The beautiful early-spring weather has brought the local red stags back for bathing, wal…

Wildlife feeders as micro-ecosystems: ecological effects and species community dynamics Introduction Wildlife management facilities, particularly feeding stations and feeders, are indispensable elements of modern game management. Although these facilities are primarily designed to keep economically valuable big game (Cervus elaphus – red deer, Capreolus capreolus – roe deer, Sus scrofa – wild boar) within a…

A Saturday evening game of patience After the work I did early Saturday morning at my wildlife management setup, the day naturally ended with a hunt from the stand. The weekend hadn’t started off lucky to begin with: after covering about 200 kilometers, I realized I’d left my cold-weather stand pants and my boots at…

Now that the trees and bushes have nicely leafed out, the lush undergrowth is starting to sprout up, you can see how nicely my feeder blends into the landscape. After the disturbance caused by the antler collectors, life has nicely returned to the wallow and to my feeder as well. It’s interesting to see that…

My currently nicely set-up feeder (there are still plans for further development…) hosted the already well-known large sounder again today, after a few days’ break. The NDZ18 BigGreenScum01 camera captured them first, at 4:57, setting off from the patch of forest behind the camera and crossing over at the wallow. Naturally the acorn feeder was…

Second night Last night on the night stand I had a hunting experience full of life, full of moments worth living for. Already at 21:47, as the forest had wrapped itself in complete darkness, a serious sounder started moving toward the half-dried wallow. They lingered there for nearly two hours, where the ground was still…

This beautiful, very well-fed, healthy badger is a regular visitor to this feeder. I’ve already run into it several times during my night stand hunts. Several hunting-related sources ( there’s plenty to be found, but here’s just one that also references others ); https://forums.bowsite.com/tf/bgforums/thread.cfm?threadid=371021&forum=2 discuss whether it’s better to hunt at night with green or…