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This week I’ve been on a mission to find a stand of beech
trees in central Massachusetts. I put on many miles hiking before finally finding
an area with a dozen or so trees. Only two trees had beech nuts. As hoped, a
bear had climbed the tree leaving scratch marks and two small punctures in the
bark of the small diameter tree. That provided enough evidence to explain why
the tree had only a few nuts left on it branches. There were still a few beech
nuts on the ground. Bears are also feeding on hickory nuts and white acorns.
While setting a trail camera this morning, I looked across
the beaver pond and there was a cow moose standing in the water browsing. I
watched her for a few minutes hoping a
bull would show. No Luck ! Find the cows and the bulls will follow this time of
year The next several weeks moose activity will increase with bulls looking for
cows.
Jim
