Ourea
09-13-2015, 02:02 PM
We all get bears taking liberty with our trail cams....comes with the territory.
I am no different having endless "chewings" on my cams.
Most come out of the experience relatively unscathed...get the odd tooth puncture etc.
Well, not this time.
Bear went to town......managed to rip it right off the tree despite the cable lock and 1" ballistic nylon strapping.
I am extremely frustrated with the timing of this camera's demise.
I had it set up on an elk wallow.
I was extremely frustrated that this very large and well established wallow had yet to have a single bull use it this year. Usually around Aug 24 - 26th is money for bulls to start showing up.
As luck would have it, the wallow was decimated, fresh rubs, all the small brush and earth around the wallow was ripped up. And of course the camera's demise happened prior to the elk visit so no, what would probably have been, epic cam videos.
I have a few of my cams in lock boxes but having 16 cams currently deployed I am not keen on throwing down another $800 bucks on security. I should take the time to spike the trees in future to deter bear interaction. Bears sure love cams....chew toys to them. It's well known bears love to chew on anything that is petroleum based and plastics are just that so cams are not exempt.
Back in tomorrow to drop 2 fresh cams on the spot and do some bear proofing.
Buggers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzfdsIsfuCU
I am no different having endless "chewings" on my cams.
Most come out of the experience relatively unscathed...get the odd tooth puncture etc.
Well, not this time.
Bear went to town......managed to rip it right off the tree despite the cable lock and 1" ballistic nylon strapping.
I am extremely frustrated with the timing of this camera's demise.
I had it set up on an elk wallow.
I was extremely frustrated that this very large and well established wallow had yet to have a single bull use it this year. Usually around Aug 24 - 26th is money for bulls to start showing up.
As luck would have it, the wallow was decimated, fresh rubs, all the small brush and earth around the wallow was ripped up. And of course the camera's demise happened prior to the elk visit so no, what would probably have been, epic cam videos.
I have a few of my cams in lock boxes but having 16 cams currently deployed I am not keen on throwing down another $800 bucks on security. I should take the time to spike the trees in future to deter bear interaction. Bears sure love cams....chew toys to them. It's well known bears love to chew on anything that is petroleum based and plastics are just that so cams are not exempt.
Back in tomorrow to drop 2 fresh cams on the spot and do some bear proofing.
Buggers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzfdsIsfuCU