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NH Chronicle: Capturing wildlife with trail cameras

Up close and personal with backyard visitors

NH Chronicle: Capturing wildlife with trail cameras

Up close and personal with backyard visitors

SHARES TIPS ON GETTING THAT PRIZE-WINNING SHOT. ♪ >> THEY ARE A WINDOW TO THE WORLD OF WILDLIFE. TRAIL CAMERAS PROVIDING A GLIMPSE OF OUR STATES CREATURES IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT WHEN THEY THINK NO ONE IS WATCHING. SOMETIMES, THESE CAMERAS JUST HAPPENED TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME LIKE THIS ONE THAT WAS ROLLING FOR THE VERY FIRST MOMENTS OF NEW LIFE. >> THERE’S A LOT OF WILDLIFE THAT COMES TO HEAR. YOU GET SOME MOOSE, BOBCAT AND THIS AREA. >> SOME OF HIS FAVORITE SHOTS ARE TAKEN WHEN HE’S NOT EVEN THERE TO SNAP THE PHOTO. WHY DO YOU LOVE SETTING THESE CAMERAS UP? >> I’VE ALWAYS HAD A LOVE FOR THE OUTDOORS. HUNTING, FISHING. I HUNT WITH TRAIL CAMERAS NOW. THIS JUST GETS ME OUTSIDE AND I ENJOY DOING THE TRAIL CAMERAS AND HEADING OUT TO THE WOLVES -- HEADING OUT TO THE WOODS AND SEEN WHAT I CAN FIND. I REALIZE THERE’S A LOT MORE GOING ON THEN YOU TYPICLYAL SEE, WHICH TO ME IS FASCINATING. ♪ I’VE HAD A CAMERA IN THIS GENERAL AREA BEFORE AND GOTTEN MOEOS, DEER, COYOTE. >> WE VENTURED OUT WITH HIM TO SEE WHAT THEY’VE BEEN RECORDING. ♪>> THAT IS SO COOL. >> SHE KNOWS THE CAMERA IS THERE. YOU CAN SEE HER LOOK AT IT. RIGHT IN FRO ONTF THE CAMERA. >>OW H COOL IS IT? >> TO ME, IT’S LIKE CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY. >> LIVING DEEP IN THE WOODS, HE HAS HAD SOME FURRY AS IT IS AT HIS HOUSE. >> HE WAS DEFINITELY STANDING UP LOOKING IN THE WINDOWS AND DOORS. KIND OF SCARY WHEN YOU WAKE UP AND REALIZE IT HAPPENED THE NIGHT BEFORE. >> GARRETT LOCKS EACH CAMERA IN PLACE TO PROTECT THEM FROM BEING STOLEN, NOT BY PEOPLE BY BEARS. >> THEY WILL SNIFF IT. THEY WILL PULL ON IT, TSTWI IT. THEY WILL DO EVERY THING TYHE CAN TO SEE WHAT IT IS. THEY KNOW IT’S SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT LONG. ♪ >> THIS MAMA BARELYOT NICED THE TRAIL CAM ROLLING. SHE WAS OTO BUSY SHOWING HER CUBS HOW TO TAKE CAREF AN O ITCH, OR MEOR IMPORTANTLY, MARK THEIR TERRITORY. >> THAT’S HOW THEY LEARN .THAT BEAR WILL PROBABLY COME BACK TO THE TREE THROUGHOUT ITS LIFEND A MARK ON THAT TREE BECAUSE ATTH’S WHERE MOM SHOWED IT TO DO IT. >> HE HAS CAPTURED CRITTERS OF ALL KINDS BY THIS POND. REALITY TV WILDLIFE EDITION, HIS TRLAI CLAMPED -- HIS TRAIL CAM HAD A RUN IN WITH A BEAVE R.EON CAUGHT A SIGNAL WHEN THIS GUY SHOWED UP. >> I CHECKED THEAM CERA A WEEK AGO AND THE MHEOTR BOBCAT WITH THREE KITTENS GO BY THE CAMERA. ME, IAS W OVERJOYED. I WAS SUPER EXCITED. ♪ TO GET HIGHER QUALITY SHOTS, HE IS EXPERIMENTING WITH PROFESSIONAL CAMERAS AND FLASH SET UPS WITH SPECIAL CASES HE CR AFTS HIMSELF. NEW HPSAMHIRE FISH AND GEAM IS HELPING WILDLIFE BIOLOGISTS MONITOR THE LYNZ --LYNX POPULATION. -- CREEDAT TO INCREASE THE NUMBERS OF ENDANGERED LANDINGS TURTLE. >>RTLE. HOW USEFUL ARE THESE AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING? >> THESE ARE CRITICAL IN MAKING SURE THAT WE MONITOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE HABITATS THAT WE ARE CREATING. OTHERWISE, WE PUT THESE SAND MOUNDS OUT HERE AND THEY CAN BE NESTING D ANWE WON’T EVEN KNOW IT. THESE ARE THE EYES ON THE GROUND WHEN WCAE N’T BE. THE TRAIL CAMERAS OPEN UP OUR EYESO T A VAST AMOUNT OF WILDLIFE THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE SEENTH OERWISE. IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOOL TO WILDLIFE BIOLOGY TOOLS. >> PATRICK TATE SESSA FISH AND GAME IS WORKING WITH UNH -- WITH HUN. THE STEAT ALSO UPGRADES THE DATABASE WHERE NEW HAMPSREHI CAN REPORT WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN. >> DID SO NIGHT THAT YOU HAVE TO SHARE WITH THE WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST. >> MOTION ACTIVATED CAMERAS CAN BE TRIGGERED BYHE T WIND OR DIRECT SUNLIGHT SO IT’S BEST TO SET THEM UP AND PROTECT IT SHADY AREAS AND TO FACE THE AREA NORTH. >> IF YOU HAVE A CAMERA FACING SOUTH OR WEST, YOU WILL GET SUN GLE.AR IF THERE IS SOMETHING THERE, YOU MAY NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT’S GOING ON BECAUSE YOU GET SO MUCH GLARE IN THE CAMERA. >> GARRETT, YOU ALSO LOOK AT TRACKS. AT TRACKS. WHAT IS THIS? >> THIS IS POSSIBLY A DEER SCRAPE. SOMETHGIN DEFINITELY HIT THE GROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR. ETH BUCKS MAKES WHAT WE CAL L SCRAPE. SOMETHING WILL CEOM BACK AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET THE VIDEO ON IT. >> SOF I YOU ARE CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON IN YOUR WOODS WHEN YOU ARE NOT LOOKING, A TRLAIAM C CAN OFFER ENDLESS ENTERTAINMENT.
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NH Chronicle: Capturing wildlife with trail cameras

