Where the Wild Things Are v2

Hiked: 2/24/2018
Distance: 8.4 miles round trip on trail and cross country
Summit Elevation: 1538' (at trailhead)
Elevation Gain: 1415'
Elevation Gain (in Empire State Buildings): 1.13
Round trip time: 3 hours 30 minutes
Recommended water: 48 oz.
Parking/Fees: Free at Fisherman's Camp Trailhead
Difficulty: Moderate

And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth
and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws.
-- Maurice Sendak
The trailcam was originally placed in October, 2017. In November, I went back to swap out the memory card and found a close up video of a young buck. I moved it to a different tree in the same location where it stayed for more than 3 months. I picked it up today and was happy to find several videos of a large mountain lion. It captured four almost identical videos on 4 different nights. This lion is obviously patrolling the area where I found a dismembered deer in December, 2016. There was a big storm in January that soaked the camera. Some of the files on the memory card were damaged so I feel extra lucky to have found anything at all. I removed the camera and will find it a new home next month. If I ever want to meet a lion face to face, I know where to camp.


Huge lion on patrol on 11/20/2017

Same lion on 1/15/2018
See also:
Wild Things v8 (cougars!)
Fisherman's Camp, Bluewater Canyon, San Mateo Canyon