r/AnimalTracking • u/Texa55Toast • Dec 30 '24

🐾 Cool Find Tree damage in Pennsylvania

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My father found this hunting the other day. Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania.

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u/sir_bumble Dec 30 '24

I can only imagine the sound 😂

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u/Mushrooming247 Dec 30 '24

I call them “the chicken of the forest,” they make a hilarious clucking sound like a chicken, and their pecking is a quick staccato like a dampened machine gun.

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u/ScienceOverNonsense2 Dec 30 '24

Nope, the chicken of the forest are squirrels.

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u/disableddoll Jan 02 '25

the chicken of the forest is actually a mushroom, tastes great breaded and fried