As hunting
seasons begin and more people are out in the forest, it was time to retrieve
my camera traps from the Big Woods. When I checked the memory card that had
been in the camera trap overlooking the bear wallow there was a large number of black
bear photos. This vernal pool, where the bears come to wallow in the water, is
surrounded by a grove of older white oak trees which had a bumper crop of
acorns this fall. Bears seeking to put on fat for their winter sleep had been
gorging on the acorns and frequently visited the wallow. The camera had gotten
bear photos on 12 of 13 consecutive days – a sampling:
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