Checking Cameras 8/1/22

Here are the the cameras I checked, I’ll be posting the highlights from them soon after I finish sorting them.

This is the second time I’ve checked this camera, it overlooks a funnel where several trails combine to form 1 that crosses this small ravine.

This camera watches a skunk cabbage patch.

This was the first check of this camera, I set it to watch a trail between a creek and a big muskeg. Lots of action here but the lighting isn’t real good, I may switch it to video.

This is a spot I’ve used for a few years, it watches a transition area between some big timber and open muskeg, and is full of deer and bear food.

This camera has been watching a sandbar on a salmon stream, it was real popular with deer but black bear are taking over now that the salmon are starting to show up. You can see more from this camera in the playlist on my youtube channel titled “Sandbar”.

This camera also watches a salmon stream, the fish will show up in big numbers at the end of the month, you can see last years run by checking out the playlist titled “A Small Salmon Stream” on my youtube channel. I move the camera to the other side of the creek to hopefully get better shots of the bears catching the fish.

Hiking and Checking Cameras July 16

Set a camera here, it watches a bunch of trails and the bed in the foreground.

This was the first time I checked the camera in this spot. There was decent action here but the picture quality is terrible so I switched camera, if that doesn’t help I will try a different angle or switch to recording videos.

I have had a camera in this patch of dark timber between muskegs for a many years, deer come here to feed on the skunk cabbage, and bucks like to use this opening to but heads as they prepare for the rut.

This spot was originally full of 10 foot tall salmon berry bushes which I removed to allow other plants to grow and create a feeding area for the deer that use the many trails pass through this area. I have to trim it back at least once a summer to keep it from getting too over grown.

This camera watches the intersection of two main trails plus the bed on the left side of the big cedar tree.

I’ve had a camera here for longer than any other spot, it watches and intersection in a small muskeg, in this short clip a doe lets out some warning snorts and runs off a minute before two wolves pass by.

Hiking, July 4

I was planning on taking a second day off but the weather changed dramatically and it cooled off enough that I made a fire, then woke up to thunder storms so I went home and went to work instead.

Checked a few camera while I was wandering about.

First time checking this spot, lots of action but horrible pictures so I set the camera to video mode because that gives it time to adjust to the lighting.

I also switched this camera to video mode for the same reason as the one mentioned above.

This camera has been doing great, it’s set where deer cross the to of a ravine.

There isn’t a lot of documented proof of sandhill cranes breeding in the Ketchikan area so it’s nice to get a picture of them with their young around here.