Bear peel?

[blacktailcody]

Bear.

[Kc_Kracker]

ill investigate, whats the location, via pm 

[sled]

I think porky.  Especially at this time of year.

[CAMPMEAT]

Bears use their claws, not their teeth to tear up trees.

[ICEMAN]

Porcupine, smaller bites, bear longer swipes...

[johnnyaustin44]

Bears use their claws, not their teeth to tear up trees.

pretty sure they use both. their teeth scrape the bark which is the point of them peeling trees I believe. Something sweet in the layer beneath bark.

[sled]

Bears use their claws, not their teeth to tear up trees.

  wrong?

[billythekidrock]

The orignal photos look like porky to me....and not very fresh.

[billythekidrock]

Bears use their claws, not their teeth to tear up trees.

Not really true.
They do use their claws to get started but then they run their open jaw up and down trunk to scrap up the cambium. The teeth really do the damage.

[grizzlyadams]

Definately Purcupine. Those scratches you are seeing on the original post pic are Porcupine claw marks. Not bear teeth. Porcupines use their claws to scratch at the soft tissue under the bark. They claw it off into wads and eat it. I've watched them do it. Bear peels start higher and work their way down. 

[CAMPMEAT]

I''ve seen more bear damage with bears using their teeth to tear up sign posts in the woods more than a tree.

[Humptulips]

Bear.

Porkys eat the bark. They don't tear it off. That bark was torn off then scraped with teeth to get the cambium. Classic bear sign.

Porky would be more apt to climb the tree to thinner bark and chew it off with even edges.

[Humptulips]

I''ve seen more bear damage with bears using their teeth to tear up sign posts in the woods more than a tree.

They do love to chew up creosoted posts.

[bullfisher]

Bear for sure! A porcupine wouldn't even dream of trying to strip from the bottom of a big tree like that. They're almost always higher up and usually leave thin dangling strips of bark around, from their tiny claws, like tinsel. In fact, in western WA, I'd say 95% of the peels you see will be from bear. 

[CAMPMEAT]

I can see we have some rookie bear peeler experts on board.