Beaver Bait Station

[rasbo]

I think that was supposed to make me feal better.....

Thanks, I think, Rasbo

[Bearhide]

Hey beaver station you back in the states from your trip already?  Waiting for my beavers give me a holla

[Cylvertip]

Got back a week ago    - Good to be stateside again-

Going to go check the camera's tomorrow - hopfully they worked...

I've got one trapping job lined up to start in the next few weeks so we'll see what I can do about sharing some beaver    I've got two prospective 'Johns' wanting some right now.

[Bearhide]

No it ok im good, going this saturday, start scouting for bear signs, but thanks anyways, i got couple other tricks i want to try.  Bear here i come, two weeks and counting.

[rasbo]

welcome home

[Cylvertip]

We'll,  I was excited to see almost 500 pics on my cameras when I went to check them last week end.  One with 438,  the other with only 52 .  Batts were long dead on both.  Only one worth while shot that looks almost the same as the last pic I posted.   

Should get better now as I'm back to mind the store.  Hopefully will be able to go procure some more 'protein supplements' in the next couple of weeks.  No real time for chasing bear this August unfortunately  , so I might as well keep feeding them.....  Might be able to sneak some time in after Archery Elk.  Plans again to get a stand up to provide lead pills for the yotes and kitties - but I've said that before too

[Cylvertip]

  OK, I will be adding some pics  - finally. Quite a few from last summer of one of the bears, a nice coyote and some skunks from this winter. It's been really slow. The cameras have worked sparadically for the last 6 months and there where lots of blue jay and raven pics Cat walked right through them but no pics (tracks in the snow though)
I pulled the cameras three weeks ago because I think the area is going to be logged - they needed to dry out after 19 months of almost continuous use anyway. Good thing to, cause there was close to three feet of snow there two weeks ago...

I have a trapping job lined up for next week, so I will see if I can get the cameras back in with some protein supplements.

[Cylvertip]

This should get you all fired up for Spring Bear  - though the pics are from August - he's 3' at the shoulder.  The last one is the supervision in October.

[Cylvertip]

Yote from November and the supervision in the snow.  Then a pair of skunks in January.

[Cylvertip]

With renewed protein supplements comes renewed critter activity    

The "Supervision" with some supplements in the back ground and then a few of Tommy Boy.  He really needs some lead in his diet.  Looks like it will have to wait until next winter to help him out on that with the season closing tomorrow

[Alan K]

That's a beautiful bobcat!

[Cylvertip]

Sorry it has been a while - I've been in Tokyo working on my Radiation Tan since the 22rd of April.   Here are a few from the last set I got before heading over here.

There are two cats shown in the pics with snow  - a smaller one in the first few, then Tommy Boy shows up - you can actually see an ear sticking out from behind the right side of the large tree in that first pick where the bigger cat shows up.  Hopefully it's his girl friend and there are some youngin's running around by now...

Hopefully I will be home by the weekend and be able to see what the cams have on them next week - they are about done - too much moisture for too long.  need to get some of the newer ones that run on AA's for a year instead of 8 C's every couple of weeks

Enjoy

[rasbo]

good to see ya up and posting..

[Cylvertip]

    Well, apparently two years of almost continuous use is about the limit of the Stealth I-540 Rogues.  I got back state side on the 25th of June and finally made it to the bait station on the 5th of July.  I was hoping for some good bear shots as there was plenty of activity, but when I opened each camera, water poured out of them - generally not a good sign I would say .  One did take a bit of harassing from a bear, but nothing significant.  One had a grand total of 7 pics and the other had 17.  Most were of my ugly mug during the last set up.  New batts made no difference - both cams are dead  . 

     I now have two of the Bushnell 8.0 trophy Cams in root and hope to get them up by early next week ( I got them for $287 and change for both with shipping  from Big Supply Shop on line).  I do look forward to only having to spring for AA batts a few times a year  instead of 16 C's every three weeks on average.

[h20hunter]

I just hung my 8.0 bushnell yesterday. The box available from Bushnell is a good choice and fits like a charm. I'll look forward to seeing new pics when you get back up and running.