Bear Stomp!
Check out this black bear stomp trail!
According to Kim Cabrera, a local tracker, she filmed this in late March in southern Humboldt. She wrote,
This is the first stomp trail I have found this season. Black bears make these trails by repeatedly walking over the same section of trail with a heavy foot stomp (and grinding motion of the foot too). This deposits scent in each track. Male bears do this and female bears will come along and sniff these footprints. It’s a way for bears to leave scent and attract potential mates.
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the last 3 times i been to cache creek wildlife area i’ve seen bear tracks and sign . its good they all didnt burn
smaller tracks but still an alive bear in edge of rocky fire area
Cool!
Really interesting. We’ve seen bear in our outer meadow. I’ll have to look for a stomp trail.
bears and deer gaze in the same field together at the same time by my house.even a hunter friend was amazed when he seen it.
Thanks, Kim!
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I think they do that to attract humans simply to entertain themselves. There’s probably a dozen bears hiding nearby just watching silly humans wander around all excited muttering to themselves.