Feelslikefar.
5 year old buck +
Mid August and still so skinny.
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My little hill. ("Invasive Acres")
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Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
I’ve got some like that. I don’t know if it’s the angle or they are legitimately skinny. No shortage of food. It’s standing in soybeans
Feelslikefar.
5 year old buck +
Was a busy night for predators on the trail. A bunch of coyotes, and the return of Mr. Bear for the second night in a row.
This camera has been the biggest surprise to me. I get more activity at that one spot than my other cell cams do. But all the cams do is make me want to see more. I put that camera up in that spot, intending it to be temporary. I put it there to see if any of the neighbors were still using it as a right of way, or if the local maple syrup guys were using it to access their sap lines. (So far I haven't seen anyone on the trail, even though I've seen them in the woods??) I didn't pick that spot for any particular reason. Which now makes me wonder what's going on, if anything, on the portion of the trail behind it? I have another one not in use. I could point it that way and see. Just seems wrong to me, all those woods and I'm watching a road.
This camera has been the biggest surprise to me. I get more activity at that one spot than my other cell cams do. But all the cams do is make me want to see more. I put that camera up in that spot, intending it to be temporary. I put it there to see if any of the neighbors were still using it as a right of way, or if the local maple syrup guys were using it to access their sap lines. (So far I haven't seen anyone on the trail, even though I've seen them in the woods??) I didn't pick that spot for any particular reason. Which now makes me wonder what's going on, if anything, on the portion of the trail behind it? I have another one not in use. I could point it that way and see. Just seems wrong to me, all those woods and I'm watching a road.
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
^ ^ ^ ^ Coyotes & bears ................ 
Hope you can thin them out.
Hope you can thin them out.
Feelslikefar.
5 year old buck +
North Eastern Coyote and doe/fawn for scale.
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Feelslikefar.
5 year old buck +
An extremely rare photo. lol
In 10+(?) years with cameras out, I don't think I've ever gotten a gray squirrel before. If I see one every couple years it's a lot. It's one thing I wish we had more of. Every few years I'll shoot one for the frying pan. In the state land across the street there's maybe 4-5 oak trees in 1k+ acres. So if you set up on one of them and just wait long enough...
But it's not something I do often since there's so few of them.
In 10+(?) years with cameras out, I don't think I've ever gotten a gray squirrel before. If I see one every couple years it's a lot. It's one thing I wish we had more of. Every few years I'll shoot one for the frying pan. In the state land across the street there's maybe 4-5 oak trees in 1k+ acres. So if you set up on one of them and just wait long enough...
But it's not something I do often since there's so few of them.
Feelslikefar.
5 year old buck +
And that very blonde pup was back again. I'm getting so much coyote traffic on that trail I'm thinking of finally trying some coyote sets come October. Maybe I can sort of semi prep them this weekend. I sure won't have time when I come to sit in a tree for a couple days next month.
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
A nice, low, flat rock along the trail would attract canines to use as a toilet / scent post. Place it now so they get used to using it. Maybe place a few rocks ...... and a couple dirt holes with tainted meat in them along the trail. Set your steel later at your convenience!
Feelslikefar.
5 year old buck +
So of course today I get this. Which is another reason I've been leery about coyote traps.
I get dogs on camera and see them in person. There's a young women with her dogs that shows up on my cams from time to time. I've also seen about a half dozen or more different ones unaccompanied this year. This guy has a twin, I've seen them in person in the woods.
I want to get some "Warning predator traps in use" signs and put them on either end of the property to dissuade the local dog walkers.
I get dogs on camera and see them in person. There's a young women with her dogs that shows up on my cams from time to time. I've also seen about a half dozen or more different ones unaccompanied this year. This guy has a twin, I've seen them in person in the woods.
I want to get some "Warning predator traps in use" signs and put them on either end of the property to dissuade the local dog walkers.
Feelslikefar.
5 year old buck +
I wasted a lot of money this weekend. Put down a whole bunch of seed on ground that looks like it hasn't seen a drop of rain in months. I knew it was stupid, but I couldn't store it and I knew I wouldn't get another crack at it till next spring.
I also mixed 25 gallons of a hot Triclopyr4 / Glyphosate mix. Then proceeded to immediately break and disable my sprayer... two different ways. Again no way to store it and I wouldn't get a chance to use it (on the Brush Honeysuckle) till next spring. So it all went on the ground. Not like in one big puddle, at least I was able to strategically pour it out along a couple hundred yards or so of tree/brush line. It will undoubtably kill some brush and trees, which I want, but it will be in the worst, most wasteful, most expensive, most environmentally unfriendly of ways. So pissed.
In other news, señor bear is bigger that I thought.
I also mixed 25 gallons of a hot Triclopyr4 / Glyphosate mix. Then proceeded to immediately break and disable my sprayer... two different ways. Again no way to store it and I wouldn't get a chance to use it (on the Brush Honeysuckle) till next spring. So it all went on the ground. Not like in one big puddle, at least I was able to strategically pour it out along a couple hundred yards or so of tree/brush line. It will undoubtably kill some brush and trees, which I want, but it will be in the worst, most wasteful, most expensive, most environmentally unfriendly of ways. So pissed.
In other news, señor bear is bigger that I thought.
Feelslikefar.
5 year old buck +
So I'm going to guess that bear ^
and THIS bear aren't the same one?
and THIS bear aren't the same one?
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
They don't look it. First one is a fatty. Hog bear ...... low-hanging gut.
Feelslikefar.
5 year old buck +
It's turning into coyote central! I'm seeing this one a lot. Right around the right bend in the trail (1st photo) there's a hole that I thought was a fox den. Maybe not.
^ Farther up the hill, they all mark that spot.
^ Farther up the hill, they all mark that spot.
