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Offline Craig

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Was this a bear?
« on: June 16, 2011, 02:28:03 PM »
Went to check my trail cams today and found this tree about 30 yards from my camera. Do you think a bear did this? To bad the batteries have been dead for two weeks.




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Re: Was this a bear?
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2011, 02:39:47 PM »
My guess Mountain Beaver???? :dunno:

Does not look like bear to me. Scrap lines are too uniform.


Yes, Beaver!

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Re: Was this a bear?
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2011, 02:44:48 PM »
To bad the batteries have been dead for two weeks.

:chuckle:

My vote would be bear

By the way--which batteries work best/last longest in trail cam? (besides the ones you used)

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Re: Was this a bear?
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2011, 02:46:46 PM »
My guess Mountain Beaver???? :dunno:

Does not look like bear to me. Scrap lines are too uniform.


Yes, Beaver!

I have only seen beaver eat/chew circumfrentially, not longitudinally.

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Re: Was this a bear?
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2011, 02:48:25 PM »
My guess is beaver if you look at the claw marks in the close up shot, it look way too small to be a bear.

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Re: Was this a bear?
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2011, 03:06:04 PM »
bear to  me...

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Re: Was this a bear?
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2011, 03:10:49 PM »
yyyyeeep, it's a beaver

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Re: Was this a bear?
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2011, 03:12:33 PM »
perhaps a porcupine?
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Re: Was this a bear?
« Reply #8 on: June 19, 2011, 09:52:12 PM »
Bear all the way

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Re: Was this a bear?
« Reply #9 on: June 19, 2011, 10:06:09 PM »
Porcupine.

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Re: Was this a bear?
« Reply #10 on: June 19, 2011, 10:09:18 PM »
Bear

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Re: Was this a bear?
« Reply #11 on: June 19, 2011, 10:32:42 PM »
BEAR :tup:[/b]
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Re: Was this a bear?
« Reply #12 on: June 20, 2011, 05:28:02 AM »
that IS a bear girdle,the marks are its cannine teeth rubbing up and down.

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Re: Was this a bear?
« Reply #13 on: June 20, 2011, 07:24:55 AM »
Definitely Bear.

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Re: Was this a bear?
« Reply #14 on: June 20, 2011, 11:25:39 AM »
I would vote bear.

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Re: Was this a bear?
« Reply #15 on: June 20, 2011, 11:27:55 AM »
that IS a bear girdle,the marks are its cannine teeth rubbing up and down.

This is a pretty large tree for a bear to girdle isn't it?  Just curious, as i have not see a tree that large girdled by a bear very often.

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Re: Was this a bear?
« Reply #16 on: June 20, 2011, 11:29:51 AM »

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Re: Was this a bear?
« Reply #17 on: June 20, 2011, 11:44:39 AM »
that IS a bear girdle,the marks are its cannine teeth rubbing up and down.

This is a pretty large tree for a bear to girdle isn't it?  Just curious, as i have not see a tree that large girdled by a bear very often.
not at all,infact its about that size that are girdled the most in my area

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Re: Was this a bear?
« Reply #18 on: June 20, 2011, 12:00:17 PM »
that IS a bear girdle,the marks are its cannine teeth rubbing up and down.

This is a pretty large tree for a bear to girdle isn't it?  Just curious, as i have not see a tree that large girdled by a bear very often.
not at all,infact its about that size that are girdled the most in my area

Thank You - in NE Washington they always seem like smaller trees, is that due to the type (species) of tree?  Or is it more related to the size of bear in the area?

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Re: Was this a bear?
« Reply #19 on: June 20, 2011, 12:02:49 PM »
I would put my money on a bear. With Porcupines you usually see scratches and scrapes going all directions but bears seem to usually be pretty close to vertical.  :twocents:

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Re: Was this a bear?
« Reply #20 on: June 21, 2011, 10:10:30 PM »
These are some bear markings I found not to long ago but they do have some similarities to the other pictures.

 


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