Bear Damage

I saw a bear with two cubs in the neighborhood about a week ago and it looks like a bear(s) may have damaged one of my apple trees.



I had drove by this tree at 2:30PM and it was Okay, but at 6:00PM this limb had been broken. I will need to do some tree surgery.



Our spring weather was hard on the apple crop and this tree was one of the few in the area with any apples.



Some of the claw marks on the apple tree. This damage may have been caused by the cubs since the claw marks are close to the ground and have narrow grooves and spacing.