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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: Craig on June 16, 2011, 02:28:03 PM

Title: Was this a bear?
Post by: Craig 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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Title: Re: Was this a bear?
Post by: brianb231 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!
Title: Re: Was this a bear?
Post by: quadrafire on June 16, 2011, 02:44:48 PM: Quote from: Craig on June 16, 2011, 02:28:03 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)
Title: Re: Was this a bear?
Post by: quadrafire on June 16, 2011, 02:46:46 PM: Quote from: brianb231 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!

I have only seen beaver eat/chew circumfrentially, not longitudinally.
Title: Re: Was this a bear?
Post by: BullMagnet76 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.
Title: Re: Was this a bear?
Post by: saylean on June 16, 2011, 03:06:04 PM: bear to me...
Title: Re: Was this a bear?
Post by: piledup on June 16, 2011, 03:10:49 PM: yyyyeeep, it's a beaver
Title: Re: Was this a bear?
Post by: str8meat on June 16, 2011, 03:12:33 PM: perhaps a porcupine?
Title: Re: Was this a bear?
Post by: snocobearhunter on June 19, 2011, 09:52:12 PM: Bear all the way
Title: Re: Was this a bear?
Post by: watrapper on June 19, 2011, 10:06:09 PM: Porcupine.
Title: Re: Was this a bear?
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on June 19, 2011, 10:09:18 PM: Bear
Title: Re: Was this a bear?
Post by: Annette on June 19, 2011, 10:32:42 PM: BEAR :tup:
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Title: Re: Was this a bear?
Post by: rasbo on June 20, 2011, 05:28:02 AM: that IS a bear girdle,the marks are its cannine teeth rubbing up and down.
Title: Re: Was this a bear?
Post by: headshot5 on June 20, 2011, 07:24:55 AM: Definitely Bear.
Title: Re: Was this a bear?
Post by: D-Rock425 on June 20, 2011, 11:25:39 AM: I would vote bear.
Title: Re: Was this a bear?
Post by: whacker1 on June 20, 2011, 11:27:55 AM: Quote from: rasbo on June 20, 2011, 05:28:02 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.
Title: Re: Was this a bear?
Post by: jmx369 on June 20, 2011, 11:29:51 AM: Quote from: watrapper on June 19, 2011, 10:06:09 PM
Porcupine.
:yeah:
Title: Re: Was this a bear?
Post by: rasbo on June 20, 2011, 11:44:39 AM: Quote from: whacker1 on June 20, 2011, 11:27:55 AM
Quote from: rasbo on June 20, 2011, 05:28:02 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
Title: Re: Was this a bear?
Post by: whacker1 on June 20, 2011, 12:00:17 PM: Quote from: rasbo on June 20, 2011, 11:44:39 AM
Quote from: whacker1 on June 20, 2011, 11:27:55 AM
Quote from: rasbo on June 20, 2011, 05:28:02 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

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?
Title: Re: Was this a bear?
Post by: wormfood 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:
Title: Re: Was this a bear?
Post by: crow360 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.