Another bush

It could be the start of witches broom....it is a rust / fungus. Do those misshapen shoots fruit or have normal leaves?

Yup your second picture confirms it.

I pruned them all off last year so they never had a chance to produce leaves/fruit. I am pretty new to gardening. What do I need to do about this?

Just did a Google search on witches broom, and sure enough, the fir tree nearby has the same sort of growth in it. I feel sad that I have infected trees.

Sadly there are no treatments for it that I am aware of....not saying there isn't, just that I don't know of any, sorry.

I have never heard about this before. Very interesting. I did a search too and was surprised by this:

In the case of blueberry bushes, witchesâ broom is caused by a fungus that lives on balsam fir trees. This broom fungus always needs a blueberry and a fir as hosts and is very specific; a blueberry with the fungus canâÂÂt infect another blueberry. Most brooms caused by rust fungus need two host plants. The fungus that causes witchesâ broom on balsam fir needs common chickweed as a secondary host, and the fungus that infects spruce needs the lowly bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi).

Here is a link that might be useful: Witchesâ Broom: Itâs Not What You Think

Cut the fir tree down?