A Place Wild

Hi Folks,

     Moved the game cam to several locations these past couple of weeks--and caught some critters for sure--but these two videos were the standouts.
 
     At this location, I’ve seen a lot of sign over the years. In fact, about 15 years ago I was squirrel hunting one bright, fall day about 75 yards from where these videos were taken when a bear (~300 pounds) come over the ravine’s bank.

    That’s typical for yours truly: A bear shows up somewhere in life, and I’m loaded for squirrel. (But I digress.)

    That bear just stared at me, and I said, “Move along.” And he/she did—albeit lumbering away very slowly. That said, always treat bears with the utmost respect--bears are wild creatures, extremely powerful, and can be very dangerous. I've seen stats saying there's only about one death/year in the U.S. due to bear attack: Don't be that one unfortunate person and keep your distance whenever you see a bear.

   Now to the videos:

• The first video shows a sizeable bruin. A local bear expert told me (and he saw features about this bruin in one pass of the video at normal speed that took me ten viewings) that he estimates this bear’s weight north of 600--and likely crowding 700--pounds.
  
  
• The second video is the same as the first but at half speed. Note: There’s nothing “to hold” the animals in this spot (e.g., a food source)—so they’re just passing through fairly quickly.
  
  
• The last video shows another pair of coyotes traveling close to each other. (The first one is on the screen for a very short period of time, but you can make out the second coyote pretty easily.)

 
    Thanks for watching!
 
  Very Respectfully,
 
JGC