They're Stalking Me

     I swear the three triple cubs are stalking me. If you look back in August you'll remember the fun they had with my dripper set. This time I set up a camera on an old stump to test out some predator lure and who shows up the next day...momma and the three hellions. I had used some plastic lure capsules to put the lure in and stuck one in a crack on top of the stump and the other I stuck in the ground in a hole under the stump covering each one what some wool. Well, the crew made short work of these. They chewed them up and left them beside the stump for me. @#%$@#$ bears.
     On a bright note I've been helping my farmer buddy chopping his corn the last couple of weeks and we've found surprisingly little bear damage to the corn this year. With all the bear pics I'd gotten this summer we figured there would be a lot of damage this year.

The only pics I got of anything remotely close the a furbearing predator I had hoped for was this possum.

@!&#*@!! Bears

I'm not real pleased with momma and the three cubs right now. As I mentioned last week I've been using a scent dripper at the upper mountain set. Well this week I found it on the ground chewed up and I have the culprits on camera. They were nice enough to deposit it limb and all right in front of the camera.

 This is what the dripper set looked like prebear. I
had set it to drip on the rock below it.

 They came to the set the day before it got torn down and just played
around it.

Apparently this one thought it would the great to smell like salmon
oil.That was the scent I was trying out.

 Hey look!! A toy for the kids.

 No problem snapping the branch off.

 OK kids. Have fun.

 Now lets check the camera to be sure it's working.

 Yeah! Let's drag it over in front of the camera so Joe will know for
sure it was us.

 This is how they left it.

 Right in front of the camera.

I think I may be able to repair it with some silicone and epoxy.They
just chewed on the cap and screw on part of the main bottle. This was
why I was hesitate to put one of my good drippers out with all of the
bear activity.

Bear Triplets

Well the bear triplets are growing like weeds also. Got some good infrared shots of them hanging around the Mt Pond last week.

Bear Triplets and More

Last Sunday I kept putting off going to check the cameras because it looked like rain all afternoon and it never rained a drop. Same thing today so I decide to go ahead and check them early. So on the 4-wheeler and away I go. Check my first camera and what do I have...ANTS. Could someone please explain to me how ants get inside a "water proof" camera??? This is the third time I've had this happen on three different cameras. #@%&%$#@!!! So I remove the batteries, clean it out and get it operational again. Back on the 4-wheeler and what do I feel?? Some type of liquid falling on me.... #@%&%$#@!!! Luckily I'm about a 1/4 mile from the cabin so I throw my steed in gear and high tail it to get on the porch right as the downpour starts. I pretty much like a cat...I hate to get wet. The dude singing in the rain isn't me. If you see me out in the rain cover the kids ears because I'll be the one cussing in the rain. So after about 20 minutes the rain stops and I head out to check the rest of the camera. I'm happy to say the rest of the trip was uneventful.

However, it was well worth getting wet to see the really good pics I got last week. Luckily I got some better pics of the triplets, another bigger bear, and a hawk.

I'll start out with the triplets and hopefully get the other posted later this week.

You'll notice in the first couple of pics it looks like mama knows something isn't quite right but she's not sure what it is. Luckily she don't bother the camera.

Triplets

I’ve been seeing this doe and her three fawns in the hayfields this summer but didn’t get any pictures of them until last week. I think I read somewhere that only 10% of births are triplets and I think that estimate may be high for my area. It’s been several years since I’ve seen a doe with triplets.