Hiking and Checking Cameras

June 1, 2024

Checked 3 cameras

I set this camera to watch the trail the bear is on and I’m hoping bears use the pool as a bathtub.

This camera watches an intersect at a creek, plus there is a lot of skunk cabbage which always attracts deer, or at least Sitka Blacktails.

This camera watches a intersection between some timber at the top of the hill and muskegs below.

Set up 2 more

Set a camera here to watch an intersection in the timber.

This camera watches an intersection at the edge of some old growth and muskegs that are just past the brush in the back of this image.

Naha River May 11

Fished the river for the first time in around 20 years, and other than a little gravel around the dock it looks like the trail hasn’t seen any maintenance since then and I wouldn’t attempt it in the rain without calked boots. We started out trying for steelhead but did catch some nice trout, so we down sized our lures and caught a bunch of rainbows and a few cutthroat.

Hiking 5/4

Checked and replaced a couple cameras I left out over the winter and added 3 more to this area

I put a camera back in this spot which I have used this spot before

This camera watches an area where a lot of secondary trails cross a main trail.

I set this camera to watch an intersection near the edge of a big muskeg on the right, it might be to out in the open to be very good but most of my best spots are so shady that half the day time pictures are in black and white and I like color.

This is the same spot before I cleared out some of the brush.

This is a how I attach my cameras, if you look closely you can see a notch I cut in the tree for the camera to sit in. The notch plus packing it in tightly with moss and tying the strap after buckling it helps to stop bears and bucks from taking down or messing up the camera’s aim.

Hiking 4/27

Hiking, setting trailcams and fishing for trout

Caught and released a bunch of sea-run cutthroat, and bonked the biggest dolly varden, ended up keeping one cutthroat that I hooked badly.

I set up 4 more cameras, 3 in new spots and one in a place I’ve used before.

Set a camera here to watch a place where a bunch trails converge to cross a creek.

This camera a main trail deer and bear use to avoid a big open muskeg that is about 20 yards to the left.

I’ve used this spot before, the camera watches an intersection of multiple trails in a skunk cabbage patch, the cabbage is just starting to grow.

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This camera watches an intersection of multiple trails and I think deer probably like to bed on that bare patch of ground.