Checking 4 Cameras

A bear tried to remove this camera, fortunately it didn’t sink it’s teeth into it, and I remembered to tie a few knots after buckling it in.

This camera collected 1800+ pictures in a month mostly of this doe and her fawn, and another doe with twins.

This camera covered an intersection of 3 trails in the timber, it did pretty good but I moved it to a more easily accessible location.

The new spot for this camera covers a main trail and a bed.

This camera is doing really well but I need to switch trees because most of the traffic is one-way.

I added one more camera to this group, it covers a main trail through the timber. I usually set my cameras in groups of 3-4 that I can easily reach on a day hike.

A few weeks of dry weather dried up some of the shallow ponds allowing deer access to the bog beans and they have mowed them down, I never realized they like them that much.

This is what these ponds usually looks like.

Connell Lake Trail

The Connell Lake Trail starts at the Connell Lake Dam and circles about halfway around the reservoir and ends at Talbot Lake.

The trail ends at a single tent platform just short of the main body of Talbot Lake and a little before that there is a fork in the trail that ends at a bridge across the creek. To get to the main part of the lake you have to bushwhack, I haven’t tried it but crossing the bridge looks like it would be the better way to go.

Heading back

Early Sparring Match

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I believe the reason young bucks with deformed racks and broken antlers are fairly common is they start butting head when their antlers are still soft. They usually grow back normally the next year.