Is a buddy pulling a fast one on me?

[timbobowhunter]

[RACK]

Definatly a beaver

[BIG IRON]

I think it is a wild Beaver!! Just what we need a wild Beaver thread...

Looks like the wood was "shaved" from the tree. For that I am going with fake.

[Snacks]

Fake

[onejump]

Fake

[Zookeeper]

I'm going the porcupine route on this one

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[Smart]

There is a reason they call it a buck rub and not a buck chiseling or shaving......I agree with the others on it being fake

[PondPopper]

Tell your buddy that he needs to learn how to make a buck rub.
He needs to get in the practice of not using hatchet.

[junkmanhunter]

I think it's fake.

I would offer to go sit with him and film the hunt if he would like.

[noflyzone]

I don't know about the size and shape of the rub because I have seen ones that look like that before.

BUT, the shavings still being around the base of the tree look suspect. They seem to be very fresh and not discolored or trampled at all. When a buck is working a tree over he will step on a lot of those shavings.

I honestly could go either way. If you have a spot where you have got game cam pics of a buck, I wouldn't leave it to hunt a rub your buddy claims he found.

[Free q2]

Fake.

[holepuncher]

Rub at Chum Stand

This one is the real deal, its pretty low to the ground.
The bark in yours is a lot larger and looks like shavings you use for Stalls.
I would say Beavers or Fake.

[antp510]

looks like knife shavings on the ground to me...

[super^dave]

Looks like tree was already dead when your buddy rubbed the bark off of it!

[Horitexan]

That buck must have razor sharp antlers, lol!

FAKE!!