Some rubs...

[saylean]

These are rubs I found last week, all along the same trail....i was looking for sheds dang it..not rubs! No luck with the sheds, but a nice walk anyway.

[Elknut1]

 They look like they were done just last week!! (grin) You always look for sheds with a rifle in tow?

  ElkNut1

[Skyvalhunter]

hmmm seems fishy..

[saylean]

Yes, I usually do look for sheds with a rifle in tow (I also had my .45 glock on me)...cause I was calling coyotes in other spots (with no luck)...plus, ya never know!

This area is off limits to Elk hunting except through a special drawing anyway, but right in this area last year, I saw a 5X7 elk very often and I was looking for his drops.

The rubs did look pretty fresh and literally lined just about every tree along the path.

And why is that fishy?

[muledude]

Fishy because those a are fresh bear peels. Its sprig and the first thing blackbears do is peel trees and eat the "adipose " layer...Hope I spelled that right.. Probably a bad spot for sheds? But looks to be a good spot for bear.... 

[jackelope]

Fishy because those a are fresh bear peels. Its sprig and the first thing blackbears do is peel trees and eat the "dipose " layer...Hope I spelled that right.. Probably a bad spot for sheds? But looks to be a good spot for bear.... 

i'm no expert, but thats kind of what i was thinking too.

[boneaddict]

I'm no expert on bear peels, but I am fairly decent at elk rubs, and I think its the first one.

[saylean]

Ahh...I personally think they were elk rubs (elk tracks and poop all over..no bear scat)...they looked fresh..but i dont think they were as fresh as they look...if that makes any sense. Plus I have seen numerous elk in that area with horns rubbing before....

Plus, if you notice, on some of them, you can really tell where the antlers rubbed on the smaller branches above/on the tree....

But that was just my take on it. I am sure there are bear there though, as I have seen em.

Cheers~

[Elknut1]

  They're elk rubs, but far from fresh!! I was kidding about the "fresh" statement!

  ElkNut1

[boneaddict]

I guess what got me is the middle pic, the one where his gun is there.  I could buy the first being one, but the one behind the gun is right off the ground and so low, and no branches around it are broke.  OBviously kind of hard to tell from here.  I suppose it could have been a spike, but it still seems low to the ground.  Maybe its just the perception in the pic.  I do love rubs though......

[Bigshooter]

They look like elk rubs to me.  A bear will usually only ring the very bottom of the tree.  And most of the time just the base of one side.

[WDFW-SUX]

If those pics are from the 3 forks area its elk.

[muledude]

I still say bear peels.. Elk rubs are typically smooth at the transition from bark to wood. From the rubbing  action ,elk do not peel tree's like is shown in the pict.The Bark is jagged and hagging .. Elk rubbs are higher not low to the ground, Typically they dont rub any lower than about your knee. Some will only peel a area at the base , Others will peel as far as they can reach....I would agree they are not fresh..But hey I've been wrong befor just ask my wife....

[muledude]

If those pics are from the 3 forks area its elk.  Not any bears around the three forks Area??

[boneaddict]

What muledude said.