greyphase
5 year old buck +
A bear paid me a visit last night.
This is an old MacIntosh I planted back in the mid-80's before I knew anything about apple trees. It's planted in a frost pocket with too much shade but somehow produces a few apples most years.
After it did it's damage it didn't even clean up the apples. a pair of does were munching them in when I walked around the bend in the trail.
The claw marks weren't long or deep so was probably a small bear.
This tree is located at the southern end of my Back40 luckily most of my young trees are planted in the northern end.
![8-30-14003_zps2592242b.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1288.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb488%2Fgreyphase1%2FApple%25202014%2F8-30-14003_zps2592242b.jpg&hash=b60267db885d5fc677a1c2078b725160)
This is an old MacIntosh I planted back in the mid-80's before I knew anything about apple trees. It's planted in a frost pocket with too much shade but somehow produces a few apples most years.
After it did it's damage it didn't even clean up the apples. a pair of does were munching them in when I walked around the bend in the trail.
![8-30-14011_zpsb137e12a.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1288.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb488%2Fgreyphase1%2FApple%25202014%2F8-30-14011_zpsb137e12a.jpg&hash=4f9843b7e79bd7018af9ba0743242436)
The claw marks weren't long or deep so was probably a small bear.
![8-30-14008_zpscbca5c31.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1288.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb488%2Fgreyphase1%2FApple%25202014%2F8-30-14008_zpscbca5c31.jpg&hash=9cc865a403e36b2193f04d97b7317409)
This tree is located at the southern end of my Back40 luckily most of my young trees are planted in the northern end.