Checking 4 Cameras by Kayak

April 3

This camera watches an intersection in some dark timber. It’s a good spot but so dark almost all the pictures require the infrared flash so next time I check this one I’m going to move it to an area with better lighting.

This camera is set on an intersection at the border of some big timber and brushy muskeg.

This camera watches a main trail.

This camera is on a main trail through a brushy muskeg. Judging by its muddy muzzle the deer in this picture has been digging up skunk cabbage flowers which are starting to sprout.

Checking 4 Cameras

March 28

I went for a long hike to check some cameras. Though it still felt like Winter there were some of signs that Spring is on the way, from birds singing, woodpeckers drumming, and skunk cabbage and other plants starting to grow.

I’ve had a camera here for a long time, but this is the first video I’ve made of this location. The camera developed a leak but kept working even though it had a lot of water inside which is why these clips are kind of foggy.

A tree fell across the main trail passing by this camera so I moved it to a clearing I groomed in an alder grove.

This camera overlooks a skunk cabbage patch which should start regrowing soon. Skunk cabbage leaves and flowers are a favorite food of sitka blacktail deer, and black bear feed heavily on their roots.

I’ve had a camera in this clearing in the old growth off and on for about ten years.

Checking Cameras

Took the kayak out for the first time this year and checked some cameras in a couple of spots south of Ketchikan.
The following pictures are of the cameras I checked; they may be hard to see, look for the rectangular box attached to a tree near the center of the picture.

I’ve had this camera here for over a year. It overlooks a main trail where it passes through an area deer like to feed.

This camera also watches a main trail through a feeding area, I’ve had a camera here for a long time.

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This camera watches a place where animals like to cross the creek, even when it’s near flood stage.

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This is a new location; the camera watches a shallow spot in the creek where animals like to cross, and the fallen tree, which acts as a bridge.

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I set a camera here to catch the beavers working on this tree; it also watches a main trail.

I’ve had a camera here for about a year, it watches a main trail.

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A tree fell in front of this camera, so I moved it to an intersection at the edge of a muskeg and some old growth timber I’ve been eyeing for a while.