Hiking and Checking Cameras

June 5, 2022

Black bears are efficient predators of young fawns, this poop is evidence of that. According to studies by ADFG bears will eat more than half the fawns in some areas.

Three trail came together to form a funnel where animals climb out of this valley. The trails are covered with deer tracks now but there should be a lot of bear traffic this summer and fall because the creek just out of sight at the bottom of this hill gets a lot of salmon.

A bunch of trails come together to cross this little creek so setting a camera here was a no brainer.

Deer have trampled this little hill to bear ground, it looks like a popular bedding spot but may also be a mineral lick, the camera I set here will reveal what’s going on.

My First Camping Trip Since February

May 21-22

The first day I spent checking a bunch of cameras I recently set up to make sure they were working aimed properly and put one back that watches a salmon stream that worked out really well last year.

This is the same spot as my videos titled A Creek in the Old Growth, except I set in on the other side of the stream, last years tree is on the left side of the picture.

The second day I went for a long hike, set a couple more cameras, and did a little trout fishing.

Set a camera here to watch a funnel where multiple trails cross this ravine

This spot is a skunk cabbage patch I have set a camera at before from a different tree.

Skunk Cabbage Patch

Highlights from 2 Cameras

This was the first check of this camera, next time I stop by I will probably aim it slightly higher because I think it’s missing critters that pass by far end of the cameras view.

The lighting here sucks because the camera should be facing the other direction, but this was the best tree in which to attach a camera. I switched the camera to video mode because the camera will adjust for lighting as it records, if that doesn’t work I will either bring a really long strap so I can use a big tree or just move it.

Setting 4 Cameras

May 14

Set a camera here to watch where several secondary trails cross this main trail, it also looks like the type of area bucks like to push each other around to build their neck muscles before the rut.

I’ve used this area for years only in the past I had the camera facing the opposite direction, if you look closely you will see a light spot on a tree on the left side of the trail, that is the notch I cut to hold the camera securely.

This camera watches a main trail between open muskeg and a brushy hill side.

This camera watches an area crisscrossed with trails, not sure how good it will be because there is nothing to funnel animal movement.