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    Re: The burn

    Quote Originally Posted by 45freezer View Post
    I was actually thinking the fur looked more like chest blaze fur than sun bleached fur, most of the videos I had seen of bears rubbing on trees have been just using it like a back scratcher though so wondered if they did rub their chest at all too. It was a good sized tree though, about 4-5" across. Didn't look freshly broken, lots of fur in the sap though, some black, some white and some brown/blonde so probably multiple bears hitting it.
    Just to give an idea what is going on... I don't think I have any videos of my own but found some others on YouTube. Look for the broken ones though when you're out vs looking for hair on every sapling. There's something magic about the broken ones. I don't know what it means. I speculate it's when you have multiple boars competing they get a bit aggressive with the on the scent markers and saplings get hurt. The aggressive bear started breaking saplings all round my immediate camp and places I'd walk through. It was annoying because I knew it would tip off other hunters, so I'd cut off the broken part and toss them, but that only seemed to escalate things.

    And you're 100% right that multiple bears hit the same ones year after year.

    Anyway, these are a good watch... straddle marking:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBF__dHACu8

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If3VX-J0Sjk

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AmTy2I1goM

    Grizz breaking a small tree... not sure if it is for marking reasons or not:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwY5Pzrlsew

    Unrelated, but here's a bear taking a tree down for different reasons (presumably bugs) impressive and fun to watch. I don't think this is the first go at falling big timber LOL

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUHPx_cFKOc
    Last edited by caddisguy; 05-22-2019 at 03:31 PM.

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