Catalogue and journal, v1566
Page 539
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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.