Post by: Michelle_Nelson on August 09, 2008, 11:45:51 PM
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.
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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.
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Some pictures of some of the older Peels I found just along the road.
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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).
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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.
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:) To top it all off I ran accross a fresh small Buck Rub among all this Bear sign.
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I spotted all of this damage from a spur road all within approx. 4/10 of a mile.
Post by: billythekidrock on August 10, 2008, 06:02:20 AM
Post by: KillBilly on August 10, 2008, 08:01:10 AM
Post by: saylean on August 10, 2008, 09:59:49 AM
Post by: Michelle_Nelson 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.
Post by: KillBilly 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.
Post by: billythekidrock 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:
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on August 10, 2008, 12:25:34 PM
Post by: saylean on August 10, 2008, 12:42:57 PM
Post by: billythekidrock on August 10, 2008, 12:46:38 PM
I think they're elk rubs... ;)
:yike:
Post by: DeKuma 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.
Post by: bucklucky on August 10, 2008, 09:08:45 PM
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on August 10, 2008, 09:29:02 PM
Post by: bucklucky on August 10, 2008, 09:30:33 PM
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on August 10, 2008, 09:32:42 PM
Post by: billythekidrock 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.
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on August 11, 2008, 10:35:55 PM
Post by: billythekidrock 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.