Is This a Hunter's Creature?

"I was excited at the time. I had aspirations to be in the military and the idea of getting to wander around the woods was such a cool concept to me," says former student, who now lives in New York City. "It actually turned out to be pretty boring and really tiring." A carved figure 8-like shape is found on a tree that may have been carved into it by a hunter so they wouldn't get lost.