what predator made this scrape?

[CementFinisher]

Id have to say buck rub. bears are not pealing trees this time of year because the cambium layer isn't holding allot of carbs and sugars right now. Not a porky their teeth would show through allot more. not a cat because the shavings are all curled up. and it just looks erratic and beat up, scream Buck rub to me.

[boneaddict]

Hell of a set of eyeguards is what you are looking at.   As noted scraped up.  Predators dont rake up.

[BOWHUNTER45]

You are joking ...right... if you are not let me know where you saw this and I will gladly go and investigate it 

[JackOfAllTrades]

Hell of a set of eyeguards is what you are looking at.   As noted scraped up.  Predators dont rake up.

Likely one studly Blacktail. 
 
-Steve

[steeliedrew]

not joking. New to the game and just trying to learn about what we found. I've seen a lot of buck rubs on smaller saplings over the past few weeks in different gmu's from Winston to 460, 407, 454, and skookumchuck, and none have looked like that. I'll be the first to admit that I'm no expert and I did come to you guys for help. I'll have to invest in a game cam or two and scout that area over the summer.

Could it maybe be a bob cat since it was only about 3' off the ground?

[bobcat]

OK, looks like I found another good excuse to post this trail cam video I got last month:

http://s1140.beta.photobucket.com/user/bdan68/media/ONeill%20East%202012/WGI_0023.mp4.html

[addicted2hunting]

The slices were clean into the wood about 1/2 inch into it. it looked like I took my knife and acratched 4 equal spaced lines in it in several spots. plus the back side of the tree had 4 deep gouges into it in one swipe kind of like something held the back of the tree. and they are clean incisions. eye guards would not be able to make clean cuts like a knife that deep. specially 1 inch spacing between 4 cuts into the wood of the tree. Bobcat is my 2 cents.

[MooseStock]

I agree that it is from a porcupine

[runamuk]

The slices were clean into the wood about 1/2 inch into it. it looked like I took my knife and acratched 4 equal spaced lines in it in several spots. plus the back side of the tree had 4 deep gouges into it in one swipe kind of like something held the back of the tree. and they are clean incisions. eye guards would not be able to make clean cuts like a knife that deep. specially 1 inch spacing between 4 cuts into the wood of the tree. Bobcat is my 2 cents.

you might be surprised what deer can do with antlers

and most wild cats tend to claw mark on horizontal logs not verticals....and it usually smells strongly of cat piss with a good chance of finding piles of poop again..... 

[pianoman9701]

Not a bobcat, that is a deer rub. You should be hunting that area hard.

That's what I thought.

[BOWHUNTER45]

once you learn how to recognize sign you will become a much better hunter...this type of sign is to be taken seriously if you are wanting to fill your tags ...Blacktail are like whitetail when it comes to marking their territory ...if you seen these rubs in a straight line heading down a road of old grade that is where I would be spending my time 

[BOWHUNTER45]

OK, looks like I found another good excuse to post this trail cam video I got last month:

http://s1140.beta.photobucket.com/user/bdan68/media/ONeill%20East%202012/WGI_0023.mp4.html

[Griiz]

Buck rub

[addicted2hunting]

once you learn how to recognize sign you will become a much better hunter...this type of sign is to be taken seriously if you are wanting to fill your tags ...Blacktail are like whitetail when it comes to marking their territory ...if you seen these rubs in a straight line heading down a road of old grade that is where I would be spending my time 

true, I have seen a ton of rubs in my time this one if its a rub, is a first for me.

[steeliedrew]

once you learn how to recognize sign you will become a much better hunter...this type of sign is to be taken seriously if you are wanting to fill your tags ...Blacktail are like whitetail when it comes to marking their territory ...if you seen these rubs in a straight line heading down a road of old grade that is where I would be spending my time 

What seems odd though is that is the only visible rub on the road.