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Sorry for the false lead for all of you that expected to see something else, but not that sorry... =)
I mostly just keep this to the NM forum, but I occasionally step out. As a regular in the NM forum, I don't doubt that you're probably getting tired of looking at it.
This is a secluded honeyhole on public land. I was tracking elk through the area about four years ago (ended up nailing a 355" 6x7 that day) and noticed a small seep coming out of the ground that the elk were walking right past to get to some other water further down the mountain. It's not marked anywhere as a spring on any map that I've seen. So the next summer I packed a shovel in (it's about eight miles) and dug it out and dammed up the sides, dropped off a salt lick, and then hung a camera over it. The first year hardly anything showed up at all, but since then, the action has steadily increased, with bears, bulls, bucks, mountain lions, and now turkeys. I only post a small fraction of the pictures that I have, and there are some MM members on here that can attest that I purposely don't post the best ones (the harrassment would never end...). I still very much look forward to the 16-mile round trip hike just to see what has been there, and being that remote, I've never had a problem with someone else showing up and messing with the cameras. If that ever does happen, that will be the time for me to move on. Even though it has its regulars, the new and different animals that show up on a weekly basis add enough variety to keep me interested.