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Title: tell me what you see
Post by: jamie on July 02, 2007, 08:37:44 pm
41/2 ft up on a red maple. photo was taken in mid december in southern mass



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Title: Re: tell me what you see
Post by: D. Tiller on July 02, 2007, 08:54:19 pm
Black bear scrape!
Title: Re: tell me what you see
Post by: Coo-wah-chobee on July 02, 2007, 09:15:33 pm
         Inlaws had a dairy farm in upstate N.Y. years ago. Saw many of these especially near outhouses! :D :D :D :D............bob
Title: Re: tell me what you see
Post by: D. Tiller on July 02, 2007, 09:19:52 pm
Ooops! Did not see the 4 1/2 foot info!  How about Mountain Lion scrape???
Title: Re: tell me what you see
Post by: Justin Snyder on July 02, 2007, 10:59:42 pm
I don't think it is a predator. I would guess a whitetail scraping, then peeling the bark to eat. Justin
Title: Re: tell me what you see
Post by: RidgeRunner on July 02, 2007, 11:12:25 pm
porcupine supper??
Title: Re: tell me what you see
Post by: jamie on July 03, 2007, 05:27:11 am
justin is very close . i'll post an answer when i get home tonight
Title: Re: tell me what you see
Post by: Hillbilly on July 03, 2007, 07:39:17 am
When moose attack? We don't have moose (mooses? meese??) here, but my neighbor's horses do the same thing to the maple trees about Jan-Feb. when that sweet sap starts flowing.
Title: Re: tell me what you see
Post by: Auggie on July 03, 2007, 07:45:07 am
Near out house? Must be how that John Wayne T.P. is made.
Title: Re: tell me what you see
Post by: jamie on July 03, 2007, 03:47:41 pm
ding ding ding. we have a wiener. its a moose toothing scrape. notice only the tops of the scrapes have bark flags. an antler scrape creates flags on top and bottom.
Title: Re: tell me what you see
Post by: Pat B on July 03, 2007, 05:47:42 pm
Do you get to hunt moose in Connecticut?    Pat
Title: Re: tell me what you see
Post by: RidgeRunner on July 03, 2007, 06:32:16 pm
Does the moose eat the bark?
Title: Re: tell me what you see
Post by: jamie on July 03, 2007, 07:33:01 pm
yeah deer and moose will eat the bark. its not a starvation diet even though that has been the thought. they think its a mineral or something that the deer needs occasionally. especially when females are lactating.

pat we are getting a population of moose in the state but not for hunting. the state was actually going to let archers use their deer tags for moose because they dont want the big lugs in the state but that didnt go over well so they are untouchable. i saw a cow once about 2 years ago. never seen another. also our bear population is on the rise especially in my neck of the woods so pretty soon i'll probably be beer hunting. they are getting very used to backyard feeders and have been moved several times.
Title: Re: tell me what you see
Post by: Coo-wah-chobee on July 03, 2007, 08:01:59 pm
                     Btw Moose have been in upstate N.Y. by canadian border fer many years a well a states mentioned. As I said bark eatin' scrapes were very common vears ago  Brother-in law tells me there is a huge population today but CANNOT be hunted says its a political thing. Btw Jamie I wanna go when ya go "beer" huntin' ? ;D ;D ;D ;D.........bob
Title: Re: tell me what you see
Post by: mullet on July 04, 2007, 01:12:28 am
  We have bear everyway in Florida now.They still will not let us hunt them ,but they will let us go Beer hunting. ;D
Title: Re: tell me what you see
Post by: brokennock on July 04, 2007, 03:11:38 am
i've got an uncle with a farm on the Mass. N.Y. line up near Hancok and Williamstown, and hes got a few moose, including a bull, that call his property part of their home. Their gettin more common all over southern N.E. A big bull that got hit and killed was stolen from the seen when officers and road crew left to get biger E.Q. to move the beast.