Bear marking tree

[Doug B.]

Not hollow, and it carries its immense girth upwards for about 30-40 feet before the first limb. It's really an impressive sight, and that's coming from a man that's spent most of his life roaming the woods.

Yeah. There are a few around like that, but they are not very common.

 

[strothershwacker]

If they're after poplar blossoms, why isn't every poplar in the woods scarred up like this?

I thought bout that? Put a camara on it!

 

[Ghost G]

Very impressive find. Thanks for sharing NGeorgia!

 

[tree cutter 08]

I know where an old growth poplar is on Chattahoochee WMA. I Could take you straight to it. One of the biggest poplars I have seen on the WMA. It is scratched up like this one, but has bare places where the bears have torn and bitten the bark off. It actually has horizontal teeth marks where the bears bite the bark off. It is unusual because they usually mark smaller pines or hemlocks. I've always wondered why they choose to mark an old growth poplar there. It is far outside their common habit.

I bet I know which one you talking about! Never looked close enough to see if it was marked up though.

 

[Top of Georgia]

Looks very familiar

 

[Top of Georgia]

If they're after poplar blossoms, why isn't every poplar in the woods scarred up like this?

yellow poplar has different bloom then tulip poplar i believe

 

[kevin17]

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Where is this tree?

 

[northgeorgiasportsman]

Where is this tree?

National Forest in Union county. Near the Beasley knob OHV trails.

 

[chrislibby88]

I know where an old growth poplar is on Chattahoochee WMA. I Could take you straight to it. One of the biggest poplars I have seen on the WMA. It is scratched up like this one, but has bare places where the bears have torn and bitten the bark off. It actually has horizontal teeth marks where the bears bite the bark off. It is unusual because they usually mark smaller pines or hemlocks. I've always wondered why they choose to mark an old growth poplar there. It is far outside their common habit.

Might be like a community sign post thing. Occasionally you can run across a signpost buck tree where all the bucks in the area will it rub it. Usually a larger tree with years of rubs on it. Most buck rubs are small trees only hit once per season. I’ve found only a handful that they hit every year. Hogs will sometimes have similar trees.