Neighbor Larry built a GoPro camera trap for me, and I finally set it in the woods.
My goal? Color videos at the water hole at night.
The undertaking has been a challenge.
First, you need sufficient power to charge the power-hungry GoPro Hero2 and external LED arrays.
Wireless lights would be ideal, but we're not there yet. So, after driving two t-posts into cracks in the bedrock, which happens to be volcanic capstone, I slipped on the pipe extenders, and wired the two arrays at a height of 6+ feet to the camera.
The rig looks like hell, and I knew it would be a standing invitation even to the dumbest bear in the woods.
The rig looks like hell, and I knew it would be a standing invitation even to the dumbest bear in the woods.
Of course the inevitable happened.
A blond pole dancer showed up, and her provocative performance disabled the lights.
You've seen her before, if you've visited Camera Trap Codger in the past.
This 2-year female is almost certainly one of the two tiny cubs in the YouTube videos I posted in the spring and summer of 2013.
I think you'll agree, she's a foxy pole dancer.
A blond pole dancer showed up, and her provocative performance disabled the lights.
You've seen her before, if you've visited Camera Trap Codger in the past.
This 2-year female is almost certainly one of the two tiny cubs in the YouTube videos I posted in the spring and summer of 2013.
I think you'll agree, she's a foxy pole dancer.
8 comments:
Wow! What bears really do in the woods.
You must be pleased.
Neat video; bears are so inquisitive that nothing unusual escapes their attention.
If there had been a little bit of food on top of that tee-post she would have bent it over and had her snack. I know because I used a tee-post with a ten foot length of PVC pipe slipped over it to keep a bird feeder out of the bears reach. The next morning I found the tee-post bent over 90 degrees with the top laying on the ground. The bird feeders got destroyed - all for a couple of cups of sunflower seeds.
She's a real babe. I would watch her pole dance anytime.
I'm not sure if she's a Pole or a Swede...
I know that you said that your goal was to capture colour video at night--is this footage from the night? Nevertheless, fantastic footage!
Thanks, y'all. I've been lucky with the t-post so far, but I know it's a risky set-up. To make it bear-proof I'd have to get a cement mixer down there to set a 2.5" thick pipe.
No action since then.
No night photos to speak of yet, but I know why the lights failed (electronic safety circuit on the battery).
Yah sure, I've seen a Swede or two that looked her.
That bear has talent and could be recruited by Humboldts finest pole dancing club!
Excellent quality video Chris!
Terry
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