Dateline – May 14, 2011
Continued from A Year on the Trail, Part 1
I began this project in March 2009. My intent was to monitor the wildlife traffic through a specific part of a 700 acre parcel of land in far southeast Denton County. I chose a location where the natural vegetation, barbed-wire fences, a creek, and a cattle trail all came together to form a funnel of sorts. If the animals on this property wanted to get from one side to the other, they would have to travel through this passage. I set up a pair of scouting cameras, one on each end of the trail, and checked them approximately every six weeks over the course of the year. By the middle of April I had already collected a number of interesting pictures.
March through April
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Maybe not surprisingly, once the brutal summer heat set in the wildlife activity detected by my cameras tapered off significantly.
May through August
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White-tail Deer activity picked up dramatically as we moved into the cooler fall months.
September through October
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The wildlife activity in November reflected the changing weather as the temperatures started to cool off significantly. I began to get photographs of buck White-tailed Deer with antlers, including one that seems to have been in some kind of mishap. Also notice how high the creek has risen due to early winter thunderstorms.
November
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There is not much green in these wintertime pictures, but the animals persevere.
December
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A few surprises were captured by my scouting cameras over the winter, including an unusual number of White-tailed Deer and an early spring snow storm.
January through March
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