I miss Lake Tenkiller. I used to live on Black Gum Mountain just out of Vian.

Don't have a clue about the skull but love the Tenkiller area. DH has an aunt that lives up there.

mltquilt

Looks like a beaver

I vote for beaver, too. Don't tell me we have no naturlist on this board? Maybe someone's husband? LOL

I thought beaver had blunt teeth...not pointy? Anyway...it doesn't look like a skull to me...it looks more like a set of claws? You should ask a local hunter...they usually know.

It is probably a Chuppcara.

LOL! My thought too!


The chupacabras is a legendary cryptid rumored to inhabit parts of the Americas. The name comes from the animal's reported habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock, especially goats.

wild pig? they look like tusks to me, but i would think the skull would be bigger. don't know if young ones have tusks like the adults do.

I have found museum curators very helpful and informative. I'll bet if you e-mail the photo and explain where it was found, they would be happy to tell you about it.
If it were here in NY, I would send the photo to our DEC and ask. They put out a great magazine here called Conservationist, and they often show and identify skulls, etc.

Great idea, we have a living history museum near us. I will inquire there.