Hmmm

They are waiting for their absentee Ballots.

Gosh, sorry guys. Thought the term was universal, not regional.

Pucker Brush...= Thick..viney...thorny...vegatation

Yup!

I would be very interested in hearing plausible explanations for this from some of this site's many beaver experts. I'm sure the OP would as well.

I’ve seen something like that during flooding events in Oregon. But dry ground being scarce it was understandable.

probably a Predator around

Never heard it called pucker brush, but I have certainly been in it before, where you have to decide whether to back out of it, or crawl along and pray that it gets better ahead soon. I was in a patch so bad one time that I near about gave up and contemplated screaming for help. Yes, I was indeed puckered up.
We call them wait-a-minute vines around here. Once you bull your way through, it looks like you lost a close battle with a wildcat.

Perhaps an infestation of fleas/ lice ran them out of their den.