Help Identify

[RIVERRAT]

I have seen this before but not to the extent this Pin Oak had it. This pic was taken over 60' up the tree is easily a 100 years old.

Any Ideas?

 

[FJR]

Is that the only symptom?

 

[RIVERRAT]

Tree is is pretty healthy for it's age.

There where 5 areas in the tree like this. It looks like some thing is in wood?

I'm stymied by it.

 

[Old Monkey]

It looks like something looking for food made those marks. A bird perhaps.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Are you sure it is a pin oak and not the ever elusive Franken oak?

 

[Underwor]

If it was a row, following the grain of the branch I would guess cicada, but these are the wrong direction.

 

[Marc-Antoine]

A previous arborist who wanted to have fun giving some headache to the following climber ?

 

[flushcut]

Are you sure it is a pin oak and not the ever elusive Franken oak?

I thought they were stitches as well

 

[RIVERRAT]

A previous arborist who wanted to have fun giving some headache to the following climber ?

You know, that same thought crossed my mind. The previous climber gigged the crap out of this tree with thir hooks.
I mean not that big of a deal to me if some one hook climbs.....But for crying out be nice about it

I wish it was a better picture. But if you look closely you horizontal tearing or opening of the bark.