Who did this?

[rbcostley]

About 3 feet up the tree. Cougar?

[kepPNW]

First instinct would be to say it was a buck scraping the velvet off new antlers.

[Don Nelsen]

I agree with Karl. I've seen a lot of small trees like scratched up like that in my wanderings.

dn

[Koda]

roughly 3' and lower deer rub, above that and destroy the whole tree elk rub.

[rbcostley]

Thanks all!

[viking]

Bears leave a series of parallel scrapes going down a tree trunk. Deer from about a foot off the ground to 3' or so, scrapes usually 1' or less in length. Elk scrape from 2' up to 6' some times, often there scrapes can be 3' in length. both show marks up and down but typically more damage in the up stroke. Both deer and elk will typically stay on one side of a tree when scraping it making marks that can reach around the trunk, deer the marks will be at the same elevation as the front, with elk the marks on the back will be higher than the front. Deer scrapes might be about 1/4" deep, elk can be 3/4" or so. Branched antler deer and elk both can tear up a tree pretty good, but with the low, short marks and no branches knocked off higher my guess is deer.

[miah66]

What I suspect to be bear scrape? Near Mud Lake below Tomlike Mtn in the Columbia Gorge.