Sam and Salsa came out for several hours, and picked up a lot of good strong scent – including some that was along the major road that is 395. The track lasted into the afternoon. As a result of the track and the sightings, we determined that the best place for a feeding station is under the deck of a house, right where the scent was the strongest and where Sam thinks that Bosun has been hunkering down. The house is a duplex; the one homeowner that was home would not agree to it, and the other one called later when he arrived home, and gave permission. The feeding (and scent) station should be set up by Bosun’s mom later this evening.
So the plan is to – hopefully – keep Bosun in the area by supplying him with food, and if we are successful at this, we will eventually put a trap (2 are on standby) where the feeding station is. But with one of the two homeowners not being agreeable to the setup, we don’t expect it to go down just like this. More likely, he was do a little moving around, and with luck, we’ll find another good area for a feeding station – one that could support a trap. Given that he has not gone to his mom, who has seen him, he’s running scared and will need a trap to contain him.
For now, the needs in the field are: more fliering to spread the word, so that we can get more sightings – or better yet, someone could corral him; and we need volunteers in the area where the sightings have been to help monitor the feeding station. If we are not able to check it twice a day, it’s no feeding station, and it won’t keep him in the area. Can you help??
The track has been mapped:
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