Bear peel?

[cougkilr]

I would bet bear, it looks like it was from earlier in the spring, not very fresh.  In plantations where bears are peeling the conifers they sometimes completely girdle the tree and peel the heck out of it and other times they just take a small portion off, I would assume becasue it was not as tasty as one that he peeled completely.  Its a nightmare dealing with bear damage from a forest management stand point, it makes it tough to properly manage a stand.  We have reprod stands that have 70% damage, some trees were girdled completely which kills the treee and others just have bear damage on the butt which adds a percentage of defect to the tree.

[Kola16]

Porky

Definitely NOT a bear.

[cryfowl]

Porcupine......they do lots of damage to timber.

[ghosthunter]

Porcupine......they do lots of damage to timber.

I was told by a forester who sets spring bear hunts that "Groves to the side are porky,
Groves up and down the tree are bear.

Porky do a lot of damage like that. Around Twisp area you see lots of this.

I vote porky.

[yorketransport]

Looks like a porcupine to me. Like others said, the teeth are small and very close together.

Either way, shoot the sucker! Porcupine chili is good stuff!

Andrew

[AdnaHunter]

pretty easy to tell its a porcupine by the pic!

[Axle]

Marks are close together. Does not look like claw marks to me.

[Kowsrule30]

I'm betting porky.... Claw marks and or teeth marks are really close together..... And the peel is angled a lot..... Bears usually go high then low with a good size peel.... Not erratic like that one...