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The nicely growing piglets seem to really, really enjoy something at the base of the…
The nicely growing piglets seem to really, really enjoy something at the base of the salt lick. Nothing proves the worth of game-attracting treats like the Wildlutscher dark sweet-corn salt lick better than tonight’s trail camera footage, in which all the piglets, after methodically and thoroughly "cleaning up" the feeder, are jostling for the prime…
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Developing a custom-designed automatic feeder and storage tank I’m currently working on a new project aimed at building an automatic feeder system, together with its storage tank, specifically tailored to my own, more demanding needs. The current prototype — a tank made from a 160 mm diameter KG pipe — only holds about ~20 kg…
After more than two months, “life” has returned to a tiny corner of the forest.
After more than two months, “life” has returned to a tiny corner of the forest. Images kept arriving all night long from the deployed cameras. The most traffic was at the feeder, where — since it was set up, after more than two months of complete silence — the greenish glow of the motion-sensor “moonlight”…
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One of the notable events of my pre-Christmas preparations was yesterday’s lands…
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