Endless Venture
Well, a video posted to Casey’s Instagram page earlier this year shows him returning to collect the camera after leaving it in place a decade ago. As you might imagine, there was a lot of footage to trawl through.
The process itself is known as a ‘camera trap’, and is the ideal way for photographers to capture wildlife in its rawest, realist form in the wild. As mentioned above, it’s difficult, if not not impossible, to replicate an animal’s natural behavior when humans are around.
Fortunately for Casey, his hunch that the bear den in question was a perfect spot to set up a vigil proved to be true.
“Not only had bears returned, but so had mountain lions, coyotes, and
The footage included a mountain lion, coyotes, and grizzly bears who frequented the cave.
Casey also expressed his shock at the batteries having lasted for so long, while revealing that the camera had not been active for the entire ten years as a “Bear knocked it over.”
