WOW! She made one heck of a mess!!! Amazing the strength they have! Hope you come across her come spring! Good looking moose and a cute marten! Thanks for sharing!!!

JR it's like you said it could've been worse , I like many others are glad it wasn't !
I've got a feeling that you will get a shot off at her and that cub .

The marten is sure quite cute little bugger mice pack rat's and squirrels shouldn't be a problem while she's around the cabin either .

Darn nice moose he shot !

We're getting the Snow you're missing today it's nearly a white out here now .

Enjoy your day and Stay Safe out there even if you don't want to ha ha !
Allan

Oh, man. What a mess. Will almost certainly be back, both of them.
Love the marten. Little Miss White Toes!

What a difference you both made in that mess cleanup.

At least, I noticed, she didn't tear up the foam pad seats on your chairs...I wonder if you could still find more totes like the one that weathered the tooth test . Can't figure why they had to mess up the woodpile. Or why the back wall was chosen to tear into. I'm always trying to figure any possible logic into what they do to stuff.

Bears here do like to chew into generators, gas cans, oil, something about that they like, chewing rubber hose connectors, etc.

I can feel how you felt at seeing all this, from some experiences of my own. Not just the break in, but the ensuing sheer mess. Yes it could have been worse , and you two cleaned things up very well in a short time.

I am good at tackling messes like that....from hurricane cleanup in my days in FLA. I graduated from that to developing a system of organized cleanup , that has worked well in helping friends with their places, and in restoring order to manage 20 stall horse barns with apartments attached. Inherited messes to organize. The system I've “invented” works very well and keeps the mind focused and not overwhelmed.

The main thought I had during all your video, which you of course mentioned, was that those burglars will be back. They follow the same behavioral pattern here too. Until they are stopped.

The siding you mentioned sounds like timely, good insurance to implement immediately.

If anyone wonders of animals reacting to their reflection in glass, just observe birds fighting their image , bumping into glass for minutes on end, to see your thoughts on blinds is spot on.

I call that wee marten Ivory....for her toes. I am borrowing your shots of her for a future portrait.

Glad you took video of all this. It is good education for anyone to learn from, and for your continued history of your life collection.

I always like when they take a big dump on the floor just to let you know what they really think about you Those bears are educated and won't stop until someone takes them out. We used a bear fence, you can get them with solar panels so they work all season. We got ours from a place in Anchorage that designed and tested them in Alaska, worked great and sure gives you some piece of mind.

That "wee loping mink" is one of the biggest I have ever seen. B&C for sure !

Wow, what a mess. That one will likely be a nuisance until it's dead. Hope one of you cabin owners up there get the pleasure. The season can only go up from here!

JR, there’s a place in Palmer called Fence Emporium of Alaska where you can get a complete bear fence set up for around $300. Comes with a solar panel set up that works great but I always put a fresh new battery ($60) every year just for insurance. Think it’s working good, found grizz hair on the wire over the years. Should be able for him to ship you the materials..

Happy Thanksgiving Trappers. Haven't set a trap yet as I am still working in town. Found a few pics I didn't share. Here are a couple of the bears at the cabin. Dang those camera make me mad. Cannot believe it didn't get a single pic of her tearing at the shop door.

These swans were in Lost Lake when we had our General Trapping School in October. Had to be 75 total on the lake.


I'm liking the electric fence on the cabin idea. i'd like more to put the cabin on 4 insulators and make the whole works electric after I put metal on it. Planning on putting up the bait station this spring and thinning out the bear population by 5. Like to put 4 griz hides on 4 hunters walls this spring if any of you nonresident's are interested. Make you a good deal on 1st come 1st serve on any legal bear.
Starting to gather some bait for the season and getting excited to trap but think I am still a month away. Following you guys and waiting. Good luck and be safe out there

Good luck dealing with those bears. They just don't belong in areas that are used as residence by humans. Nothing good ever comes of it.

I hope you get them!

Cant have anything nice in the country around here, bears will tear it up.

I do have a 10,000 K bear fence around my beehives and can vouch for its effectiveness, it sends the bears to my neighbors to get shot instead of my yard.

I'm interested in game camera experience as well, if someone has good recommendations for units that operate well in the cold. Browning dark ops?

Nowadays they all seem to work well, I use the lithium ion batteries in the cold. They are fun to mess around with and I've found it informative to see how animals react to my sets etc.

Work well in the day and warm weather. I've run several different brands and cold was their downfall.






Some of mine revert back to a different dates and don't keep current date, time or temps. I don't mind paying extra if they preform. My Spypoint has been my favorite but it also looses time and date

The Stealthcams I have do not work good in the cold, neither have the Bushnell's, wildgame innovations and a couple others I have used. At least with the Stealthcams they will work well when it is warm and if it gets cold they may quit working but they will start working when it warms up again, unlike some of the others.

Also canines notice all the models I have tried, especially at night.

It would appear that AK Howler's "secret" (aside from lithium ion batteries...) is to place the cams quite a ways out from where he thinks the wolves will pass. I assume this minimizes the chance of the animals discovering the device and becoming spooked by it.

Pete

I know someone who may be interested in helping you get rid of one of those bears JR. I'll shoot you a PM about it.

I may be interested in the grizzly hunt.

I saw your videos on youtube, hope you start connecting!