"Only a big deer would hit a tree like that"

[Creamer]

In the best Lee Corso voice, "Not so fast!" My father in law is running a camera in his small yard, nearly in the local city limits. Like within sight of town. There's a large cedar in his yard that gets hit every year and he wanted to know what was doing it. This morning, he sent me this photo that the tree got freshly rubbed last night. Check out the size of the tree.

And here's the deer who did it last night.

For the record, there are a few surprises running through his yard...

 

[xbowguy]

Cedars are known to be "community" trees. Especially in the right location. That came from Stan Potts.

 

[Fletch]

I don't base a whole Hellava lot on size of rubs... Once watched a buck with a broken off main beam shred a tree the size of my thigh... Would have sworn there was an elk there...