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…
I still had a bit of unfinished business with the winch that raises and lowers the feeder. This morning I finally took care of it. Since the 8mm Dyneema prusik didn’t slip even the slightest bit on the 6mm wire rope, I decided to keep it as a redundant safety measure. Besides that, of course,…
Tonight there was a lot of life at this feeder again. The images captured by the cameras deployed on the site tell a story of the forest’s secret nocturnal life that’s almost like a comic strip. The sounder arrived from the side of the big green wallow’s blackthorn-lined bow stand, around 1:40am, in a nice,…
A capable badger (Meles meles) also wants a seat at the table of plenty. He surely knows he’s under legal protection until July 1st (Chapter I of Annex 5 of Decree 79/2004 (V. 4.) FVM of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, implementing Act LV of 1996 on the Protection of Game, Game Management,…
After Saturday’s intervention ( setting up the big feeder automat ), the sounder has now returned. The photos follow chronological order. The very first photo shows them arriving from the direction of the drainage ditch (seasonal) 20m from the feeder, where the scattered acorns held them for a little while. But with so many hungry…
A Zeiss Secacam 7 is now set up on this feeder, and I’m getting to know, test, and fine-tune its functions. I’d been basically satisfied with the earlier Spypoint "flagship" models, but I wanted to see for myself what Zeiss could do. My idea was to get videos synced to the feeder automat’s timer, but…
In pursuit of a sustainable game management innovation Experience and challenge in the service of automated feeding. On a privileged hunting ground, where the undisturbed nature of the game population is guided by a shared spirit of conservation and professional game management, I set myself an ambitious goal: to build an automatic feeder system that…
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,…
From 6:45 PM onward, the newly revived, long-abandoned feeder became the site of great feasts. It seems word has truly "gotten around" among the forest’s wildlife 😀