What animal?

[tow653]

We live on 34 acres in east central Missouri, with most of it woods. We have noticed several small,2" or less diameter trunnks,that have the bark completely removed from the ground to about 2 feet off the ground. What do you think would be doing this? We have the normal,skunks,coons,armadillos around us. Thanks,Tim

 

[atsah]

Beaver, porcupines?

 

[MossRoad]

Porky pines? :confused3:

Deer rubs?

 

[homesteader13]

Are they coniferous or deciduous trees? Two winters ago we had some small deciduous trees that were completely stripped of bark, we found out It was the squirrels that had done it. We caught them red handed.

 

[tow653]

Don't have porcupine, awfully low to ground for deer rubs,we have rubs,this doesn't look like a rub.

 

[tow653]

We do have tons of tree rats!

 

[jbrumberg]

My first choice would be porcupines then rabbits and hares, squirrels, voles, raccoons, deer scrapes. From the height of bark stripping I am thinking one of the first 3.

Reading tow653's post I guess one could rule out porcupines.

 

[MossRoad]

I've seen rabbits ring trees up high depending on snowfall.

 

[dstig1]

Were there any pallets nearby? Or Holes in the trees?

 

[MossRoad]

NNNOOOOOOoooooooo...........

 

[ruffdog]

Rabbits and squirrels will strip trees if they run out of food.

 

[Doofy]

We've seen Hares ring both spruce and willow trees.

 

[Tompet]

I've seen rabbits ring trees up high depending on snowfall.

Agreed

 

[goeduck]

Were there any pallets nearby? Or Holes in the trees?

Or any rounded off drainplugs?

 

[Thomas]

Can you post picture?

 

[oosik]

Around here - mice or pocket gophers. If near lake or stream - maybe beavers. Rabbits - but they will start at the snow level and go upwards. Beavers & rabbits will not normally touch conifers.

However - in real dire situations - I've seen just about everything eat anything.

I've seen coyotes eat dirt and pine boughs and small rocks.

 

[cqaigy2]

Or goats?

 

[Deerherd]

Bigfoot. They do the same thing around my place all the time.....

 

[Wagtail]

Bigfoot. They do the same thing around my place all the time.....

I thought that they were responsible for "knocking"?

There're no 'Yowies' down here in Tassie... I'll defer to my mainland (North Island) Mates for that kind of information provided.

 

[bunyip]

They only inhabit areas where drop bears are prolific.