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 Whodunit?
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01/09/22 11:17 PM
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Tres
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![[Linked Image]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Alaska/i-WSddPKG/0/c077d64b/Th/IMG_2809-Th.jpg) "Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."
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Re: Whodunit?
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#8499548
01/09/22 11:19 PM
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Hudbone
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Re: Whodunit?
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#8499554
01/09/22 11:26 PM
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Tres
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Have a couple in the area, but no pics of the culprit.
"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."
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Re: Whodunit?
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01/09/22 11:31 PM
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kry226
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Where is this? My first thought was a bear...
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Re: Whodunit?
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01/09/22 11:42 PM
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Tres
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Where is this? My first thought was a bear... Mine too, but I’m not sure, Houston County.
"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."
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Re: Whodunit?
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#8499665
01/10/22 01:40 AM
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flintknapper
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Cat would be my guess.
Bear would leave black hair all in it from scratching its back.
Bears ARE working their down from Arkansas and over from Louisiana, but I don't know if any have made it as far West as Houston County yet.
Spartans ask not...how many, but where!
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Re: Whodunit?
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#8499672
01/10/22 01:42 AM
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I’ve seen damage like that caused by a red stag before....
Never been to a camping world. I prefer Dick's to be honest.
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Re: Whodunit?
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#8499674
01/10/22 01:44 AM
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Stub
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One of your buddies pulling a prank on you, ask me how I know 
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Re: Whodunit?
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01/10/22 03:15 AM
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Tres
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Cat would be my guess.
Bear would leave black hair all in it from scratching its back.
Bears ARE working their down from Arkansas and over from Louisiana, but I don't know if any have made it as far West as Houston County yet.
Closest I’ve seen reports is 2 counties NE of us.
"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."
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Re: Whodunit?
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01/10/22 03:16 AM
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Tres
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One of your buddies pulling a prank on you, ask me how I know Hmm, PNH does live down the road…😁
"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."
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Re: Whodunit?
[Re: TEXASLEFTY]
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01/10/22 03:17 AM
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Tres
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I’ve seen damage like that caused by a red stag before.... I’d take that over a bear or lion any day!
"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."
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Re: Whodunit?
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#8499793
01/10/22 03:18 AM
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Griz bear 
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Re: Whodunit?
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01/10/22 03:22 AM
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Tres
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Griz bear Or a black panther for sure
"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."
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Re: Whodunit?
[Re: Tres]
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01/10/22 05:53 PM
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NORML as can be
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I think you'll need a bigger gun 
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Re: Whodunit?
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#8500275
01/10/22 06:23 PM
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I’m thinking cat….Bob or lion
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable dickhead Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: Whodunit?
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01/11/22 12:08 AM
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Tres
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I’m thinking cat….Bob or lion Definitely not a bobcat, claw marks over 6 feet up.
"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."
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Re: Whodunit?
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01/11/22 12:09 AM
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Tres
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I think you'll need a bigger gun Can’t argue that!
"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before."
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Re: Whodunit?
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01/11/22 12:15 AM
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stxranchman
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My guess is going to be a bear clawing that tree since the height above the ground rules out to many other animals.
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Re: Whodunit?
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01/11/22 12:46 AM
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Re: Whodunit?
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01/11/22 01:17 AM
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I have them (ashe juniper) all over my ranch and the surrounding land. I've been seeing that for my entire life and sometimes it will go 8-12 feet high. Rats and squirrels stripping bark with their teeth for winter nests. I only see it this time of year and I've watched the rats through my thermal scanners doing it at night.
"Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god."
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Re: Whodunit?
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01/11/22 02:14 AM
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I have them (ashe juniper) all over my ranch and the surrounding land. I've been seeing that for my entire life and sometimes it will go 8-12 feet high. Rats and squirrels stripping bark with their teeth for winter nests. I only see it this time of year and I've watched the rats through my thermal scanners doing it at night. Squirrels for sure do that around here (strip cedar/juniper) trees to make/line nests, but I haven't seen one peeled to that extent. Good observation though and a plausible submission. 
Spartans ask not...how many, but where!
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Re: Whodunit?
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01/11/22 02:27 AM
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Big Foots
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Re: Whodunit?
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01/11/22 02:59 AM
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ntxtrapper
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I have them (ashe juniper) all over my ranch and the surrounding land. I've been seeing that for my entire life and sometimes it will go 8-12 feet high. Rats and squirrels stripping bark with their teeth for winter nests. I only see it this time of year and I've watched the rats through my thermal scanners doing it at night. Squirrels for sure do that around here (strip cedar/juniper) trees to make/line nests, but I haven't seen one peeled to that extent. Good observation though and a plausible submission. 3 or 4 rats will make a mess out of one. They strip about 10 times as much as they need for some reason and then go the ground and pick out exactly what they are looking for.
"Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god."
- Aristotle
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Re: Whodunit?
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01/11/22 03:21 AM
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One of your buddies pulling a prank on you, ask me how I know Hmm, PNH does live down the road…😁 
Character is what you do when nobody's looking.
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Re: Whodunit?
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01/11/22 03:37 AM
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Its actually a form of fungi . After being transplanted to the host tree the fungi makes its way to just below the bark where it starts to rapidly multiply and take in oxygen and nutrients from the trunk. Once the fungi starts to digest the nutrient rich underlying bark its then turned into flatulences. The violent expulsion of gas causes the bark of cedar or juniper tree to explode outwardly often resembling some sort of animal marking. Looks like you have some fungi ut felis!
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