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Life is starting to return to the Big Green Wallow . . . Today at 04:36 – while the camera was still in night, black-and-white mode – these fine young pigs arrived and spent more than an hour here, methodically picking up even the weekend’s few handfuls of corn. It’s been a long time since…

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…

Why Deer Are Drawn to Herbal Mineral Licks: A Biological and Wildlife Management Perspective Cervids, especially red deer (Cervus elaphus), display remarkably sophisticated mineral-seeking behavior rooted in complex physiological needs and evolutionary adaptations. Modern scientific research clearly demonstrates that minerals make up roughly 5% of a deer’s body mass and play a critical role in…

A delightful sight this morning – a few nature-minded thoughts In the morning quiet, as the mist had barely lifted among the trees, a familiar sounder appeared near the feeding site. The little piglets, whom I’ve been watching almost since birth, are visibly developing nicely. For them, this place isn’t just a feeding point –…