Around the “birdbath” made from a fallen poplar log, this young buck keeps showing up…

I’ve "stumbled" onto an amazing spot. I can’t get enough of the pictures and events the cameras keep sending me. The fact that in broad daylight, at high noon no less, my feeder is hosting an entire sounder of pigs . . . that would have been unimaginable at the previous location. For a simple,…

Now that the trees and bushes have nicely leafed out, the lush undergrowth is starting to sprout up, you can see how nicely my feeder blends into the landscape. After the disturbance caused by the antler collectors, life has nicely returned to the wallow and to my feeder as well. It’s interesting to see that…

The dual-head automatic feeder has now gotten a "forest coat". I took a few pictures from the stand toward the feeder, and toward the acorn ditch (I only scatter acorns there . . .) The "corn rain/shower" was also captured on camera . . . I’ve been using the "light tech" controllable from the stand…

Find the stand! Or rather, a few pictures of the stands. From the first one, there’s an excellent view of the big-tank feeder on one side, and on the left, a mini clearing baited with acorns. The Big Green Wallow stand is a real “gem.” It’s barely noticeable, hidden in the cover of a hawthorn…

Experiences with the feeder system’s operation and the necessary setting adjustments The initial settings of the dual feeder-automat used on the property, originally judged to be good, needed adjustment due to how the game’s behavior developed. Based on observations, a large group – consisting of at least three sows, three or four subadults, and about…

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…