Bears suck
They are tough on oak trees too. Any talk of hunting them doesn't matter, sows with cubs by me not legal. Cubs have bent/almost snapped several small oaks (slow growing burrs) and busted out several tops in larger others as play toys too. No acorns even on em. Did I mention that bears suck!!
This was my best producing young red oak several years in a row. Key word "was" as now missing over half of the branches that actually grew acorns.
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