Post by: Duckslayer89 on January 14, 2016, 04:36:57 PM
Post by: jay.sharkbait on January 14, 2016, 04:40:03 PM
Post by: Duckslayer89 on January 14, 2016, 04:42:21 PM
Post by: RadSav on January 14, 2016, 05:02:05 PM
Post by: Duckslayer89 on January 14, 2016, 05:12:50 PM
Looks a lot like porky
Explain porky
Post by: RadSav on January 14, 2016, 05:14:23 PM
Post by: Duckslayer89 on January 14, 2016, 05:16:23 PM
porky is short for porcupine when a guy is feeling linguistically challenged
Lol roger. I never thought of that you are probably right thanks!
Post by: RadSav on January 14, 2016, 05:16:56 PM
Post by: Duckslayer89 on January 14, 2016, 05:20:09 PM
Bear do mark a lot of alder and aspen. Can be very deep. But they are usually marked closer to shoulder or eye level. Within 3' off the ground and often with just two claws it's usually porky testing for sugary sap in spring.
Most all of the markings I saw were at eye level for a bear. Now I'm wondering how you can tell a bear peel from a porky peel. This pic said it was porky peel
Post by: RadSav on January 14, 2016, 05:39:59 PM
Now I'm wondering how you can tell a bear peel from a porky peel. This pic said it was porky peel
Looks like a porky peel to me!
Post by: Stump on January 14, 2016, 06:03:59 PM
Post by: RadSav on January 14, 2016, 06:19:03 PM
Porky will strip the top part of a tree not the bottom. I used to trap porky for a few timber company's back some years ago. Mean things when they are in a trap.
That's interesting. I've seen a couple working young trees at night in May. Both were working the base of the tree. Though we did have a cherry tree growing up that the little buggers worked while sitting on the first heavy branches. Killed a darn good cherry producer!
Post by: billythekidrock on January 14, 2016, 06:30:15 PM
Bear do mark a lot of alder and aspen. Can be very deep. But they are usually marked closer to shoulder or eye level. Within 3' off the ground and often with just two claws it's usually porky testing for sugary sap in spring.
Most all of the markings I saw were at eye level for a bear. Now I'm wondering how you can tell a bear peel from a porky peel. This pic said it was porky peel
This is a bear peel.
Post by: billythekidrock on January 14, 2016, 06:31:21 PM
http://www.callingbears.com/peels.html
Post by: Duckslayer89 on January 14, 2016, 06:43:23 PM
Bear peels vs porcupine peels.
http://www.callingbears.com/peels.html
That was an interesting read, thanks for the help! There's more to this than I thought
Post by: RadSav on January 14, 2016, 06:48:32 PM
Post by: Humptulips on January 14, 2016, 06:51:39 PM
Similar but deeper. I kept telling myself that it was from elk antlers because I hadn't seen any bears but it doesn't seem like antlers would make those marks they make more of a rub.
This is from elk. Quite a few years ago I saw fresh marks exactly like this this time of year. No doubt because there were elk tracks in the snow where they had rubbed. Seen it since a number of times. Before that I didn't realize they rubbed late. I believe they are rubbing close to their skull. I believe this type rubbing accelerates as they near drop time.
Post by: branches on January 15, 2016, 09:05:30 PM
Post by: billythekidrock on January 15, 2016, 09:47:14 PM
Similar but deeper. I kept telling myself that it was from elk antlers because I hadn't seen any bears but it doesn't seem like antlers would make those marks they make more of a rub.
This is from elk. Quite a few years ago I saw fresh marks exactly like this this time of year. No doubt because there were elk tracks in the snow where they had rubbed. Seen it since a number of times. Before that I didn't realize they rubbed late. I believe they are rubbing close to their skull. I believe this type rubbing accelerates as they near drop time.
:yeah:
Post by: saylean on January 15, 2016, 10:21:32 PM
Bear peels vs porcupine peels.
http://www.callingbears.com/peels.html
Billy knows his stuff. He had posted some great info on here previously about porcupine peels vs bear