Vocalizations and wood knocking in Mark Twain National Forest witnessed in Dent County, Missouri

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I don't know what to think. I have visited this website many, many times and was impressed by what I have read and the research you do. I have to add what I have experienced. First a little background on me: I am 60 years old and work for the U.S. Government. I have been camping for most of my life and was an Adult Boy Scout Leader and Trainer for approx. 20 years. I have been hunting for over 30 years as well. I know the animals that inhabit the woods in Missouri. I own 80 fenced acres of private property in the Mark Twain National Forest in Dent County Missouri. I am bordered on the southeast 40 acres by a farm and on the northwest 40 acres by a farm. The rest is all National Forest on all sides of my property. On my property there is a wet weather creek that almost always has a little water in it. My property is mostly oak forest with about 10 acres of open space that was once used for grazing cattle. There is a pine foreset on the northeast side where an old logging road is...