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I found some peels about that size this year when I was hunting in the Monroe unit with my spring permit
saylean I think you bear was just into some boxing.
Al, on your second example tree, is that an old chew/scrape to the left? Maybe a repeat performer...?
You must be getting old and forgetful. You have seen large Spruce peeled before. We used to see it pretty regular heading over from the rez side. And we have seen it in the “flat”.I am sure it is bear. He was just getting’ after it pretty good. I see incisor marks running up and down and I also see some running sideways causing the fraying effect. I think the photo is a bit bright and it washes out some detail. When I put it in photoshop and adjust the colors I can see a lot more detail.I think the digging is a byproduct of peeling the roots.