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This vaguely looks like something red squirrels did to an elm in my yard.
February 21, 2020 at 8:12 am
Moose!
February 21, 2020 at 8:13 am
Porcupine
February 21, 2020 at 8:37 am
porcupine
February 21, 2020 at 8:14 am
Moose?
February 21, 2020 at 8:16 am
Porcupine
February 21, 2020 at 8:17 am
Moose
February 21, 2020 at 8:17 am
I thought “Moose”, before I even read the comments.
February 21, 2020 at 8:18 am
I am thinking red squirrel. Getting sweets and also nesting material
February 21, 2020 at 8:20 am
Moose stripping bark
February 21, 2020 at 8:25 am
deer antlers scratching off velvet?
February 21, 2020 at 8:27 am
Looks like a woodpecker started the job and then someone else came along and made use of their work for their own project. Would it be a Red Squirrel for its nest lining?
February 21, 2020 at 8:39 am
An elephant-no? Haven’t a clue.
February 21, 2020 at 8:40 am
Looks like a buck rub.
February 21, 2020 at 8:43 am
Looks likely to be a moose, as they are known to strip down maples, etc.
February 21, 2020 at 8:46 am
Deer, stripping bark to eat
February 21, 2020 at 8:47 am
This is the work of a porcupine, I’ve seen it before on my own property… :~)
February 21, 2020 at 8:49 am
Woodpeckers when they go for a tree, pecerheads when they go for my cedar shingled cottage!
February 21, 2020 at 8:50 am
Buck rub.
February 21, 2020 at 8:52 am
I saw moose.
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February 21, 2020 at 8:55 am
A very hungry newly awakened black bear.
February 21, 2020 at 8:59 am
Moose rubbing to remove an antler. Young moose (usually) with one remaining antler can easily destroy saplings trying to remove that antler.
February 21, 2020 at 8:59 am
Could it be a buck rubbing velvet off his antlers?
February 21, 2020 at 9:00 am
I think porcupine licking the sap.
February 21, 2020 at 9:03 am
I was thinking “moose” before I looked at the comments…it seems other folks have been thinking the same thing.
February 21, 2020 at 9:03 am
I was thinking of feeding behavior (stripping bark with the front teeth on the lower jaw) but I’m intrigued by the comment above suggesting a moose was trying to shed his sole remaining antler.
February 21, 2020 at 9:06 am
moose.
February 21, 2020 at 9:07 am
Depends on the height. Deer or moose….
February 21, 2020 at 9:08 am
Deer
February 21, 2020 at 9:09 am
My thoughts were either moose or porcupine. It will be fun to find out.
February 21, 2020 at 9:09 am
Deer tearing off bark for breakfast
February 21, 2020 at 9:13 am
Hungry moose, I presume.
February 21, 2020 at 9:18 am
I first thought moose feeding or beating on the sapling with his antlers. Now I think the sapling is too shredded for moose damage and that a bear chewed and broke it, Communicating with other bears.
February 21, 2020 at 9:21 am
porcupine at work!
February 21, 2020 at 9:39 am
From the snow I would assume late fall or winter . Unfortunately no perspective as to height of damage. Moose marking territory or very large deer doing the same.
February 21, 2020 at 9:41 am
Bear
February 21, 2020 at 9:44 am
moose
February 21, 2020 at 10:06 am
A moose or a deer shedding their antlers.
February 21, 2020 at 10:07 am
deer
February 21, 2020 at 10:11 am
This must be next to a town highway or railroad track. It was their “brontosaurus” mobile tree chipper that did this damage. They are pruning back the roadside trees and brush
February 21, 2020 at 10:18 am
moose knaw
February 21, 2020 at 12:47 pm
A buck?
February 21, 2020 at 1:50 pm
bear?
Maybe we could have one more clue? 😉
February 21, 2020 at 2:30 pm
A buck?
February 21, 2020 at 3:18 pm
Perhaps a moose suffering from winter ticks
February 21, 2020 at 3:40 pm
Could that possibly be a porcupine?
February 21, 2020 at 8:22 pm
Im going with Sasquatch’s pet moose
February 21, 2020 at 8:48 pm
Buck rub!
February 21, 2020 at 8:57 pm
Moose!
February 22, 2020 at 12:53 pm
bear hunting for insects under the bark
February 23, 2020 at 5:35 pm