brad von blon

I’m gonna try to start posting on bluesky but it kinda sucks, pretty corny so far. Twitter sucks a little more though. Here’s something to remember me by. Hauling a dead deer out of a local nature preserve today.

In the autumn, Ruffed Grouse grow these pectinations on the sides of their feet to act as snowshoes, giving their feet more surface area to walk on top of the snow. I made sure to take some creepy photos after one slammed into the side of my house recently

Free salmon in the woods today

Got a video a little while back of one marking my camera. Not a super exciting video but volume up right at the beginning to hear it wizz. youtu.be/b5E4nUY7sZ8?si…

Might have found a good site by accident for bobcat activity right out back of my place, a male has been visiting with some frequency, occasionally marking

One of the worst hide & seek spots I’ve ever seen

Dinner’s on me, folks. We’re having shiners cuz I couldn’t catch any chubs

Got some otters on the trailcam, wait for the big stretch and yawn

Finally got a couple decent bobcat videos!

Nice but slightly blurry coyote visiting the camera I put on a recent beaver chew site

Got more bobcat photos on the trailcam

Finally finished this tonight. Sucks pretty bad. Hated it.

@babywasteland I should’ve specified the he was the “dangerously inept” kind of DIY person instead of the good kind

@campanulacea hahaha omg yeah that sounds like a pain in the ass

The heat went out again tonight for the second time in a few months and I’m getting a little too used to firing up the old wood stove. It’s easily the worst stove I’ve ever had to deal with but I think we’re finally coming to understand each other. Still hate its guts tho.

@babywasteland You’re right! Unfortunately the guy who built it was kind of a DIY hobbyist and put three right-angles in the pipe before it hits the chimney so it’s ridiculously tough to start without smoking out the whole house

@campanulacea it’s sooo pretty though

In contrast, here’s me with my favorite stove in the world, 2017. Living alone in the Upper Peninsula with nothing to do but stock wood and eat spaghetti-o’s

Negative 1 degree Fahrenheit here at home. Started up the ol’ wood stove and smoked out the whole basement in the process. Luckily all my clothes smell like campfire smoke anyway.

@mixedgrass666 Nice!! Shoot me a dm any time, always happy to advise! A lot of the trailcam stuff is luck but I’ve got some more tricks depending on what you’re looking for

@campanulacea Well look what appeared right as I asked lol

One of my favorite trailcam photos from years ago. I’d accidentally dialed the camera in a spot where coyotes would look right at it nice & close

@mixedgrass666 I wish I could give an entire lecture on this topic because I love it so much. Moving the camera around can be great (I do it often) but usually patience is key, as annoying as that sounds. I try to leave my cameras alone for at least 3 weeks at a time

@mixedgrass666 It’s tough, 80% of the time it’s luck but you’ve got the right idea putting it on a known trail and a creek bed is also a perfect spot for wildlife traffic. Usually I look for existing trails but especially natural choke points/bottlenecks. Treelines are always good for coyotes!