Timbercruiser is correct.Unless I have totally lost it, which at my age is entirely possible, I don't think turkeys have hooves.And I simply find it hard to believe that even the biggest, baddest,boss gobbler coould manage to rake the bark off a 3" hickory. All kidding aside, for folks that do not hunt deer this far south it does seem strange. But it is true. The territorial marking that I have seen in the March time frame is no where as common as it is during the November-December time frame, but there is often clear evidence of fresh scraping and rubbing going on. I have never seen bucks running does this time of year, so maybe this is not a "rut' activity but some otherof which I am not aware.I will be in the turkey woods this weekend. I'll look for "rut" sign and post next week some time.Better yet, if I find a hot scrape I'll set up a trail camera.