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My focus in
2024 was learning more about Black Bear Tree Marking behavior. With the help of
trail cameras, I was able to capture videos of bear behavior at marking trees. There
are four types of bear marking trees. Bite tree, marking tree, whammy tree and
climbing tree. Video One -Bear Biting Tree. Over
the years I have found trees that have a recent bite(s) taken out of them.
After finding such a tree, a camera trap would be set hoping to capture a bear
visiting the bite mark. Up until this year, I have had zero results. Late May I
found a fresh bite taken out of a large conifer tree. A camera trap was set.
The video shares the details. It appears it’s all about timing. Locate a fresh
bite mark made during tree mating season ( May / June Massachusetts ) and
likely you will have regular visits from bears until the mating cycle ends. With
a bit of speculation, the bears in the video are assumed to be all males. If you
have captured a sow making a bite mark, I would be interested in seeing the
video.
This is the
first of three videos. I’ll share the others over the next few weeks.
Browning
Recon Elite HP5 - Massachusetts
Jim
