What Did This?

[GeauxLSU]

You said it was a (previously) live tree?
I've never known anyone to have seen a porcupine in Georgia nor seen a trail cam pic of one.
Live tree I'll say bear. Dead tree I'll say woodpecker.

 

[Comanche]

Woodpecker having fun with the soft wood looking for beetles.

I've see them create havoc on soft bark trees like that.

Get a couple of those bad boys and they'll make short work of it.

Just look around to see if they installed one of these alien trail cams nearby.

 

[CAD Jedi]

 

[diacnik]

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[napaul]

You said it was a (previously) live tree?
I've never known anyone to have seen a porcupine in Georgia nor seen a trail cam pic of one.
Live tree I'll say bear. Dead tree I'll say woodpecker.

It was a live tree. I've never heard of or seen a porcupine in Georgia, either, but I won't say it isn't possible. I suppose it could be a woodpecker...I've just never seen one do anything like that, and I've spent most of my life in the woods.

Still no response from DNR. I emailed them Sunday morning. I guess it wasn't worth their time.

 

[Cadcom]

I'm thinking a drunk dude with a climbing tree stand and a "hey y'all watch this" hatchet.

 

[John Knight]

My theory is that it froze. You can see burrowing marks from a bug. Before the snow, we had some good rain. I think the trunk became saturated with water and when the water froze it ruptured. But it could be aliens, kind of odd that this happens around the same time the x-files is re-released.

 

[artrad82]

There's some on the ground around it but doesn't seem like it's all of what would have came off. It's not like there's a shortage of trees around if it's a person that did it. You can't sneeze around here without hitting an oak tree. No reason to come WAY over the line on to my property for this particular tree. And the top part of it is pretty high up, too. I'm about 6' tall and it was well above me.

I don't know much about here down in GA but up in MI I'd say you've got a porcupine that's been busy

 

[savannahboy]

It was a live tree. I've never heard of or seen a porcupine in Georgia, either, but I won't say it isn't possible. I suppose it could be a woodpecker...I've just never seen one do anything like that, and I've spent most of my life in the woods.

Still no response from DNR. I emailed them Sunday morning. I guess it wasn't worth their time.

DNR has been too busy ruining the 50 and 100 yard ranges at Charlie Elliott.

 

[dixieammo]

DNR has been too busy ruining the 50 and 100 yard ranges at Charlie Elliott.

X2 and sticking there noses where it does not belong, sorry ass mother ****ing green jeans