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J. Rodgers
106
Frank Clark Ranch, 7 mi. S.W. Haytonville,
Mendocino Co., Calif.
Mar. 31, 1938
We followed deep claw marks in the soft
soil, covered only by short grass, in an
easterly direction over a 50 to 60 foot hill
and about 100 yards down to other end where
it went through a fence, taking out 10 or
12 feet of the pickets and scattering them
far and wide. From there over a steep 30
foot bank and into San Wilb River. It made
its way upstream about 60 feet through
a deep pool and up the opposite (about 8 ft.)
bank. From there we could easily track
it about 200 yards in a generally south-
easterly direction to where we found it
lying on a steep hillside (about 30° angle)
with its foot still in the trap. It was shot
Mar. 27. In the last 200 yards, we saw
several places where the drag had
hooked on an oak tree of four to eight
inches in diameter, and the bear had
clawed up the ground all around
before getting loose. We noted others
where the moss and bark had been
torn off of small trees at the base, where
the drag had caught and held until
the bear could loosen it.