Male bears break the tops of small alders,aspens and birches this time of year much like how a whitetail buck makes scrapes and checks them a boar will do the same checking the ones he has broke by seeing if a female in the area has over marked his. These are not tree tops like some are imaging of a pine tree thats the size of your wrist..they are small brushy trees...no bigger than 2 fingers. Its easy to tell this time of the year when you see them broke over and they are still green a bear has done it..we have seen tons of them in 105 this year.
Bears are out up there, tons of sign and tracks everywhere we have been, saw 4 bears 4 weeks ago in 105.