Bucks, Bulls and Bobcat

[Bob]

Brad, Nice to see you posting on here. This set has turned out to be lots of work. When I went to check my camera yesterday evening, I never dreamed the camera would have taken 2,200 pictures. So, I did not carry along fresh batteries. I know my memory is good for almost 4,000 pictures, but I am not sure about the batteries. I went back this evening with fresh batteries, and the camera had taken another 512 pictures in just 24 hours. These bulls are coming every night. A smaller bull came in at 7:30 this morning, but the large bulls are nocturnal. I took a 50 pound bag of corn and a 50 pound bag of garbanzos to the set. My neighbor bought a ton of garbanzos today for the elk on this set. He says elk like garbanzos better than corn. We will see soon. The fawn decoy has been lots of fun and it is producing some really cool photos, but I am moving it to another location. The decoy needs to be closer for better pictures of the predators, and the elk need to be farther away. I am turning up the ISO to 400 to double the flash. Here are a few more pictures. I had more than 300 pictures of the bulls last night alone. These pics are from last night. I still have not finished going through the first batch of pics.
Bob

[Orion]

Great pictures as usual!!

[Bob]

I have not had a single picture of a deer at night so far. It is funny to see how the deer react when they see the fawn decoy for the first time. It startles some of the deer, and others just stand and stare at it. But after awhile they don't pay any attention to it. The elk don't pay any attention to the decoy




In the daytime, only cows and this small bull have been coming in. That should change in June because turkey season and spring bear season will be over