Is it a rub???

[Tree Monkey]

My dad found this shroom hunting, its a small hickory tree that's is about polished up to 6 feet tall.

I have my doubts but my dad insisted it was a rub

 

[DJK Frank 16]

Looks pretty high to me and an odd time of the year..

 

[RedCloud]

Looks like a coon scentmarking a tree to me. I'm not 100% on that but I know it isn't a rub unless you have Moose out there

 

[Gern186]

I don't think it is a rub, at least not from a buck.....I won't say that a buck won't rub hickory trees of that size either, but from my experience they prefer softer wood trees to rub of that size.

 

[jagermeister]

Sure looks "squatchy" to me.

 

[Tree Monkey]

I told him its pretty high for deer....especially when there is a rub 10yds away that is more the norm

 

[rgecko23]

Sure looks "squatchy" to me.

yup...that looks like one of them their squatch rubs

 

[Gern186]

Black bear got loose.....

 

[bowhunter1023]

I'd be inclined to believe it was a bear before I would a deer...

 

[Beentown]

Was he eating beef jerky at the time?

 

[bthompson1004]

I told him its pretty high for deer....especially when there is a rub 10yds away that is more the norm

I think someone is testing your deer knowledge...put a cam on it and make sure it's not a bear...Or sasquatch!

 

[finelyshedded]

IMO 100% sure it's not a rub. Way to high.

Possible causes: coon, squirrels,bear, bobcat or humans. Is there any scat laying around?

 

[Buckmaster]

bear or squirrel eating bark.

 

[Tree Monkey]

Black bear got loose.....

Get ur boys rounded up....and get over here! !! Lol

 

[Tree Monkey]

TThere is another tree near by that looks like its just started too.....in an old train track 5ft. Off a road . The one in the picture feels like its polished.

 

[hickslawns]

I was thinking squirrel or coon. I have seen elk rubs up that high but not rubbed smooth like that. More of a series of gouges in the tree. I don't know. I would love to help you track down big foot!

 

[Riverdude]

Are there any fallen trees next to it that may have been rubbing on it before it fell? Or even vines??? :smiley_confused_vra

 

[brock ratcliff]

Are there any fallen trees next to it that may have been rubbing on it before it fell? Or even vines??? :smiley_confused_vra

Exactly what I was thinking, especially since the rub is smoothe.

 

[finelyshedded]

Being a shagbark it looks as though a coon or something equivalent just peeled the bark off the sumbitch. Was the bark laying at the bottom of the tree?

 

[Tree Monkey]

Are there any fallen trees next to it that may have been rubbing on it before it fell? Or even vines??? :smiley_confused_vra

I thought the same thing.......but nothing near enough to have done it