Category: The Farm
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More Bear pictures and videos! Eight different bears on this farm over last two months.
Over the last two months, our trail cameras have pictures of a female bear with 4 cubs (collarless with ear tags), a male bear (which we helped collar and tag, and this new mom with twins and no ear tags. Above: These videos (which have been combined) were taken over the last three days. Anthony…
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Pumpkins, Figs, and Jalapeño Peppers
The heat has caused many of the pumpkin vines to shrivel, so Bruce and Craig harvested two of the larger pumpkins. The long pumpkin weighted 72 pounds and the round pumpkin weighted 32 pounds. Both of these are Atlantic Giants. This variety of pumpkin is capable of reaching 2,000 pounds, but that achievement takes a…
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The bears and fawns just keep on coming!
(and a few pictures from a friend cruising in Alaska) The trail cameras caught this picture on August 18th on a field called Wagon Wheel. This appears to be a mother bear and cub. Mom has no ear tags or collar which means she has not been trapped by Mississippi Wildlife and Fisheries yet. Below…
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Deer, Apples, Alaska, A whale, and An Alligator
The first apples on our tree are finally turning a little red. Yes, they are rather blotchy looking, but at least we have apples on our tree! I will let you know if they are eatable in a future post. The Trail Cameras caught more great pictures this past week. Please share our link with…
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Sunset, Bear #48 visits, Turkeys and Poults
Below: #48 was captured on the night of the 8th and released after his medical exam on the 9th. #48 obviously wasn’t bothered by the experience, because the trail cameras picked up video in the same area on the morning of the 10th. Below: The farm turkey population was struggling just a few years ago…
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Flowers, Butterflies and Fruit
Below are the jalapeño peppers that Preston started for us in June. They have finally started to grow and give us peppers. Did you know that jalapeño peppers left on the vine until they turn red are the peppers for Chipotle? We modified a recipe from the internet for a pumpkin rice dressing. This is…
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Trapping a Black Bear- 3.0
An absolutely wonderful experience- so glad I got to participate. I assure you, this bear is very much alive- just sleeping! You would have thought it was some type of raid when four Mississippi Wildlife and Fisheries vehicles converged on the parking lot at 8 am this morning. Even though there were a few guns…
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Trapping a Bear – 2.0
A very large male visited the trap all day today. It ate the donuts, laid outside the cage, and even took a nap in the cage. But since Anthony (the Wildlife and Fisheries guy) is 3 hours away, it was too hot to close the door on the bear during the heat of the day.…
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Trapping a Bear
This is a mama bear who has a den next to the farm. She actually delivered three cubs in January. The Mississippi Wildlife and Fisheries Bear Person, Anthony Ballard, put a collar on her. When Anthony found an abandoned cub, he tracked this mama down and tranquilized her. When she awakened, she had four cubs.…
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Poults, Bears & Cub, Coyote, Hogs, Deer, fawns, Pumpkins
Look at our collared visitor. Now look over to the left of this picture at the very tiny cub. Black Bear cubs are usually born in January weighing as little as a half pound. By one year they can weigh as little as 15 pounds or be much larger if the food is abundant. The…