Photograph the bone yard

[Curmudgeon]

For those of you who do your own butchering, try taking your game cameras and putting one on the remains. Here are some samples. Some of these are sheep butchering remains and some are deer. The results are the same.

Edited November 10, 2014 by Curmudgeon

[polaris]

Some great pics, good idea!

[GreeneHunter]

Good idea !  Think I'll setup a trail cam near the gut pile if I nail a Deer !

[stoneam2006]

Cool pics

[Paula]

Nice pictures

[ididnotvoteforobama]

The third picture down........... Is that a Fisher , Martin??????

I had the same thing come by me yesterday, it was huge , about 10-12  lbs ,I'd bet . About 40"- 42" long .I saw him come across my hayfield on Friday afternoon , then in front of my stand Sat. morning.

[WNYBuckHunter]

Cool pics. Ive been doing the same thing for years. Something fun for the off season. Ill even go so far as to pick up road kills and add them to the pile.

[Curmudgeon]

The third picture down........... Is that a Fisher , Martin??????

I had the same thing come by me yesterday, it was huge , about 10-12  lbs ,I'd bet . About 40"- 42" long .I saw him come across my hayfield on Friday afternoon , then in front of my stand Sat. morning.

 

It's a fisher. Fishers have had a remarkable range expansion helped in some part by people. WV introduced them to help control porcupine I think Martins are limited to only the Dacks. There is probably good habitat in the Catskills. Does anyone know if there are martin in the southern forest preserve?

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[Curmudgeon]

Some more bone yard photos. I just put the deer remains out and am hoping for more good shots. Note the fisher is on the tree in the second photo.

 

Edited November 20, 2014 by Curmudgeon

[genesee_mohican]

Awesome trail cam shots, good job on the setup!

[capedeer]

Few coming into this years Striper carcasses. Lots of yotes on the cape started baiting to start thinning.

[NeverSeenNorHeard]

Those are great. I like the the owl! Nice sheep too. 

[turks]

Fishers been in southern ntier for while now, we have a good porky population, assume that's why they started showing up

[ididnotvoteforobama]

My dog had a run in with a porky last year, glad I didn't shoot  the Fisher.

He let me pull everyone out within a half hr, no infection or any problems after.

[Red]

That looks extremely painful

[NFA-ADK]

Cool shots, thanks for sharing!

[Curmudgeon]

My dog had a run in with a porky last year, glad I didn't shoot  the Fisher.0601131919.jpg

He let me pull everyone out within a half hr, no infection or any problems after.

 

My springer got into a porkie. That dog would let me do anything to him EXCEPT pull out the spines. He put his teeth on my arm and squeezed - no pain, just a warning. We had to knock him out.

 

The Barred Owls will spend time scavenging. This one only spent a moment. It may have been getting mice - which have been triggering the camera a lot. The Great-horned Owls seem to not scavenge. The come in and leave. I assume they are getting mice and shrews, and the occasional flying squirrel.

Edited November 21, 2014 by Curmudgeon

[NYhuntingdogs]

What a good idea.  I never wanted to get a cam just to see deer but this I could go for.

[Curmudgeon]

More Bone Yard photos including a flying squirrel  - which is a scavenger.