The Trail Cam Thread

[AVGWarhawk]

I did a short search for any trail cam threads. I know Neal has a thread with trail cam footage of rouge pigs. I thought to start a trail cam thread so we can see what happening in your neck of the woods. Below is my trail cam footage that hangs on my fence line. I have a busy backyard.

This is quite something. Could not ask for a better video of our fox friend:



Here he or she is making the night rounds:



These two better haul butt. There is a fox in the neighborhood:




Please post any trail cam footage you have. I would like to see it!

[August]

I have tons of them.


Here is one of my favorites:





And this is pretty nice too:

[Reece]

Where's Skybird??

[Skybird]

^ Here.

Have a trail cam since over two years in the garden, near the nutbar.



https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkK...KLetpSQ/videos


(And no, the bicycle tour video that the channel owes its name to, are not publicly listed anymore)

[AVGWarhawk]

@August nice shots!

[AVGWarhawk]

@Skybird. You have the invading tree rats as well. They do serve their purpose. They knock seed to the ground for the ground feeding birds. In our case morning doves.

[Onkel Neal]

What I'm dealing with now. Ground wasps! Discovered this nest by getting stung 13 times.

[Skybird]

Aggressive species? I got stung by Wasps just twice in my life, and never by bees although having been around bee farms repeatedly, having them flying around and crawling on me in numbers.



Bees I always liked. Maybe they like me, too.

[AVGWarhawk]

Gas and a well placed match will take care of that. I ran over a nest once while cutting grass. Felt my hand burning. Looked down to see hornets just stinging away. Gas and a match.

I have some good footage of my masked bandit. I will post it soon.

[Skybird]

Why not leaving them alone if they do not hunt you down? I had Wasps under my roof twice, they swarmed on my loggia. I let them do their thing, and they did not take much interest in me. Neighbours were near hysteria, I said in autumn the show is over. And thats what happened: a few weeks later the show was over.

Gassing them in Grmany would get you into serious and very costly troubles. Tens of thousands of coins are possible penalties. Letting them being removed by specialists is only allowed under circumstances when they pose a risk to the public. And even then they usually get relocated, not wiped out.

Thats why I asked about the species, whether it is explicitly aggressive. If not, just leave them alone. Time passing by will do away with them soon enough.

[August]

Typical city dweller has no clue of the dangers that an underground yellow jacket nest poses to anyone nearby.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Why not leaving them alone if they do not hunt you down? I had Wasps under my roof twice, they swarmed on my loggia. I let them do their thing, and they did not take much interest in me. Neighbours were near hysteria, I said in autumn the show is over. And thats what happened: a few weeks later the show was over.

In my situation this was a public pool facility were many people walked by the nest. Once sting to a pool member and allergic reaction would cause a host of problems for all involved. The hornet in this nest are non-aggressive...until one drives a 3 blade Gravely lawn tractor over the nest. My hand was stung over 6 times. The swelling was quite evident and painful. The nest could not be left in the area it was located.

[Skybird]

I see.

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Why not leaving them alone if they do not hunt you down? I had Wasps under my roof twice, they swarmed on my loggia. I let them do their thing, and they did not take much interest in me. Neighbours were near hysteria, I said in autumn the show is over. And thats what happened: a few weeks later the show was over.

Gassing them in Grmany would get you into serious and very costly troubles. Tens of thousands of coins are possible penalties. Letting them being removed by specialists is only allowed under circumstances when they pose a risk to the public. And even then they usually get relocated, not wiped out.

Thats why I asked about the species, whether it is explicitly aggressive. If not, just leave them alone. Time passing by will do away with them soon enough.

Eh, no thanks. These are not honey bees, my friend. They stung me, they proved they were a risk. My hands swoll up like Mickey Mouse hands and I was walking like Frankenstein after he was probed by aliens. Wasps can build all the nests they want in the forest but when they trespass into my flower beds and ambush me-- it's war!

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Gas and a well placed match will take care of that. I ran over a nest once while cutting grass. Felt my hand burning. Looked down to see hornets just stinging away. Gas and a match.

I have some good footage of my masked bandit. I will post it soon.

Gas but no match.

After finished the YouTube Academy of Wasp Control yesterday, I waited until night to attack, all the professors say they are dormant at night.

I did buy a beekeeper hat and veil, wore a long sleeve shirt and MC pants, leather gloves. I got a bucket of dirt and a half-gallon of gasoline. Plan was to pour the gas down the 1 inch diameter hole, then dump the dirt on it, creating a seal to trap them inside with the gas vapors.

Well, I guess I should have waited until "long after" dark cuz when I got ready to pour, there were about 8 standing by the entrance to the hole. I imagine they were workers on a smoke break or perhaps the last shift of guards.

Well, as soon as I saw them -- they saw me and attacked. I figure it's all or nothing now! I poured the gas down the hole while they buzzed all around me, and right in front of my face. Then I dumped the bucket of dirt and made my retreat. Made sure there weren't any stuck to me before shucking all my gear.

So, a sealed hive filled with gasoline vapors, that should do the trick. Or so I thought...