The life of a cabbage. (Picture intensive!)

[Jeff]

I'm not bear hunting this year, so had not put out any cameras, so Lou put one out across the road from my place on a trail on his property. He tossed out a few old cabbage he had, and this is just a smattering of the photos from that 1st week iof this October the cabbages existed on the trail.  When we tell people we don't have many deer because of the predators, some scoff. "Where are the pictures" they say. Well, we don't usually try to get photos of the predators as we are deer and bear hunters.  The goal this time was to get some idea of the deer that might be here. We didn't get many deer photos. Maybe a dozen or so photos out of a couple hundred photos were of deer.

BTW, the cabbage meets a fate that you might not expect. ;)




















































A few close ups

[isawlogs]

  Thanks made me smile... 

[giant splinter]

That camera does a great job, wondering what brand and model it is as I could use one here on the ranch.

[WmFritz]

Never thought about using a brush hog to make coleslaw :D :D

[clww]

"It chops! It cuts! It slices! It dices!"

[SwampDonkey]

More animals than the local zoo. ;D Looks like a family of 3 yotes. That seems to be what I have is a family of three because I see their tracks in winter. I never did put of a trail cam here, always intended to because the main path is an animal highway. Nice to see a few grouse around, they seem to like cedar woods as much as birch. But that might be because there are yellow birch in the cedar (after the seed). ;D

Wow a bobcat to, they are scarce here.

[Magicman]

Good pictures and who could imagine the great variety of animals that travel by.  I suspect that those DanG coyotes are keeping the small game numbers down, and maybe even the deer by being predators to the fawns.

[Ron Scott]

Great pictures of wildlife in the wild.

[Paul_H]

Proof on film that nobody likes cabbage.

[Mooseherder]

 :D :D

[Jeff]

They must like slaw.  These pictures are all from yesterday after slaw making. Sure was surprised to see a very nice buck.



  

  

  

  

  

 

[Magicman]

Do I see a place for a blind?

[Jeff]

I wouldn't shoot him.  First sign of anything worth spreading it's genes in quite sometime

[Autocar]

Amazing pictures how cool that must be to live and see so many different kinds of critters.

[Jeff]

It's one of the reasons why, that when I'm up here, its always hard to go home.

We also have wolves, cougar (documented by the DNR), Lots of bear, otters, beavers and many other assorted animals.

[isawlogs]

I need make myself a cabage patch photo taking center!  Getting a pic of the bobcat is cool, now getting a pic of a cougar , that would be super kewl   8)

  Have cabage , have bushhog, have tractor, have wildlife, have road.... Can I get permission from the boss.. I'll take my chances when I get home and just doit.  ;D

[Magicman]

I understand the comment about "not shooting".  As abundant as our deer are, restraint must still be used.  The 1996-97 season was the last time that I took the buck limit, (3) and I have never even come close to the doe limit. (5)

Until this past year we have abided by a self imposed one buck limit, but we did start allowing two last year.  Nothing to do with what is allowed or legal.  We are just managing our deer herd as we see it.

That 12th picture is a cat, but I do not see a tail.  Must be a bobcat.

[Jeff]

Yup, bobcat. If you look back at the first set of photos, you can see the bobtail. No way of knowing if it is the same cat.  I'm kind of curious if that trail corner has traffic like this all the time, as nothing really has eaten the cabbage.

[fishpharmer]

Proof on film that nobody likes cabbage.

:D :D


Jeff, thanks for Proof pics. 8)

[SwampDonkey]

We used to box trap snowshoe hare and they wouldn't touch it or carrots.  They would apples. :D But domestic rabbits would eat cabbage and carrots and we fresh cut grass (by hand) for 'em to. ;D

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

You keep putting food out there and sooner or later you'll see a member come by. 

[SwampDonkey]

I like cabbage. Steamed, boiled, fried, coleslaw.  ;D

[Jeff]

But is it alien season?

[Mooseherder]

Seeing sure is believing, and that is one busy area!
The game cam is earning its keep.

[fishpharmer]

Add a little mayo, relish and pinch of onion you might get a pic of poston or me eating coleslaw. ;)