Ever seen anything like this?

[giles]

I have walked alot of timber and I've never seen anything like this. One side of the tre is worn smooth will the grooves from the brow tines are deep! Half inch deep. Anyone ever seen anything like this? Maybe he was stuck on the tree?

 

[triple_duece]

That spike was mad at that tree!

 

[giles]

I could imagine being stuck to a tree for a couple of days.

 

[Smawgunner2]

Bobcat?

 

[giles]

Bobcat?

This side of the tree is almost polished. Like from the inside of a deer rack. The other side is grooved as if from brow tines.

 

[GoetsTalon]

Talk about getting in the groove! Like to see the one that's working on it.

 

[Buckmaster]

Squach itchy butt rubber.

 

[Iowa_Buckeye]

Yes - I have seen buck rubs.

 

[mrbighorns]

Too funny Iowa!

 

[giles]

Yes - I have seen buck rubs.

 

[at1010]

Is that an ash? It’s a nice rub, but might be more exaggerated in depth if it’s susceptible to the ash bore and dead standing. That’s my guess!!

 

[Sauger]

I see them like this every year late in the season. Usually they are on soft wood. I don't know if the horns start itiching and the get deeper in the tree or if they are claiming new territory. Whatever they are doing I think the rubs are always bigger and heavier in late season

 

[Smawgunner2]

I found TOO trees next to each other that I think a bobcat hit. You can see 3 distinct marks down the tree equally apart. Don’t know what else it could be.

 

[giles]

I found TOO trees next to each other that I think a bobcat hit. You can see 3 distinct marks down the tree equally apart. Don’t know what else it could be.View attachment 189637

That looks like lightening to me.

 

[giles]

Like all felines, they mark by spraying/urine.

 

[Smawgunner2]

 

[Smawgunner2]

That looks like lightening to me.

That tree is about as big as a man’s thigh and was torn up on the one side so bad that it eventually killed the tree.

 

[giles]

I see, so the old marks are what you are talking about. Tree is dead and bark has peeled away from the trunk.

 

[Smawgunner2]

I see, so the old marks are what you are talking about. Tree is dead and bark has peeled away from the trunk.

It’s right by one of my stands and I’ve been watching it over the years. It used to be much more evident, but like when people carve names in trees, the scar widens and distort over time. That pic is about 3-4 years after I discovered it. Just a guess though.

 

[giles]

It’s right by one of my stands and I’ve been watching it over the years. It used to be much more evident, but like when people carve names in trees, the scar widens and distort over time. That pic is about 3-4 years after I discovered it. Just a guess though.

I see.