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Offline Michelle_Nelson

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Field photos 2 1/2 hours of scouting.
« on: August 09, 2008, 11:45:51 PM »
Well decided at about 2:30pm that I would go scout out a few new roads this afternoon.  Left the house a bit late around 6pm. 

First I went up to check an area I had already been once to see how the Cascara/Salal/Blackberries were doing.  Everything was still pretty green in this first area. 

So I moved on to a new area I wanted to check out that I had never been in before.  Found a good bit of Bear sign and damage along one of the 3 roads I checked out.  Just as I got to the last road for the evening,  as it was getting dark, I jumped a spike and a Doe. 



I got onto one section on the road (about 4/10 of a mile) that had been hammered pretty hard in the past by Bear.  I lost track of the peels right around 25.  The peels were all different ages and surrounded a pretty good size stand of Cascara and other berry bushes.

Here are a couple pic's of the stand of Cascara.  The cascara is not quite ripe yet in this area, still pretty green.  All the Dead trees in the back ground I am fairly confident have been peeled since I didn't see one dead tree that hadn't been. 




Some pictures of some of the older Peels I found just along the road.









I happened to glace in to the trees a ways and and spotted a fresh peel.  So I walked in to take a picture and found a second peel about 6 feet away along the same trail.  Both were made this spring.  Some of the trees in this area still have light green candles (tips of branches indicating active growth).




Among all the peeled timber I found several stumps and logs that the bears have been messing with.  The small log I found had been completely torn apart.






 :) To top it all off I ran accross a fresh small Buck Rub among all this Bear sign. 




I spotted all of this damage from a spur road all within approx. 4/10 of a mile.
« Last Edit: August 10, 2008, 12:00:45 AM by Michelle_Nelson »

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Re: Field photos 2 1/2 hours of scouting.
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2008, 06:02:20 AM »
Better get after 'em!




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Re: Field photos 2 1/2 hours of scouting.
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2008, 08:01:10 AM »
Michelle, why waste time showing pics of old peels? We have seen all of them....show us fresh peels. Oh and include the road numbers & GPS coordinates of course.
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Re: Field photos 2 1/2 hours of scouting.
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2008, 09:59:49 AM »
The hunter closes in on her prey....

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« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2008, 12:10:46 PM »
Michelle, why waste time showing pics of old peels?

Why not?  It went along with my post.  I did post pictures of some of the fresh peels I found.

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Re: Field photos 2 1/2 hours of scouting.
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2008, 12:14:18 PM »
Michelle, why waste time showing pics of old peels?

Why not?  It went along with my post.  I did post pictures of some of the fresh peels I found.

Take a deep breath and refresh your sense of humor girl.
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Re: Field photos 2 1/2 hours of scouting.
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2008, 12:21:25 PM »
Michelle, why waste time showing pics of old peels?

Why not?  It went along with my post.  I did post pictures of some of the fresh peels I found.

Fresh? Don't you mean "recent". :chuckle:




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Re: Field photos 2 1/2 hours of scouting.
« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2008, 12:25:34 PM »
Yeah, recent.  They happened this spring.

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Re: Field photos 2 1/2 hours of scouting.
« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2008, 12:42:57 PM »
I think they're elk rubs... ;)

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Re: Field photos 2 1/2 hours of scouting.
« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2008, 05:36:51 PM »
Michelle, why waste time showing pics of old peels? We have seen all of them....show us fresh peels. Oh and include the road numbers & GPS coordinates of course.

That was funny, and apparently blew right over her head.
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Re: Field photos 2 1/2 hours of scouting.
« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2008, 09:08:45 PM »
Looks like your figuring it out. Keep at it, I feel your going to have a chance at a bear pretty soon! Nice pics ;) Just dont call me to help pack it out when you finally conect :chuckle:

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Re: Field photos 2 1/2 hours of scouting.
« Reply #12 on: August 10, 2008, 09:29:02 PM »
 :)  Your the second phone call Bucklucky.  BTKR lives right down the road.  He'll be my first call.   :chuckle:

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« Reply #13 on: August 10, 2008, 09:30:33 PM »
I was only kidding, I would help if you called :chuckle:

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Re: Field photos 2 1/2 hours of scouting.
« Reply #14 on: August 10, 2008, 09:32:42 PM »
 :)  I know. :chuckle: 

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Re: Field photos 2 1/2 hours of scouting.
« Reply #15 on: August 11, 2008, 06:08:50 AM »
:)  Your the second phone call Bucklucky.  BTKR lives right down the road.  He'll be my first call.   :chuckle:

I leave my phone in the truck most of the time...so good luck. Besides there is no need for help if you get one there.




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Re: Field photos 2 1/2 hours of scouting.
« Reply #16 on: August 11, 2008, 10:35:55 PM »
Depends onhow big it is. :chuckle:

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Re: Field photos 2 1/2 hours of scouting.
« Reply #17 on: August 12, 2008, 06:25:16 AM »
Depends onhow big it is. :chuckle:

That there is sow country so it won't be that big.




 


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