Up close and personal with backyard visitors

Tonight, trail cams are being used by landowners to check out the furry visitors wandering in their back yards, they're also used by state biologists to monitor wildlife. We will show you some of the best images and head out with a trail cam pro who shares tips to get some awesome images. Plus, holiday lights are illuminating neighborhoods everywhere and Erin Fehlau is taking us to three homes that do it up for the holiday, all for us to enjoy!On Fritz Wetherbee's New Hampshire: THe Bridges of Bellows Falls.For more information on tonight's stories:AG Evans PhotographyNH Fish & GameDaly Family Festival of Lights51 Pond LaneFremont, NHThe Moore Family & Mr Lights77 Borough RoadPenacook, NHNH Light Show6 Barr Farm RoadBedford, NHHosting this week from: EtagereAmherst, NH

Tonight, trail cams are being used by landowners to check out the furry visitors wandering in their back yards, they're also used by state biologists to monitor wildlife. We will show you some of the best images and head out with a trail cam pro who shares tips to get some awesome images.

Plus, holiday lights are illuminating neighborhoods everywhere and Erin Fehlau is taking us to three homes that do it up for the holiday, all for us to enjoy!

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On Fritz Wetherbee's New Hampshire: THe Bridges of Bellows Falls.


For more information on tonight's stories:

AG Evans Photography

NH Fish & Game

Daly Family Festival of Lights

51 Pond Lane

Fremont, NH

The Moore Family & Mr Lights

77 Borough Road

Penacook, NH


NH Light Show
6 Barr Farm Road

Bedford, NH

Hosting this week from:

Etagere

Amherst, NH