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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: boneaddict on August 14, 2020, 07:59:11 AM

Title: momma
Post by: boneaddict on August 14, 2020, 07:59:11 AM: (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/v47/boneaddict/momma.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/boneaddict/a/9ce70fd9-e1e4-44eb-856a-08802e7bb3ec/p/52fd09fa-bbee-4b24-bf2c-043cce0dd1bc)
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Post by: 7mmfan on August 14, 2020, 08:13:08 AM: Pretty bear. Enjoying some late cherries?
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Post by: boneaddict on August 14, 2020, 08:19:08 AM: I was too high for cherries. Not sure what they were eating. Stripping bark I think.
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Post by: 7mmfan on August 14, 2020, 08:22:36 AM: Boy that sure looked like a cherry tree. Been wrong before though. A few times.
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Post by: boneaddict on August 14, 2020, 08:30:24 AM: I didn't study it. I was about 6000 feet so not used to cherries that high. Mountain ash in the hood. I watched the cub strip a big piece of bark and eat it.
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Post by: 7mmfan on August 14, 2020, 08:33:45 AM: I found a lot of bear peels up high last weekend. 5500' or so. First time every really paying attention to them and was surprised by how many I saw.
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Post by: boneaddict on August 14, 2020, 08:35:59 AM: I think alot of the berry crop froze. When I was in the cherries down low, there were an acute lack of them where there are usually lots. No bears either.
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Post by: 7mmfan on August 14, 2020, 08:37:27 AM: Lots of berries where we were, but all 3+ weeks from being ripe. They're definitely taking advantage of other food options right now.
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Post by: Oldguy on August 14, 2020, 09:01:43 AM: There is a cherry hanging about a foot to the right of the upper bear's nose.
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Post by: boneaddict on August 14, 2020, 11:34:16 AM: Sure is! A big juicy one that’s about to meet its demise by the looks of it. :chuckle: