Beech Bark
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I don't have porcupine around me, but do have lots of beavers. They like to strip off bark and eat it but I have never seen them do it to a beech tree.
Beaver damage. The beavers in our creek loved to girdle all the Ash trees. When they killed all the ash trees, they started eating the bark off the Beech, Burr oak, Hackberrr, and Elm trees. About the only trees they won't touch are Walnut and Sycamore.
I suggest finding a trapper to take care of the problem. It will only get worse if you don't limit the population. On a side note, ask the trapper if you can have the meat from the beaver. It's actually good.
I suggest finding a trapper to take care of the problem. It will only get worse if you don't limit the population. On a side note, ask the trapper if you can have the meat from the beaver. It's actually good.
Lynch
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Backwoods Savage
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devinsdad
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How far away is the waterway? I'll go out back and take some pictures of my beaver damage. I've seen porcupines eat wooden tree stands
JustWood
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shamelessLEE said:
I'm with you on this, the pine lives in the tree across the trail. Trail Cam going up next weekend.
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Over the hill from here are a bunch of beaver ponds, and there are many trees with similar damage around the ponds. I can't say for sure beavers did the damage, but they are the prime suspects. if the same damage was more than a few feet off the ground, then I'd say porcupines for sure.
devinsdad said:
I have one small beech by the brook a beaver started on then just left, I'll try and get a picture next weekend.
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zapny said:
Those are really good pictures - and I bet a mammalogist could tell from the incisor marks.
On trees that i've seen beavers chewing on - seems like they chew deeper into the wood - and that the teeth marks look bigger.
although that was a good point that someone made about porcupines chewing further up in the tree as well.
FLINT said:
This is some info from this link that I read after posting.
http://www.ehow.com/about_6325997_porcupine-diet.html
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