Saylean, BTKR, GET IN HERE!!!

[DoubleJ]

Went to the dump today and decided to drive a few more miles to a spot I thought might hold bears.  I got there and found these:







Those look older but I don't know how to age these things.  This one looks more fresh:



How old are these?  There was an area about the size of an acre where there were dozens of peeled trees.  is this area worth setting up a stand on in a month?  I saw a few tracks in the dirt.  Not sure of age.  Couldn't find any scat though.  I think this is solid evidence that bears were in the area, just not sure how long ago.  Can you age these?

and what the hell is this?  It is a giant pile of balled up moss.  What did this and why?

[runamuk]

The moss is probably bigfoot based on the healing on those trees they look pretty old on a couple of them like a few years, that said what I do see is a fair bit of oregon grape and salal if I saw prints in the area I would start investigating for fresher sign.....

and those helpers are sure cute

[shoot-em-dead]

I've heard- shoot bears by the dump- they taste like the dump.

I have never shot a bear so 

[washelkhntr]

Ive shot a few bears behind that dump,as far back as california road. They are back there.  I grew up about a mile from there.

[rasbo]

all old ones,

[DoubleJ]

There was a ton of salal there.  I figured the peels were old, just didn't know how old.  And this is about 15 miles from the dump

[billythekidrock]

all old ones,

 
At least a couple years old.

[DoubleJ]

Damn.  I was hoping for newer.  It's still the best lead in Mason Co. I've come across.  Going to investigate more.

[bucklucky]

Those look like logging damage from the thin logging they did in there where equipement or logs slip along trees.

[billythekidrock]

Those look like logging damage from the thin logging they did in there where equipement or logs slip along trees.

Was thinking the same thing.

[DoubleJ]

Well double crap!!!

[saylean]

I see i missed the party. 

Best of luck on your scouting.

[jackelope]

Looks like someone thatched the moss out of their lawn and dumped it there.

[jtw]

Could've been brush pickers harvesting moss and for whatever reason they left it there

[rasbo]

look for teeth marks on the tree,here is a fresh one from last week