Companions won't fell trees, why?

[Tom H]

I have games on both the free versions and Steam version in which Companions, when told to fell trees, state that they will WHEN they have the proper equipment and when there are proper trees to fell.

I've given a woodsman's ax to the first one. He already had a handaxe. Still the same response. In the other game, the Companion has his own woodsman's ax. There are plenty of larger trees in both games yet neither will comply with my orders.

Does anybody have an answer as to why they refuse to work?

[Tom H]

Sami had the answer. I had a tree full of bear skulls, from the Skull spell, and apparently, it spooked them! I had to move the skulls a considerable distance to ease their minds so they'd get back to felling trees.