Wild Thing
5 year old buck +
Yes, the bears do seem to cause more damage in the spring when they first come out of hibernation, but it certainly isn't limited to spring.
We lost so many bird feeders to bears that we finally just stopped feeding the birds. It gets expensive buying new feeders every year or two.
I got this bear on camera breaking down this tree. He came in, broke it down and was gone within about 90 seconds. This was in June. I had 5 years invested in the Honey Crisp tree and he completely destroyed it in 90 seconds.
Same night - he only took a couple of branches off of this 5 year old tree.
Another nice apple tree that I had recently removed the cage from....my bad - although the cage would not have prevented a bear from doing this.
The bears even chew up my Impresso Tags after they trash my trees....it must be their signature mark??
This is one of only 3 apple trees I have left in this orchard where I originally planted 20 apple trees in 1995. Bears have destroyed all of the others and even some which have been planted to replace the original trees.
This was a second or third replacement in the same orchard. It survived the first 2 or 3 bear attacks but eventually succumbed to the last thrashing. I am no longer planting any apple trees in that orchard - when they are gone, they are gone. I know when I am defeated.
I could post more pictures of bear damage but they limit me to only 10 photos per post. Bears have damaged 15-20 year old Oak trees that I planted from seedlings. They climb up and break down the branches so they can eat the acorns while they are lying on the ground. They have broken into deer hunting blinds, broken up turkey feeders, chewed up nice water containers that we left near the orchard for watering young trees, etc, etc, etc. They are just plain destructive. I am really looking forward to getting one in my cross hairs in September when our bear season opens. Unfortunately, I will have to wait 7 or more years in order to draw another bear tag.
We lost so many bird feeders to bears that we finally just stopped feeding the birds. It gets expensive buying new feeders every year or two.
I got this bear on camera breaking down this tree. He came in, broke it down and was gone within about 90 seconds. This was in June. I had 5 years invested in the Honey Crisp tree and he completely destroyed it in 90 seconds.
Same night - he only took a couple of branches off of this 5 year old tree.
Another nice apple tree that I had recently removed the cage from....my bad - although the cage would not have prevented a bear from doing this.
The bears even chew up my Impresso Tags after they trash my trees....it must be their signature mark??
This is one of only 3 apple trees I have left in this orchard where I originally planted 20 apple trees in 1995. Bears have destroyed all of the others and even some which have been planted to replace the original trees.
This was a second or third replacement in the same orchard. It survived the first 2 or 3 bear attacks but eventually succumbed to the last thrashing. I am no longer planting any apple trees in that orchard - when they are gone, they are gone. I know when I am defeated.
I could post more pictures of bear damage but they limit me to only 10 photos per post. Bears have damaged 15-20 year old Oak trees that I planted from seedlings. They climb up and break down the branches so they can eat the acorns while they are lying on the ground. They have broken into deer hunting blinds, broken up turkey feeders, chewed up nice water containers that we left near the orchard for watering young trees, etc, etc, etc. They are just plain destructive. I am really looking forward to getting one in my cross hairs in September when our bear season opens. Unfortunately, I will have to wait 7 or more years in order to draw another bear tag.
