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- Thread starter napaul
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Porcupine
shroom growers.
The tree seems pretty healthy otherwise as far as I can tell. No tracks, no scratches or teeth marks on any of the bark I inspected. I made a fairly wide circle through the woods this morning looking for any other trees gouged up like this one...no such luck. On the other hand I've always wanted a reason to call Mulder and Scully.
I have seen a lot of that kind of damage in Utah, while hunting Mule deer. And correct they eat pine bark
That is strange, I have never seen them on the east coast either. Only out west when hunting.
Wikipedia on Porcupine Diet. Interesting.
Diet
The North American porcupine is a herbivore; it eats leaves, herbs, twigs, and green plants such as clover. In the winter, it may eat bark. It often climbs trees to find food.[7]
The African porcupine is not a climber and forages on the ground.[7] It is mostly nocturnal,[8]but will sometimes forage for food in the day. Porcupines have become a pest in Kenya and are eaten as a delicacy.[9]
Diet
The North American porcupine is a herbivore; it eats leaves, herbs, twigs, and green plants such as clover. In the winter, it may eat bark. It often climbs trees to find food.[7]
The African porcupine is not a climber and forages on the ground.[7] It is mostly nocturnal,[8]but will sometimes forage for food in the day. Porcupines have become a pest in Kenya and are eaten as a delicacy.[9]
In all my DNR trapping info I don't recall a mention of them, and they're destructive nuisances. I would think if we did have them we'd be covered up with trapping jobs for them.
From googling images, does seem like a likely culprit. Most of the pics you can clearly see the parallel cuts of the four incisors, and a lot smoother result, but there were a few that looked like that.
