Today Grandpa and I went up indian river to pick cranberries. I took the rifle with me just in case we saw a deer. We hiked up to a muskeg up a little was from the second big bridge. It took us about an hour to an hour and a half to get up there. It was a nice sunny day but it was a bit cooler in the shade grandpa pick cranberries while I looked for deer. After A while though I pick a few cranberries as well. We were up there for about three hours we got quite a few cranberries while we were up there. I also saw that some one had gotten a deer a few years ago because I found a deer head and the trees with the antlers cut off of it. I did some exploring while I was up there I found a well used bear trail I also saw where some one had shot down a tree and the bears were rubbing there sides on it. The wind was swirling in the muskeg up there so it was a little hard to stay in a spot where the deer could not smell me. I did sit in place for a while though to see if any deer would show them selves but nun did. On our way back up the muskeg to the trail I saw a tree that looked like it was really dirty on a section of the trunk. I went and looked and it was dirty because bears had been rubbing there backs on it I even could see where the bears would stand to rub there back.
- Question why do bears only use certain trees and stumps to rub there backs and sides on?
- Question why was there a more defined bear trail on one side of the muskeg but not the other?
- Question why did I not see any deer?
