The Things You Stumble Across...

When Tim was out checking traps Monday he noticed something he had not seen before. There is a marten set at the end of a logging road, and about 15 feet from it is a brushpile. He noticed when re-setting the box that there is a hole in the brush pile, surrounded by ice. A bear den! A little scary that he had been there many times before and not noticed. With the lack of snow and the warm weather, the bit of snow covering the hole must have been melted away by the bear's breath inside. I know I won't be going back there! He figures it is a black bear den as he has been by there many times with a noisy snowmobile and not disturbed it. When he was on his way out of there, he went off the trail a bit and got stuck - he said he was a little nervous when he had to turn his back on the "hole" to get himself out.