any one have any examples?
or reasons why??
thanks ken

just one of many possible reasons.

Territory (overall)
relaxation area for the group
a trail marker
nervous twitch (like we do with twigs and stuff)
a warning marker

"Hey, theres no humans around to scare ... lets break a tree!"

Anger.....it is reported by witnesses sometimes as a means of driving them away....

Back scratching

Something they just do as a behavior.....like:

dogs digging
cats spraying
goats jumping up on things/head butting
horses pawing

you get the drift.....just some ideas....I have no knowledge whatsoever

I voted yes to the possibility,I,m still undecided on what to make of it yet.

hi all,

I think these are all good but breaking a tree at 7-8 ft also provides extra cover, it makes the tree bushy.

Try this ... In Washington State up in the Mt. St. helens area there is a lot of Tree breakage along State Route 503 up past the Swift Creek lake around mile post 23 which is about 3 miles south of wake-pish snopark. If you got a pittmon's map of Skamania county it is near ELK PASS. Get out of your car and look on the ground you will find prints up there. There is a patch of blueberries to the east of the road.

The State route 503 runs from the town of Cougar (exit 23 on I-5) to Randle which is on HWY 12 ( I-5 Exit 68 mossyrock) Randle is inbetween Mossyrock and Yakima. The road is clearly marked.

This section of road is closed in the winter time.

Good luck,
ken

Hummmm, unless it is the tree in my backyard, in which case, it didn't have enough leaves or limbs to be bushy! It is just an eyesore now is all. :roll:

I think in this case it just says..."I was here"....

I reckon it's because of the Bigfoots size that iot has difficulty runnuing through the scrub. Although Yowie are supposed to gnaw on trees to get at the witchetty grubs inside.

Targangil, first of all, hello to you, welcome to BFF.

I am glad you said this because in Louisiana we have found some odd tree occurences where something has been biting into them. They are pine and it is quite odd. Sometimes it is bitten well into the tree and at heights from anywhere around 3 to 10 feet off the ground.

Does anyone know if pine bark or sap contains any nutrients a large omnivorous biped might need? Is it sweet like maple sap? Might be good to know...