Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Wildlife

Some of you may or may not have known that James went bear hunting this fall. We live close enough to the forest that James was able to maintain a bait site. He mostly used popcorn covered with used cooking oil and sugar, dog food, and molasses that he bought from the animal feed store. He also put up a trail camera so he could keep track of what was eating the bait and when. It has a motion sensor so it takes a picture whenever it "sees" anything move. It also records the date, time, moon phase, and temperature. These are some of the pictures he got.

a pretty nice buck



there are two bears in this picture



there are lots of moose on Moscow Mountain



bear in the day time




bear at night


a little close up.


James had a really good time hunting bear and was able to get one! We made a whole bunch of breakfast sausage out of it, and it is really really good! We all like it. Here is a picture of the skin.



and a closer look at the claws!

3 comments:

Hannah said...

YEA FOR JAMES!!!! I am so excited for him that he got his bear!! I will have to call to congratulate him. YEA!!

Jim said...

I hadn't heard about your bear until I stopped to read this tonight, James. Way to go! Your automatic camera is doing a great job, too. And to think it's all happening on good old Moscow Mountain!

What load did you use?

Uncle Jim

Jocie said...

Congrats on the bear! That's wonderful. I love your camera set-up, looks like fun.