Hiking, Fishing for Trout and Setting/Checking Trailcams.

May 27

I checked 5 cameras and set up another

This spot has been disappointing but since it has only been set up for 3 weeks I left it and will move it next time if things don’t improve.

This camera has been doing great, but I think I need to aim it a little higher because it’s not being triggered by any traffic on the trail on the other side of the creek.

This camera is doing pretty good, I have my doubts about how good this spot will be after the skunk cabbage has all been eaten at the end of September.

This was the best new spot I found last year, switched to recording videos this year.

This is my favorite camera location for bears, and the 3rd year I’ve used this spot.

I set this camera to watch the bed in the foreground and a bunch of trails that pass through here.

Highlights from 1 Camera

December 10 – April 30

I had this camera set to record videos most of last year but switched to photos because they use up the batteries more slowly and this place can be impractical to get to in the winter, it’s set back to video mode now.

Watching deer play in the sand here cracks me up, and they do it often. From 1:42 to 3:00 on this video a young buck is really having a good time.

Hiking and Checking Trailcams, May 21

Wolves ate a deer here. You can tell the work of a pack of wolves as their victim is spread out because they don’t like to eat next to each other, and most of the smaller bones are broken up or consumed.

I checked 4 cameras and added another to this area

I set a trailcam here, I usually don’t set a camera out in the open but two main trails intersect here so it could be decent.

I created this feeding area 3 years ago by cutting down a forest of 10 foot tall salmon berry bushes so other plants could grow. The doe in the picture looks like she is almost ready to drop here fawns.

The 3 other cameras I checked were set for videos, I’ve been using these spots for many years.

Highlights from 1 Camera

December 5 – April 27

The deer in the later photos are starting to shed their winter coats, some shed quickly making them look like they have some kind of disease or wound but they’re fine and will be wearing their summer red coats first.

I’ve had a camera here for a few years but even though it’s been one of my best spots in this area I decided to change locations anyway.

Setting up 4 Cameras

I set a camera here to watch an intersection of a main trail and a few secondary trails.

This camera overlooks where a bunch of trail cross the top of a ravine which starts at the left side of the picture. This spot is full of skunk cabbage which is just beginning to grow so it will be a good feeding area too.

A trail crosses this small creek here and a main trail parallels the creek along the its other side.

The 4th camera I set up was at this puddle I’ve been using for a couple years.

1st Hike Since January

Hiking, setting trailcams, and catching Sea-run Cutthroat and Dolly Varden

I moved 1 of the 4 cameras I left out all winter in this area and added 3 more.

Moved a camera here. This opening in the brush looks like a good spot to capture bucks butting heads before the rut and it’s on a good trail I used last year.

Set a camera here to watch an intersection of multiple trails at the bottom of a small ridge and a near a creek crossing.

There is a large muskeg to the left of this camera and a timbered hill side to the right about 50 feet high then another large muskeg. The camera looks down a main trail which travels along the forest at the edge of the lower muskeg.

I found this spot last fall while working on filling the freezer and it looks like a good place to sit quietly for most of a day. The camera I set here watches an intersection near the bottom of this slope of open forest.