tauntedoctopus Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 I was in TWM and following a bear I'd shot. The tracks came to the fallen log crossing over Echo Ravine, and then... stopped. There were no more tracks in the snow, no further blood that I could see, including across the log. There was a rock on one side, so maybe it clipped through that? I'm picking up the search after I sleep, but is there any point in looking over the log, or should I just stick to the side I was on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratvox Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Not that I'm aware of. It may have gone down into the ravine and up the other side; I did see a bear casually strolling down an 85 degree incline one day in AC. Did you cross the log to see if you could find the trail again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauntedoctopus Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 I did, and didn't see anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauntedoctopus Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 ...do bear carcasses show up on the map? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpUpAway95 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 3 hours ago, tauntedoctopus said: ...do bear carcasses show up on the map? Unfortunately, no. Usually when they encounter something they normally can't path over, they double back; but there is a point where if you fall far enough behind them they will seem to basically just disappear, along with their tracks. If you know the extent of the bear's patrol area, they will usually be found dead somewhere within it. Often they go back towards their cave and other times they will be found rather close to where you first shot them. It used to be that crows would gather over the carcass, but most recently I've noticed that the crows did not gather until after I had found the carcass and removed something from it... then they would swoop in as I walked away, so this may not be as reliable as it once was for finding the carcass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauntedoctopus Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 Thanks, I appreciate the response. The next day I found a bunch of crows clustered over rocks that have no space for anything underneath them, so I have a suspicion the bear glitched into there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
past caring Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 I don't think they can cross log bridges, no. Playing a pilgrim game one time I scared the Spruce Falls bear so it bolted down to the double log bridge beside the waterfall - it fell between the two logs into the watefall below, but ran off uninjured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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