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Wolverines in the Arctic
While working for an environmental consulting company, I was sent out to the arctic to conduct a wolverine monitoring project. The project involved driving a snowmobile across the tundra and counting wolverine tracks and sign.
I figured that this might be a good chance to try for yet another species on my scouting cam, so I packed it along in hopes an opportunity would arise. Near the end of the project, my partner and I came across a wolverine den with lots of activity around it. This was the first one either of us had ever seen. I ran the idea past my partner and before long I had my MI P41 SwiftFox unit, positioned only a few feet from the den opening.
With no trees or anything to attach the cam to a little creativity was in order. I used 2 pieces of plywood as stakes, stuck in the snow, and wrapped my EZ-Webb bungee around it. I was bit worried that the big weasel would come back to it's den and mess with my scouting camera; so, for some added security, I decided to tie it off to a large boulder. We left the camera for 2 full days in the blustery -50 degree Celsius environment and checked it on the morning of day 3.
The unit performed flawlessly and the set-up was a huge success! My first, and possibly only, wolverine scouting cam pictures!
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