What made this?

amber2010

amber2010

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Last week while out deer hunting I came across this young hardwood tree..not sure what kind...and saw this scraping or clawing marks. At first I thought it was a bear marking but then also thought it could have been a moose. What do the experts on here say?
 
How high up the tree does it go?

I'd be inclined to say it was moose rubbing. Kind of hard to see the scale of things there though. Looks to be ripples in the bottom of some of the grooves, looking like rub marks.

I think the lines look more rubbed off than chewed, and are too long and even for porcupine chewing. Porkies go up high for the tender stuff too. And for being not disturbed while eating.

Cheers
Trev
 
I might be inclined to take the next month off and set up a blind about 100yards away with provisions and wait to see..........................(or at least a game cam!)
 
Teething baby Sasquatch. Call in the Finding Bigfoot team.
I know porcupines can strip the tender bark off of the upper branches throughout the winter but that's the tougher lower bark. pretty deep gouges too so I would hate to see the teeth. A bear marking but they tend to go as high as they can to illustrate their size and those marks look like they go almost to the ground so back to a nasty porcupine.

Googled moose chewing off the bark <-- yep which is a good reason to keep your distance. Nasty.
 
Look at the evidence. Strokes are from the bottom up, and there is no top/bottom bite marks, so not a rodent. Spacing between parallel strokes is right for a moose lower incisors.
 
Sorry guys, but I have seen too many trees that moose have fed on during a harsh winter when they couldn't find their usual diet of twigs, and this just don't look right for a moose.
OP, what time of the year did this take place?
 
Looking at the leaves around, it appears to be a Maple Tree. How big is the tree circumference? How high up does the marks go (measured from bottom up)?

I would not believe this to be moose, did a quick google and it may be possible. Bear would leave big gouges in the tree. This may be antler rubbing. If it does not go very high it may even be another antlered animal.
 
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