Category: Deer and Wildlife
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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.…
-
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.…
-
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…
-
Deer and Goats LOVE pumpkins and pumpkin leaves
One of our Atlantic Giants was doing quite well until the deer discovered the delicious flavor of pumpkins. Note the thickness of this pumpkin’s wall. It smelled delicious. We took the rest of this beautiful pumpkin and rolled it into the goat yard. After 24 hours, the goats also decided that pumpkin was delicious. They…
-
Fishing, Alligator, Pumpkins, Family & Frogs
Beautiful morning on lake in Louisiana. The lake has been very still and so far this morning, not one fish has been interested in trying the bait. However, a young alligator did swim over to the bait and follow it around for a minute. Below: The female pumpkin flower has a larger center (Stigma) and…
-
Purple Martins
According to my late father-in-law, Purple Martins are supposed to arrive on Valentine’s Day (February 14th) and depart on the 4th of July. This year our Purple Martins arrived at the end of February. We thought a late arrival meant a late departure. We left the farm on the 3rd of July after taking the…