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Rub or bear?

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  1. Hoytultrasport

    Hoytultrasport Weekend Warrior

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    the first day i went scouting this year i saw this. i think its a buck rub but i brother said he thinks its from a bear what do you think it is
     

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  3. ATbuckhunter

    ATbuckhunter Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Ill go for something else like a tractor . Had that happen to me last season, i was so pumped but then i saw how symmetrically the rub was and how it had no gouges in it.
     
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    Fitz Legendary Woodsman

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    Hard to tell w/o a size ref. If it's a maple it could be a porcupine.

    Doesn't look like a rub to me though.
     
    Fitz, Mar 19, 2011
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    if not man made, id say porcupine as well
     
    djs06dc5, Mar 20, 2011
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    Doesn't look like a rub to me :)

    Dan
     
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    id say some kind of construction equipment. like a skid steer.
     
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    Neither one.
     
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    Looks like someone backed into it, 2 years in a row! If it was a rub the branch on the right would be skint or at least nicked, most of the time anyway.
     
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    I agree with the others... definitely NOT a rub.
     
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