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Today I headed out to the trapline.I wanted to get rid of some extra bait I had leftover from trapping.Wanted to set the trail cameras to take pictures of any animals coming to feed on that bait
Where I trap it was partially logged at the turn of the last century The logging parctice then was to cut above the bottom swelling of the tree.Cutting above this was less work. They cut many feet above the ground standing on spring boards What it left was a huge stump.
Heres a picture of one from the summer
I have used a hollow stump that they cut years ago.What I do is fill the hollow with bait, cover the top with a dunnage pallet.I have a hole cut near the bottom.The animals have to work the hole to eat.The bait is protected from ravens and othe birds.Birds will eat a surprisingly amount in a short time.
To access this area I had to shovel across one small snow slide
Heres a couple pictures of the stump with the snow we have had this winter. Note-Not the same one from the summer picture
The top looking down
I do this through out the season and never trap near this location.Here is a picture of a snow den made by a wolverine while it hung around eating my last deposit of food.When food is plentiful they will stay near that location.It was cool to see.You could tell it has stayed around for quite some time.But not lately.
It will be back, along with many other animals.Lets hope
I set 2 trail cameras up to cover some angles of approach.
Going to be away for a couple weeks.That should be ample time to get some photos.
If you look near the red branches you can see one camera
Sorry folks not any nice mountain scenes today I played around all day in the rain
Looking north
Looking south
Picture of the ever silent foreman,who is along to make sure I get it right was blurry so I will have to subsitute a picture from another rainy day this winter
She ran 12 km today
So in 2 weeks time given a few days I will spark up this thread again with any pictures I get.
Lets hope so
Thanks Dan'l
Today I headed out to the trapline.I wanted to get rid of some extra bait I had leftover from trapping.Wanted to set the trail cameras to take pictures of any animals coming to feed on that bait
Where I trap it was partially logged at the turn of the last century The logging parctice then was to cut above the bottom swelling of the tree.Cutting above this was less work. They cut many feet above the ground standing on spring boards What it left was a huge stump.
Heres a picture of one from the summer
I have used a hollow stump that they cut years ago.What I do is fill the hollow with bait, cover the top with a dunnage pallet.I have a hole cut near the bottom.The animals have to work the hole to eat.The bait is protected from ravens and othe birds.Birds will eat a surprisingly amount in a short time.
To access this area I had to shovel across one small snow slide
Heres a couple pictures of the stump with the snow we have had this winter. Note-Not the same one from the summer picture
The top looking down
I do this through out the season and never trap near this location.Here is a picture of a snow den made by a wolverine while it hung around eating my last deposit of food.When food is plentiful they will stay near that location.It was cool to see.You could tell it has stayed around for quite some time.But not lately.
It will be back, along with many other animals.Lets hope
I set 2 trail cameras up to cover some angles of approach.
Going to be away for a couple weeks.That should be ample time to get some photos.
If you look near the red branches you can see one camera
Sorry folks not any nice mountain scenes today I played around all day in the rain
Looking north
Looking south
Picture of the ever silent foreman,who is along to make sure I get it right was blurry so I will have to subsitute a picture from another rainy day this winter
She ran 12 km today
So in 2 weeks time given a few days I will spark up this thread again with any pictures I get.
Lets hope so
Thanks Dan'l
