Porcupine Style Job

[Arcto]

Did some collecting today and came upon this.
Noticed a lot of porcupine activity in the area. This was a nice Grand Fir. Evidently a bonsai artist resides in the woods. A little enthusiastic with the pruning. Not crazy about the Shari at the base either. But a real nice job jinning the top I thought. The tree with Jin is about 4' tall. I decided not to collect it. Too much injury on top of injury. I think the tree will survive. Grand Firs are very strong at back budding. I plan on visiting it next year to see if it survived and how the porcupine's style job is progressing.

 

[0soyoung]

Porcufirs?

Just think of what @M. Frary's mice would have done to that!

 

[PiñonJ]

Excellent jin. A little aggressive on the pruning, but average for a B-nut, and typical skinny trunk! Great potential.

 

[M. Frary]

Porcufirs?

Just think of what @M. Frary's mice would have done to that!

They would have made it their bitch!

 

[Arcto]

Hasty phone pic didn't show the trunk's potential really well. I was focusing on the artist's creative work. I've saw the pics of M. Frary's mouse damage. Crude work. No offense, I just think they lacked the creative sensitivity of artist out here. After all, the tree MAY live.

 

[Heavy_Set]

Thats some fancy work!!!

Just curious what types of trees you were looking to collect this time of year?

 

[Arcto]

I didn't collect this late last year. We've had a week of cool wet weather that extended this window a bit. Right now I'm focusing on high elevation stuff. Hemlock, Fir, Pinemat Manzanita. A big problem here now is accessibility. So many trees down on the FS roads that a big chunk of the area is still not accessible.