drahthaar
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Didn't even have any bears this time.
And some new recruits
And some new recruits
Honestly, could there be more predators in one spot?
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noharleyyet
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Very cool longtails! Good job on the pics.
Wow. There must be a lot of groceries in that neck of the woods Draht. Or, "WAS" a lot of groceries. None of them looked starved out.
Very cool pics. Thanks for sharing.
Very cool pics. Thanks for sharing.
smalls
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Seriously Draht, since FWP decided to open a wolf quota how many emails and pm's have you recieved? As usual, awesome pics... three Mt. lions in one frame! That is ridiculous. I would love nothing more than to take a wolf this fall.
Do lions give birth to twins? Is that a mother and two young?
Do lions give birth to twins? Is that a mother and two young?
drahthaar
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Yeah, I am sure that is a mother and juvies.
I don't know the incidence of twins in lions, but my buddy is a pretty level headed houndsman, he said he has noticed more females with twins in the past 2-3 years than ever before.
I would love for this wolf hunt to go through, I think it would just cool off all the controversy, once the pro-wolfers see that all the wolves are not going to go extinct from just hunting them, and all the anti-wolfers get a chance to whack one.
It still isn't going to be easy. I haven't really sat and tried calling them(don't want to educate them, I think they are that smart), but I have been up there when they were howling away, not maybe 500 yards away, I would sneak in there, still could not get a good look. They are pretty wiley.
I think the first ones that will get whacked will be the ones out at Lost Prairie Game Preserve area, they just kind of roam around in front of God and everyone, no fear, kind of like "park" animals. But I bet once a couple get dropped, the others will wise up in a hurry. I think any wolves that get shot will be shot from a truck by pure chance, or out in some ranchers field, JMHO.
These wolves I have on camera are on private land, The landowner may not let me hunt them, he only lets me hunt whities and bears right now. He is really seeing the need for some predator management from all my cam pics. I just heard that F&G doubled the lion quota for this area too, maybe I could actually draw one.
I don't know the incidence of twins in lions, but my buddy is a pretty level headed houndsman, he said he has noticed more females with twins in the past 2-3 years than ever before.
I would love for this wolf hunt to go through, I think it would just cool off all the controversy, once the pro-wolfers see that all the wolves are not going to go extinct from just hunting them, and all the anti-wolfers get a chance to whack one.
It still isn't going to be easy. I haven't really sat and tried calling them(don't want to educate them, I think they are that smart), but I have been up there when they were howling away, not maybe 500 yards away, I would sneak in there, still could not get a good look. They are pretty wiley.
I think the first ones that will get whacked will be the ones out at Lost Prairie Game Preserve area, they just kind of roam around in front of God and everyone, no fear, kind of like "park" animals. But I bet once a couple get dropped, the others will wise up in a hurry. I think any wolves that get shot will be shot from a truck by pure chance, or out in some ranchers field, JMHO.
These wolves I have on camera are on private land, The landowner may not let me hunt them, he only lets me hunt whities and bears right now. He is really seeing the need for some predator management from all my cam pics. I just heard that F&G doubled the lion quota for this area too, maybe I could actually draw one.
drahthaar
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Wouldn't that be COOOOL!! LOL.
They got ate by all the wolves and cats!!!
Great pics, seems the one with the cats could be sold as you don't get many pics with three cats together...
Really awesome pictures as usual, thanks for sharing.
I think hunting wolves is definitely going to be tough in that thick crap, but I agree taking advantage of howling could really be the ticket. I imagine a fawn distress call could be pretty productive as well.
I think hunting wolves is definitely going to be tough in that thick crap, but I agree taking advantage of howling could really be the ticket. I imagine a fawn distress call could be pretty productive as well.
Raven
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Outstanding pics. What state were those shot at?
drahthaar
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arffdog875
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Great Pics!!! I Liked the pics of the wolf, you should send those shots to the CO DOW since they don't believe they exist in CO!! Yes we also have a large population of cats too!
