In a hidden little grove in the forest, we’re witnessing a long-abandoned feeder coming back to life.
Although the automatic feeder has already been dispensing roughly a kilo and a half of kernel corn twice a day for a week now, the real breakthrough came from the tried-and-true fermented corn.
Its "aroma" is simply irresistible to the pigs.
This picture is brilliant! They instinctively know what the most efficient "harvesting" method is. Organized into a skirmish line, they advance methodically. Barely anything is left behind them, but even for that there’s a little piglet who’ll make do with the leftovers 🙂 There are, however, two "connoisseur" groups among them too. Over there in…
Around the "birdbath" made from a fallen poplar log, this young buck keeps showing up regularly. It’s a joy to watch how the game takes possession of the feeding, watering, and wallowing spots I’ve created on my hunting grounds by purposefully reshaping what nature already offered.
The same event from two camera angles. You can clearly see the cameras keeping an eye on each other "out of the corner of their eye" 🙂
A bit long, but a very good analysis that may shed light on the reasons behind many mysteriously unsuccessful stand hunts . . . FACTORS DETERMINING THE PERCEPTION ZONE OF FOREST BIG GAME AND FURRED PREDATORS A multidisciplinary analysis integrating physiology, biophysics, microclimatology and behavioral ecology 1. INTRODUCTION AND THE SCIENTIFIC FRAMING OF THE PROBLEM…
The Big Green Wallow is so large that a single camera can’t fully cover the game movement across the whole area of the wallow. The cameras placed on the site have consistently captured the early-afternoon events, and the footage clearly shows the route the game takes. After the little striped piglets finish off the corn…