Worth a guess either way we all learn something - see Scotty Overkill has extensive background in cutting so he sees the key things that would distinguish this from a hickory or even possibly Ash. The main giveaways why this would be Maple is the spalting of the heartwood Ash is typically white heartwood - with somewhat similar bark but no detailed chain-link pattern Hickory will always have a reddish-brown heart wood with a wider less detailed chain-link bark(depending on the species not applicable to shagbarks)
ansehnlich1 my girl actually told me to wait to split it so she can help......if that ain't a keeper idk what is lol she's the best she has fun riding the quad around once we load up
The bark, the cambium layer and the spalted heartwood usually, in combination, are distinct to that tree.