Horn Seeker
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Drath... whats your favorite trail cam. I am having ALL sorts of trouble with a Bushnell Trail Scout... whats the most reliable one you have?
wyomuledeer
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Great pics! Your trail cam location is unbelievable with all of the predators that cross there.
drahthaar
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The ones I build myself. LOL. Seriously, I just took to building my own. Once I decided I wanted a trail cam, I read all the hunting forums and the trail cam sections, and there didn't seem to a good cam out there at the time. My buddy's wife bought him a Leaf River, he handed it off to me because he is about as technical as a 2x4, I found it to be super slow, heavy, and a giant PITA. So I started reading about homebrews, bought the parts, a cam off ebay, and got addicted. As they say, its more fun than stomping baby chickens, just kidding people.
If I was going to buy one now, I would get a Scoutguard, $200, color day pics, IR night, small, runs on 8 AA forever. That is just what I have read, and far more people seem happy with them than not.
If money is not an issue, Reconyx, period. But for the price, they should come with their own ninja to come out of the bushes and whack off the hand of the first sticky fingered bastage that discovers it, and tries to remove it from the tree.
Horn Seeker
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What board are you using or do you like best? Yeti? Snapshot Sniper?? How about cam? Is it the Sony P41 I've been looking at??? Seems popular. Is there a good forum for home brews? I have been reading chasingame... any better?
Good to hear... I have this dang Bushnell trailscout that is a PIECE... super slow...very finicky with battery power...
Hey...start posting some more pics!
Good to hear... I have this dang Bushnell trailscout that is a PIECE... super slow...very finicky with battery power...
Hey...start posting some more pics!
Ridge Runner
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Great pics keep em coming. Sasquatch has to be on that trail!
drahthaar
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Hah!! I wish I could be out checking some cams. I am in Billings now, long way from the South Fork and the Middle Fork/Great Bear. I have some cams up in a basin there, can't wait to check it. Been busy building my shop/manroom so I don't have many places covered this summer, but I hope there are some good pics up there.
Talked my wife into going home via the breaks, never really been out there, going to go have a look, see the country everyone online is always talking about. Can't wait to see it.
HornSeeker
If you want to do an IR cam, the p32/p41 is the way to go, pair those with a Snapshot sniper board or the new simple sniper(very small, basic board, will allow easy fit for external batteries to run the cam forever.
MY favorite board/cam right now is an S600(fast hack)/yeti combo. That is what most my pics are. I think the new sony w200, 220, 300 will eventually overtake the s600, but for now those 6 mp pics are nice. The s600 also has the best flash bar none. That 600/yeti combo runs with a 9-volt for the board, and 2 AA rechargeables for the cam, I have no problem leaving it in the woods for 3-4 weeks, and on a wallow in the backcountry, I will get 300 +/- pics. Eneloops are the best batteries.
Yes, you can build a cam or buy a cam to last 3 months and take 3000 pics, but why? I don't want to leave a cam that long, what if something happens(bears, lightning, people) and your cam is disabled, and you don't check it for 2 months, what did you miss? 3 weeks is long enough for me, go swap the card and batteries and go home.
Talked my wife into going home via the breaks, never really been out there, going to go have a look, see the country everyone online is always talking about. Can't wait to see it.
HornSeeker
If you want to do an IR cam, the p32/p41 is the way to go, pair those with a Snapshot sniper board or the new simple sniper(very small, basic board, will allow easy fit for external batteries to run the cam forever.
MY favorite board/cam right now is an S600(fast hack)/yeti combo. That is what most my pics are. I think the new sony w200, 220, 300 will eventually overtake the s600, but for now those 6 mp pics are nice. The s600 also has the best flash bar none. That 600/yeti combo runs with a 9-volt for the board, and 2 AA rechargeables for the cam, I have no problem leaving it in the woods for 3-4 weeks, and on a wallow in the backcountry, I will get 300 +/- pics. Eneloops are the best batteries.
Yes, you can build a cam or buy a cam to last 3 months and take 3000 pics, but why? I don't want to leave a cam that long, what if something happens(bears, lightning, people) and your cam is disabled, and you don't check it for 2 months, what did you miss? 3 weeks is long enough for me, go swap the card and batteries and go home.
