OK,

Other guys from Ontario will vouch for me that the chances that it was a moose are extremely remote to the point where it is impossible. Moose are generally a few hundred miles north of my area.

There also isn' t any logging going on in the area, thus the skidder idea is out as well. The land is a tract of forest owned by the Government. The large branch fell off the tree and presumably covered the trail. So, workers with chainsaws sectioned the log and piled it up beside the tree.

The rub is fresh which leads me to believe that it might be a deer. The only real question was if it was possible the deer would climb up on top of the piled logs to make the rub?

It the higher the rub a sign of dominance?

If it wasn' t a deer....what was it?

Mike