My buddy and I have seen lots of these on recent scouting trips and we thought there must be some sort of drought related/ pine beetle disease problem. We called it "tree rut disease"!!
Yes, the dreaded tree rut disease seems to infect many species of trees from what I have seen. Some of the poor trees I have seen didn't stand a chance. As soon as I find the responsible party for spreading this disease, I will have my brother put an arrow in him.
I think Rem is absolutely right. All of us lucky enough to have drawn an Az elk tag, who will be in the forest anyway, should do our part to take an active role in protecting our forests.
I agree with caelkhnter we must do our part to protect the forrest labor day weekend I found a 30 ft.pine nearly rub into by one of those rutting monsters good luck to all
