A black bear knocked my trail cam to the ground

[moose2]

I went to check my trail cam tonight and when I got there it was missing. I was a bit disappointed until i looked at the ground and saw it at the base of the tree it had been hanging on. At that time I had suspected a bear may have knocked it down. I confirmed this when I looked at the pictures.

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/trail_cam_September_2011_065_Medium_.jpg

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/trail_cam_September_2011_064_Medium_.jpg

Now he sees it

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/trail_cam_September_2011_063_Medium_.jpg

Here is the smack

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/trail_cam_September_2011_066_Medium_.jpg

now its on the ground

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/trail_cam_September_2011_067_Medium_.jpg

They are kind of neat pictures , but he did it on the day I put in a new card so it spent the rest of the week inactive. I set it up again tonight so hopefully I am back in buisness.
Mike

[The Silent Stalker]

Those are actually great shots. I am hoping to get a lot of pics this year as the season goes on.

[mark]

Checked one of my cams today, found the exact same thing! Had pics of 2 different bears that messed with it, the second bear ripped it right off the tree!
Thankfully he didnt chew it!

[tash]

Cool photos!!

We had our trail cam knocked down by a bull elk....he managed to rip the buckles off the strap and fling it about 10 feet...curious I guess? Got lots of photos of elk noses though.

[todbartell]

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/74398_454580957991_512917991_5598679_1121387_n.jpg

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/74090_454580997991_512917991_5598680_1800607_n.jpg

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/76134_454581032991_512917991_5598681_5412098_n.jpg

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http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/73662_454581167991_512917991_5598686_8011046_n.jpg

[dave_83golf]

Goes to show us how incredible their sense of smell is... Even weeks after we had one in the bush we had a curious bear checking it out... Brings a whole new meaning to securly putting away food when camping...

[dave_fras]

i had 4 cams at the end of last season.. now im down to 2!... bears are just destroying mine!... im thinking about welding something of for the others now!... such a piss off

[OutWest]

Get a bear box that bolts to the tree and you won't have any problems.

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Had mine less than 2 weeks before a rat bear ripped it down and broke the brackets. Hang them higher and angle them down to "reduce" the odds of a bear messing with it.

SSS

[OutWest]

Had mine less than 2 weeks before a rat bear ripped it down and broke the brackets. Hang them higher and angle them down to "reduce" the odds of a bear messing with it.

SSS

I've found that when setting my camera up higher and angled down you get a lot of pictures where the animal walks right under the camera. This is a bear box for my Reconyx RC60. It bolts to the tree and is virtually unmovable.

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