Mutual of Iron's Wild Kingdom

This is a meta page for trailcam photos and videos and other wild animals I've encountered. I started experimenting with trailcams at the end of 2017. Over time, I got better at figuring out placement locations and angles, though luck always plays a part of getting a really great photo. I am currently using two identical trailcams, the Bushnell 20MP Trophy Cam HD Low Glow. They can be programmed for photos, videos, or in hybrid mode. I broke this page into a trailcam section, and a section for live encounters.

I have a couple of credits in this 7-part series on California Mountain Lions:
Web Mini-Series on California Mountain Lions (Recommended!)

Santa Ana Mountains Trailcam

Wild Things v1 (deer)
Wild Things v2 (cougar walking away)
Wild Things v3 (low quality - coyote, raven, bobcat)
Wild Things v4 (turkey vulture, raven, coyote, bobcat, cougar)
Wild Things v5 (videos - bobcat, coyote, fox)
Wild Things v6 (red tailed hawk, turkey vultures)
Wild Things v7 (videos - bobcat, grey fox, coyote, deer, skunk, thrasher)
Wild Things v8 (videos - cougars!, bobcat, fawn, grey fox)
Wild Things v9 (roadrunner, buck, bobcat, grey fox, red tailed hawk, skunk, squirrel)
Wild Things v10 (deer, buck fight, skunk)

San Gabriel Mountains Trailcam

Wild Things San Gabriels v1 (videos - black bears, bobcat, grey fox, opossum)
Wild Things San Gabriels v2 (videos - black bears!, bobcat, grey fox, buck)
Wild Things San Gabriels v3 (video - black bear, deer)

Anza-Borrego Desert Trailcam

Wild Things Anza-Borrego v1 (video - cougar!, grey fox, ringtail)

Live Encounters

Bighorn Peak (bighorn sheep, rattlesnake)
Mt. Whitney (marmot, last photo)
Grand Canyon (elk, deer, bison)
Mastodon Peak (chuckwalla)
Eagle Crag (two speckled rattlesnakes, photos and video)
Mt. San Antonio North Backbone (bighorn sheep)
Woodson Mountain (tarantula)
Piestewa Peak (chuckwalla)
San Ysidro East (desert bighorn sheep)
Hard-Silver Summit (western patch nosed snake)
Cuyamaca (two deer herds)
Bluewater Canyon (deer carcass)
El Montenon (humpback whale, island fox, sea lion)
Dome Rock (chuckwalla)
Angels Landing (deer, fawn, wild turkey)
Little Pine Mountain Benchmark (gopher snake, near end)
Guadalupe Peak (buck)
Sentinel Dome (black bear)
Clouds Rest (marmot)
Monrovia Falls (black bear)
Solstice Cave (desert bighorn sheep)
Santa Paula Peak (black bear)
Big Island, HI (green sea turtles)
Box Springs Mountain (wild burros)