Here's another wild animal at the cabin story. Nope not Elk this time or deer or other smaller critters. Here's the gist ....
The past month to two months the locals have told us about what they call the "Dumpster Bear" that has been seen off and on.
We thought they meant the bear frequents dumpsters for food. No. The word Dumpster refers to the size of the bear. Locals compare it to an extra large trash dumpster. The ones who have seen it pause and say .... "It's big! Biggest one around here so far." It's a black bear.
So ..... last weekend me, my husband, our oldest son and his daughter/our oldest granddaughter 17 (she's the one who shot a buck last season) were at the cabin.
Saturday morning I woke to some talking and rushed foot steps in bedroom above me. My son's bedroom. Granddaughter across the hall from his.
Turns out my son woke at 6am and was looking out his side bedroom window on second floor where he has a great view.
Directly out in front of his window at a slight distance was something dark. Remember he was just waking up so a bit groggy.
Suddenly he realized it was a bear. As it got closer yes it was Dumpster Bear!
The commotion that woke me was my son going to wake up his daughter to show her. Then he came downstairs to tell my husband who was already awake and in kitchen getting mug of coffee. Then he came to me to wake me up. I heard ... "Mom! Mom! There's a huge bear out front!" I jumped up and hurried behind him to front door. We quietly went onto front porch. He said Dumpster Bear had already moved further down the hill out front but was telling me where to look. I was saying I can't see it. Where is it? When suddenly I felt my eyes and remembered I jumped up fast and .... get ready for this ... I forgot to put on my glasses!!! Darn it!
They all got to see Dumpster Bear. Yay happy for them.
Me? I bet I remember my glasses next time if there is another time.
Dumpster bear was too far to the side to trigger the motion sensor on the Ring camera so no video either.
One of the trail cameras we have set up on the food plot has been getting lots of deer both doe and buck with antlers beginning to emerge and some elk too. Sweet!