Sat, Feb. 11

Very cold, clear and breezy. -19F at 7am.

It was the kind of morning where you feel bad for anything that has to be outside and doesn't know how to make a fire. After replacing the batteries in the remote, I did a few dry fires of the net to make sure the firing pin wasn't frozen. It wasn't, but it has been so cold, that the batteries in the detonator had been run down, so I doubt the net will fire right. At 9:30, there were about 5 ravens feeding on the bait. It was still -4F.

At 12:30 there were 5 ravens, but a coyote had moved one of the elk quarters out of net range. At 3:30 a golden eagle was eating from the bait. There were no ravens there at that time.

I removed the remote trigger and replaced it with the ~500 ft cord so I can plug the detonator in at the road where the birds can't see me. (also so I can sleep in tomorrow). We will have to signal the person detonating the launcher from a 1/2 mile down the road where you can see the bait.