Trail Cam video and pics of bears and cougar

[kootenayelkslayer]

Went for a hike in the Nelson area the other day. I was walking up a little side road when I saw a bunch of deer fur on the ground. I then saw drag marks on the road followed by a couple of cougar tracks splayed out in the dirt. I followed the drag marks off the edge of the road into some thick brush, and there laid a dead mule deer buck, which was cached by the cougar. It hadn't been eaten much at all yet. It just so happened that I was given a StealthCam as a tip after bear guiding, so I ran home, got the camera and brought it back up to the kill site. I left it there for 1 night and had 150 cougar pictures. Then I set it on video mode for another night and got 100 videos of the cougar and 2 different black bears, one of which is a pig of a colour phase. Check it out. The video is really cool. Look at the size of the head on the bear in the 3rd and 4th video.

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q223/mikeb04/195.jpg

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q223/mikeb04/276.jpg

Its a boy!
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q223/mikeb04/219.jpg

Video links:
Cougar http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Hkx5Z6H4Xew
Black bear http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=pczeD81BoWI
Colour phase http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=ch7f7Aeyc6o
Colour phase 2 http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=mmztHE9ndMI

[bigwhiteys]

Thats awesome! thanks for the share.

Carl

[kootenayelkslayer]

The best part is that it takes me 5 minutes to get to the site from my house :smile:

[One Shot]

Fantastic pics and video. Thank for sharing. Running home in cougar country????. Set up the camera first then run home, we want to see the video.........LOL

[plumbob]

Great pics and video thats nice when it's that close to home.

[Sitkaspruce]

Very cool!!!!

Thanks for the picts and video.

SS

[bayou]

Yes very video thanks for sharing.

[killman]

oh ya great footage and pics.

[Shed Hunter]

Great pic. and video

[huntcoop]

That it very cool. Thanx for posting. Now go pop that cat!

[mcrae]

Keep my eyes open now more than usual when I go for walks with the kids...

Pretty much every place we walk the kids and dogs is 5 mins from Nelson up a forestry road... Maybe give the locals a heads up that a cat is around right next to a road...

Awesome pics and video by the way...

[MIL720]

that is very cool footage.thanks for sharing..

[Huey]

That was awesome!!

[MattB]

Sweet pics and vids Mike! How'd the guiding go?

[threedhunter]

:smile:sssaawweeeett vid, keep your eye on your kids outdoors, not just on that trail.the big colorphase would mke an excellent rug imo.threedhunter:smile:

[boxhitch]

Good shots, thanks. That is a nice sized color bear. Any daylight sightings yet ?

[Jetboater]

Very cool thanks for the pics and Video

[BlacktailStalker]

Nice find, thanks.

[springpin]

Very cool videos & pix. The Black bear was pretty comical to watch.

Springpin

[.340]

That is one healthy looking cat, pretty cool!

[2slow]

Those are some of the best trail cam pics and video I have seen to date. You should send those in to the camera maker and see if you could make some dough off of em.

[kootenayelkslayer]

Sweet pics and vids Mike! How'd the guiding go?
Thanks, ya it was a slow season up there. Really late spring, a few nice bears were shot though. I actually saw you on one of Shockey's videos one night when i was in base camp. I didn't know you were a celebrity!

[kootenayelkslayer]

Good shots, thanks. That is a nice sized color bear. Any daylight sightings yet ?

I've only got pictures and video of the cat and the black one during daylight. I actually sat at the kill for 4 hours tonight to see if anything would come in, and I believe the cougar tried to sneak in behind me but caught my wind, I just saw it lurking away as I turned my head, it was only about 15 feet tho. Its so thick in there, the farthest I could get from the kill and still be able to see was 30 feet, so it would've been close quarters if something showed up. I'll try one more time tomorrow.

[pitdog]

Awesome pics and video thanx for sharing.

[ElectricDyck]

Thats some good footage, thanks for posting!

[hunter1947]

What type of trail cam have you got that will take videos as well as pic ,Great footage .

How much money did the trail cam coast ???

[MattB]

Thanks, ya it was a slow season up there. Really late spring, a few nice bears were shot though. I actually saw you on one of Shockey's videos one night when i was in base camp. I didn't know you were a celebrity!
LOL, celebrity...When are you heading to the NWT?

[kootenayelkslayer]

What type of trail cam have you got that will take videos as well as pic ,Great footage .
How much money did the trail cam coast ???

Its a StealthCam, but I don't know which model exactly. I got it for free:smile:, but I believe it retails for about $450. You can find it on their website.


LOL, celebrity...When are you heading to the NWT?
Way too soon. Heading up near the end of June. Are you still in PG right now?