What did this?

[Pushbutton2]

Friend says it's a deer.
I'm not sure. I think something is eating the bark.
Yet there's bark lying on the ground.....

[Johnny Dangerr]

I think you’re looking at three different problems. Yes you do have claw marks in one. The rest seem to be natural issues... IMO....

Actually a couple look like tractor marks - truck etc....

[IvoryRoot]

Looks like something my kids do with machetes.

[boh347]

Porcupine

[texan16]

Kids playing with knives/hatchet maybe....

[MadHatter]

Machetes was my first thought as well.

[BigDraw]

Where at

[Snowflake Killa]

Beaver

[kruppa24]

Horse on 3rd pic

[tfrye]

The creepy girl from The Ring

[Range97]

Looks like my trees when my son learned to drive the zero turn mower

[RTC]

ChupaCabra!

[tex4k]

Could be lots of things, sheep and goats will completely debark trees when they get hungry enough.

[Pushbutton2]

I think you’re looking at three different problems. Yes you do have claw marks in one. The rest seem to be natural issues... IMO....

Actually a couple look like tractor marks - truck etc....

There is scratch marks on all of them..

Looks like something my kids do with machetes.

Kids are gone and married w/kids of their own

Kids playing with knives/hatchet maybe....

No kids

Porcupine

This is my thought as well

Where at

Grand Saline area

Beaver

Machetes was my first thought as well.

Looks like my trees when my son learned to drive the zero turn mower

All except the one are 2-3 foot off the ground....

[Snowflake Killa]

Beaver with a ladder