i called a guy whohunts bear a lot more than me.
he lives for bear hunting..
he said that male bears will stay out all winter and some will come in/out of den, if they denned.
he said he sees it alot.
what bear does is climbs up the pine tree to eat at the little cones that are usually at top.
then his weight will bend tree down and bear will continue to hang on and pull it over..
the bear will also eat the pine limb bark and needles.
best part of the tree is at TOP,NOT BOTTOM OF TREE,SO THEY GO AFTER THAT.
he said, he is most likely a MALE bear and he is hungry.
he said when it snows , bears do not go after acorns as much if ground is frozen,they will eat tops of pines and break the h out of tree.
usually he said its pines no taller than 10/12 ft high from ground..
i have to admit, all years i am in woods ,i never saw that but area i hunt my deer in is not a bear area but there is bear i saw for last 2 years that is there that i wont shoot until he gets above 200 pds,he is still little.
i stopped a DCNR employee TODAYand asked if he ever saw this.
he said, SPROUL GO UP HYNER,PA MTN TO VIEW AND LOOK ON PIPELINES.
he said over 5,000 trees the bears have destroyed iN those yellow containers that were 10 ft tall,he said they tore the trees RIGHT OUT OF GROUND.
well, now you have it..
if anyone would like to add their info on this, i would be interested.
what is next, BEARS PULLING TREES OUT OF GROUND.
