The things that stop by when you're not at home.......

[msinc]

This is from the trail camera I keep watching my hunting cabin. Pretty nice buck for up in the mountains...notice the drop tine. Tried all year to slip an arrow between that bears ribs, but just couldn't get a good shot. Never did see the deer until now, I knew he had to be decent because he raked on some 10" trees......I have seen that stupid raccoon chase even the bears away from corn.

 

[rebs]

Love the pics, thank you for posting them

 

[jonbearman]

I would love to see more pictures.

 

[msinc]

Here is a few more....I don't know why, but the big bear don't like my siding. He bites it once a year. This is the biggest back bear I have ever seen. Might be the same bear, he likes my turkey feeders...

 

[msinc]

Here is some more...view of the cabinThe damn raccoons even run the turkeys off. For a size comparison those turkey feeder tubes are 10" in diameter. Not when this photo was taken, but I could have easily killed the deer in the back with the high over head rack...the big bear was about to come out so I waited. Should have shot the deer...the bear stayed in the brush. Edit: Obviously, the camera time stamp is not correct...this was taken sometime in the late summer.

 

[msinc]

We call this old sow "fat girl"...she probably weighs about 200 pounds and somehow manages to have three cubs every other year....This is another big boar...notice the fat rolls on his side.

 

[Catgunguy]

Thank you for taking the time to post the pictures. I enjoy seeing the animals.

 

[msinc]

Thanks fellas for all the likes and nice comments...it is greatly appreciated!! I enjoy seeing them too, but lately seeing them and getting a shot seems to be two different things!!!I did manage to kill a nice 9 pointer this season with my bow.

 

[snert]

That last one looks like my father in law....rolls and all!

 

[NorCalMikie]

The things that stop by when you're not at home?? What about when you ARE at home? (goods pictures by the way. Hunting cabin? Looks pretty livable to me.)
Found strange (different) droppings around the yard. House is in the middle of two acres and there is an active game trail that runs thru my and the neighbors property. Always something passing thru.
Anyhow, the wife got on the WWW and looked to see what the poop came from. Found it. Elk! All around us but that's the first time they've come on the property, that I know of.
LOTS of Deer, Does and young butt sniffers. Coons, Skunks, a family of Fox and up to 50 Turkeys at one time.
Headed out around midnight with my Maglite to see what I could see. Sure enough, three or four BIG Elk Cows doing the number on the lower branches of my Apple trees.
Three of four big herds around the Valley. Always fun to watch. You can hear them whistling all around us. During breeding season, big fights start between the bulls. THAT'S where the action is.

 

[Varmint Shooter]

This fellow came by the other morning.

 

[jpx2rk]

Thanks to all for posting your pictures. Enjoyable to watch the animals roaming the woods.

 

[wedgy]

 

[pilot]

I didn't leave any game cams out. Looking at these pictures make me think I made a mistake.

 

[msinc]

The things that stop by when you're not at home?? What about when you ARE at home? (goods pictures by the way. Hunting cabin? Looks pretty livable to me.)
Found strange (different) droppings around the yard. House is in the middle of two acres and there is an active game trail that runs thru my and the neighbors property. Always something passing thru.
Anyhow, the wife got on the WWW and looked to see what the poop came from. Found it. Elk!......

Yes sir, the cabin is off grid but has everything I need except air conditioning. Funny you mention elk, two seasons ago I was in my tree stand and just before dark I heard what I first thought was somebodies cow or calf back in the woods making a squealing noise. Then it did it again and I thought it sounded like a bull elk whistling. Next morning after the hunt I went to a local gun shop to look around and said to the guy, "you are gonna think I am some kind of nut, but I thought I heard a bull elk whistling yesterday...did the safari drive thru zoo have one get out??" He told me that the game commission turned 100 of them loose the previous spring just south of us. I have not seen or heard another one since.
Locals tell of mountain lions being around and seen now and then, but I have only called in one bobcat. He was so squirrely I don't know if I could have hit him with a mini-gun!!
Looks like pretty good camo to me...

 

[Bill K]

Deer, fox, coyote, raccoons and birds are in all the time, day and night around my place. About once a year a bear will roam through. Lots of fun year round with the trail camera in the yard.

 

[Larry Klutts]

Food plot guard.

 

[Treerat-sniper]

Great stuff! I need to get my cam back out.

 

[Larry Klutts]

Here is some more...view of the cabinView attachment 1155788The damn raccoons even run the turkeys off. For a size comparison those turkey feeder tubes are 10" in diameter. View attachment 1155789 Not when this photo was taken, but I could have easily killed the deer in the back with the high over head rack...the big bear was about to come out so I waited. Should have shot the deer...the bear stayed in the brush. View attachment 1155790Edit: Obviously, the camera time stamp is not correct...this was taken sometime in the late summer.

Give the raccoons a project that keeps them busy.
Peanut butter on a post.
Very entertaining.

 

[Immike]

Can you see both bucks?