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Where are
the bears ? Find the seasonal food sources. Bears are now in a stage called
hyperphagia. What that means is binge eating. Bears need to fatten up in the next few months before searching for a
winter den. Right now, they are eating apples, grapes, nuts, and plants, such
as Jewelweed. The video shows a young bear feeding on jewelweed as it crosses a
beaver dam. https://youtu.be/AwAMspubGqw
Last week while
checking a fisher camera trap set there were broken white oak branches on the ground. You could see where the branches had been ripped from the
tree and there were no acorns on them.
The bark on the tree was disturbed ,and about seven feet up there were bear
claw marks. This is a first for me, finding this type of bear sign. There is a
fisher scent post a few feet away with a camera trap set. Might that trail camera provide any information? Checking
the SD card when I got home showed a young bear had visited this area numerous
days looking for acorns beginning September 6th. I
set a camera trap watching the base of the oak tree. Hopefully, it will continue
visiting.
White Oak branch ripped from tree
Jim
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