On a cool, misty November dawn, the silhouette of a healthy, middle-aged stag took shape out of the fog like a ghost.
It seems he will become a regular visitor to this feeder.
Already on my very first walk through the area, it hit me at once that this place is a real gem! Around the wallow, in the mud, fresh tracks everywhere, small and large, by the hundreds, beds, hair, and a very heavy, fresh game scent. And these photos don’t just confirm my initial hunch, they…
Behavioral Adaptation and Feeding Ecology of a Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) Population Under Anthropogenic Influence, Through the Example of a Site-Specific Feeding Location Introduction The wild boar (Sus scrofa) is one of Europe’s most adaptable big game species, possessing an outstanding capacity to adjust to anthropogenic (human-modified) environments. The purpose of this study is to…
Well, I’ve been preparing for such mysterious, hermit-like sows for a long time now. For a chance encounter like this, I’m willing to spend the night out from 4 in the afternoon until 7-8 in the morning, 8 meters up, on a Summit Viper PRO SD stand barely larger than half a square meter, fixed…
"Our hardworking people will prevail." Today’s program: IcuServer solar power supply to maximize the runtime of the Zeiss Secacam 7 camera. Tank refill, terrain tidying, corn concealment, sugar-beet and alfalfa pellet trial run. I’m very curious which bio-feed the forest game will like best. The winching finally goes routinely. I’ve found the pulley that works…
Lunchtime has arrived for the sounder. 2 days ago there was a brief spell of human activity here, when half a sack of acorns was brought to this feeder, as well as to the clearly visible washed-out gully depression also 25m from the stand. The sows are still cautious, distrustful, and still consider this feeder…