Up the hill, not far above the house, stood a dead tree, a red maple. Over the years after it died, the bark had sloughed off, the twigs and small branches gradually fell to the ground, later the larger limbs also fell, having succumbed to decay, heavy wet snow and wind.
For the last several years the bare trunk stood tall and straight, gleaming in the sun or dark with rain. In late October we looked out one morning and there, flat on the ground, lay the trunk. It was large enough and tall enough that it must have hit with a solid WHUMP! – but we never heard it, there’s a lot to be said for a good, sound sleep.
Ahh, an opportunity for a camera trap placed to look down the trunk. The videos from November –
The buck in the last portion of the video had survived the first few days of rifle deer season following a month of archery deer season. Although bears frequently mess with trail cameras and deer often smell them, this is one of the few times I’ve had a buck trash a camera trap, I found it lying on the ground facing the sky. It hadn’t taken a video after it was treated so badly, but it was undamaged.
I enjoyed your critter video, great series of photos.
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That really is amazing! I guess he just did NOT want to be filmed. He's a beauty and a reminder that even deer can do damage or be aggressive! I enjoyed the video. Happy new year and I hope you share many more videos in the year to come! Thank you!
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