above shows a beaver dam, with the arrow pointing to a slide the beavers use from dusk to dawn to haul branches for their winter food cache. A bobcat has crossed the dam several times during the past month. Last week, it waited nearly two hours while watching the slide. Still, I imagine a beaver would be a tough match for a bobcat.

                                       Med/LG bear stands to check bear marking tree

I’m surprised by the amount of bear activity this late in October. Earlier this week, a small plump bear crossed a beaver dam. Yesterday, a sow with a yearling passed my cell cam, and a third bear stopped standing and sniffing a scent pole.

All my trail cameras are now accounted for, so I’ll begin scouting deer scrapes and setting several cameras.

                                               Sow and yearling pass cellcam 10/23

Jim