Bark scratched off trees?

Grant · 05-03-2011, 09:35 AM

A bear scratch will have visible claw marks. A moose rub will not. Height sounds more like moose. They rub the velvet off and polish their racks just like deer. Here's a photo of one (healed) from the Sandwich Range.

jmen24 · 05-03-2011, 10:55 AM

The removing of velvet does not occur until September, just before the rut. This is more than likely last years rub if it did not have the claw marks in the sap wood.

Moose and deer will not rub a tree in the same fashion to remove the antlers as they would to remove the velvet. The antlers will usually fall off as they walk through thick brush. The change in the bases happens naturally to shed the antlers and rarely requires help to remove them from the skull.

Ten feet is also very high even for a moose, but I assume this was a quick guess at the height and not something that was measured. Just guessing as I do not typically carry a tape measure with me when hiking, but you never know whats in others packs.

05-03-2011, 09:35 AM	#1
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,501 Thanks: 377 Thanked 231 Times in 125 Posts	A bear scratch will have visible claw marks. A moose rub will not. Height sounds more like moose. They rub the velvet off and polish their racks just like deer. Here's a photo of one (healed) from the Sandwich Range. __________________ "When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it."

05-03-2011, 10:55 AM	#2
jmen24 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,139 Thanks: 223 Thanked 319 Times in 181 Posts	The removing of velvet does not occur until September, just before the rut. This is more than likely last years rub if it did not have the claw marks in the sap wood. Moose and deer will not rub a tree in the same fashion to remove the antlers as they would to remove the velvet. The antlers will usually fall off as they walk through thick brush. The change in the bases happens naturally to shed the antlers and rarely requires help to remove them from the skull. Ten feet is also very high even for a moose, but I assume this was a quick guess at the height and not something that was measured. Just guessing as I do not typically carry a tape measure with me when hiking, but you never know whats in others packs.