CouesWhitetail Report post Posted September 8, 2009 Hubby and I went to go check a cam we have had out for over three weeks. Unfortunately, the card filled after just a few days so I wish I had checked it earlier. Had a nice sow and her cub come in several times a day. Check out her front right shoulder. She has an injury. Maybe somone shot her during the recent bear season? Don't know, but the injury doesn't seem too bad and seems to be healing. The cam is still out there so I should be able to see how she is doing in a couple weeks. This water hole is just a puddle in a mostly dried up creek. The bears seem to come in, drink what they can and then come back after the puddle refills. Lots of different species of birds took advantage of this puddle to bathe and drink. Even got a hawk and an owl here. The owl could have come in to hunt insects around the water too. Lots of colorful birds came in. got a chipmunk in with the birds too this skunk came by a couple times too and a doe and fawn got a cool drink also. Perhaps only one fawn left from the set of twins? Not sure since the cam slipped a little and pointed more toward the ground and so I can't see if there was really only one fawn or not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coues7 Report post Posted September 8, 2009 Cool pics amanda. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ray Maki Report post Posted September 8, 2009 very cool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
willhunt4coues Report post Posted September 8, 2009 SWEET pics. That may be the cub that was hanging out in the next canyon over. We have seen his tracks. Thanks for sharing. Looks like you got you a honey hole there. How did you find that spot? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mrs125coues Report post Posted September 8, 2009 Nice pictures Amanda..Thanks for sharing. Kathi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arizonaelitefreak Report post Posted September 8, 2009 great pics looks like you have a wide variety of game coming in, thanks for sharing them with us! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pwrguy Report post Posted September 8, 2009 Cool pictures, I love all those different birds Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
willhunt4coues Report post Posted September 8, 2009 The bear may have been shot back in the spring hunt but the photo says 8/19/09 and season didn't start till 8/21/09. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SilentButDeadly Report post Posted September 9, 2009 Amanda, I've got to ask, but did you intentionally set the camera with the root there so that you could catch birds on it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted September 9, 2009 Amanda, I've got to ask, but did you intentionally set the camera with the root there so that you could catch birds on it? Nope, but it worked great, didn't it? Actually, when I walked up to the cam, I thought, dang it, it's pointing to the ground! The cam was on another root behind that one and it slipped downward so that it was pointed to the ground more (and therefore more toward that branch). So the cam got some neat pics that I hadn't planned because of that root and the slip up. here are some pics of the set so you have an idea of what I am talking about. Amanda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1denogean Report post Posted September 9, 2009 Looks like the moma bear is huge! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COUESAZ Report post Posted September 9, 2009 Looks like mommy bear was shot once like clay said. has a wound anyways. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Packer Report post Posted September 15, 2009 Those are some great pics, thanks for posting. Aaron Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
