Villrein Hardangervidda TrailCam 2020 Episode I

Bli med opp på Hardangervidda for å se på villrein via to viltkameraer, plassert strategisk ved en viltovergang dyra ofte bruker.
Det er to planlagtete episoder
Please join me up on the Hardangervidda plateau Norway to watch reindeer trough two Trail Cam's during a two months periond summer 2020
There will be two episodes
The reindeer on the plateau have a lot of challenges nowadays, such as:
- They are under pressure up there as they are contantly harassed by biting bugs/bot flys during summertime. The bugs/bot flys causes alot of stress among the reindeer.
- Their feeding grounds during summer time are almost gone because of heavy grazing pressure.
- Foot rot
- CWD (Chronic Wasting Disease) new this year on the plateau
I am not optimistic regarding the future of the reindeer on the plateau, to put it that way.

[@waikarimoana]

Awesome footage my friend and great day to film it, thumbs up and greetings from Down Under, Tony.

[@Kjell_H]

Thank you Tony. Glad you liked my video, even though the trail cam's did most og the job this time. Episode II wil be out within 14 days. Say hello to the rest of the crew from me.

[@knutfugl]

Interessant film Kjell. Ha en god helg. Mvh. Knut.

[@Kjell_H]

Supert at du synes videoen var severdig. Episode 2 kommer snart......omhandlede samme tema. Dyra har mange utfordringer på vidda nå, inkludert CWD Og det samme til deg Knut. God helg.

[@knutfugl]

@@Kjell_H Takk. Det bli spennende å se hvordan det går med dyra.

[@GunnarDresler]

Fantastisk, har lyst til å gå til viddaen og ta bilder av dem neste år!

[@Kjell_H]

Gunnar D... Reinsdyr er flotte dyr, perfekt tilpasset habitatet de lever i. Når det er skrevet.....dyra på vidda er under stort press nå, ikke minst på grunn av CWD spøkelset, etter positiv CWD prøve på en bukk, skutt i jakta, nå i høst. Jeg frykter for konsekvensene. Dette er ikke bra. Jeg har vært heldig i mange år og både sett mye reinsdyr og fått noen i fryseboksen, men jeg frykter at denne høsten er den siste man ser reinsdyr på Hardangervidda desverre. Vi får se. Jeg vil ta opp dette i neste episode.

[@williecosgrove]

Nice to see you my friend. lots and lots of red ,fallow and sika deer here in EIRE again this deer to harvest . 6 months deer season opened on September. NO bag limit. Your spot on the floor is there when you want it

[@Kjell_H]

Hi Willie Very kind of you. One day I will show up. I have never tasted Sika venison, so to drop a Sika would be very exciting. The Corona situation needs to calm down first.Then I will aim for Eire :-)

[@williecosgrove]

@@Kjell_H Only cost you will have is your flights, i will collect and return you to airport. you can stay with me and my family . Aim for the first week or 2 in november . 3 deer species all sexes and lots of them around

[@brianthomson350]

Hej, that brings it all back - wild reindeer on Hardangervidda in July . Hilsen fra Brian Thomson, author of The Behaviour of Wild Reindeer in Norway .

[@Kjell_H]

Brian T Tnx for dropping by and for your comment. Highly appreciated. The reindeer on the plateau are struggeling now as it was an outbreak of foot rot in 2019. 700 reindeer died during the outbreak. In 2020 CWD was discovered on a harvested reindeer bull, more or less in the same area where I have my trail cams. Something has to be done.

[@brianthomson350]

@@Kjell_H . Foot rot, that's a pity - not something that used to be a significant problem with reindeer . Perhaps a result of climate getting warmer and wetter ?.

[@Kjell_H]

Brian T Climate change is a part of the problem regarding foot rot, but the main reason is that the rein deer herds (a total of 6500 heads give or take, as we speak) not uses more than 30 - 40% of the total area on the plateau and mainly south of Kvenna river, which divides the plateau more or less in two halves. The herds is heavly consentrated in a relatively small area. As a result they often walk in each others feces and is the main reason they get foot rot simply explained. Why are the herds so consentrated? Well it's because us humans and human activety. Reindeer have more or less no toleranse when it comes to human interferense. It's a lot of tourists and hikers on the plateau during summertime, but south of Kvenna river it's way more calmer because of the "infrastructue" almost no paths and huts. It's a heavy debate going on regarding the issue and what to be done. As you know Norway has an International commitment to take care of the last remains of free rangeing reindeer in europe. My meaning is we have not suceeded at all, but that's me.