woolybear Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Wondering who gets excited over a good rub line...or in this case circle? I've been keeping track of these from back in October to pressent. These cover a mile or so diameter. This first one has a sort of signature to it with the two straight gouges. 3 years ago I came across another tree scarred the same way. If these are brow tines they have 7 inches between them. This next set has another bit of character to it that has shown up this season. Usualy 2 trees about 3 feet apart get hit from both sides. Between the trees is an active scrape. I call these 'field goal rubs'. Next two pics are set up the same way but taken individualy as they occured. After the second rub appeared later that day, another field goal scrape right down the middle. 2 feet from that one.... The rest of the pics are just a few other decent ones I took note of that completed the circle. Heigth and size of the trees as well as their locations were of interest to me at the time they were made. Rumors from some of the neighbors are beginning to surface about a mature buck showing up in close proximaty to their backyards again at last light where some of them were found. Others are between these areas and some swampy cover I don't have acess to. Basically I'll be trying to formulate a gameplan and timeframe to ambush him come our late bow/ML season. So my question is how much faith do you put in hunting rub lines and what kind of information do you gather from them to establish a solid strategy to bag your buck by or do you feel they are just a waste of time at this point in the year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Wow, you got some brutes lurking around! those would have been some awesome hunting spots early season...I've killed the last 4 seasons' bucks, including this year's, over scrapes or set-up right by them....Never tried setting up right over just rubs.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Archer 01 Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Those are some really nice rubs there. You must have a big buck on the land that you hunt somewhere. I always thought that you hunt near rubs or scrapes in the early season. I dont know anything about hunting near rubs or scrapes in the late season. One thing that you do know is that you have a big buck in that area somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Big tree, big buck Those are exciting looking rubs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesse8953 Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Those are some great rubs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Yup...That would get me excited for sure:yes:. Do you know if the good buck you shot was the one making those? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 I've hunted rub lines but they were also travel corridor/natural funnels as well. So I'm not sure. Late season the buck that made them will come back to that home area if he wasn't shot. Sometimes they check them sometimes they don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted December 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Yup...That would get me excited for sure:yes:. Do you know if the good buck you shot was the one making those? I don't think so, but can't say for sure. Seen a good one in there this year but couldn't tell exactly how good in the low light. Gonna join the cam addicts here after season to see whats made it through. Hoping to get 2 or 3 of them out by the end of next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodtrails Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 :clap::clap: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad dryden Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 I have had several bucks do this one was killed it had a 28in spread and it was a monster seeing this buck over 300yds away he was still a monster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Givan Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Thats awesome. I have never found rubs on trees that big. The biggest rub i ever found was on a tree the size of my arm. Thats some crazy rubs there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNcrittergittr Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 (edited) Wow! Very nice!... Deer will frequent rubs all year. Granted, earlier in the season can be the hot time to hunt them, but bucks will return to their core areas after the rut. Once they've rested up after the rut and get back on their feet, they'll continully check out their spots. Just last week a nice heavy 9 pointer made a rub just off a main trail on my property along a ridge leading to his feeding grounds. We set up a camera and have been getting great pics of him. My little brother hasn't got a buck yet so, we're gonna be setting up to intercept him! We have a blizzard comin tonight, and we LOVE hunting the snow! The deer will be moving for sure, so hopefully we can make somethin happen and my brother can score and put an arrow through em! I'd recommend trying to figure out if these rubs are anywhere around or lead to a food source and set up. Either way, this area is home to some bucks, and by the looks of it some good ones! More than likely the buck or bucks that made these will return to them sometime...Good luck Wooly! Edited December 9, 2009 by MNcrittergittr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chenango Dave Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 That's some great sign there Wooly, get them cams out there so we can see what ya got...Good luck come muzzleloader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted December 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Shopping them as we speak Dave. Many of these along the line allow me to rule out any daytime movement. The other half between the creekbottom and corn plot may get my attention next week. This snow today helped. Deer seem to be using them as roadsigns/landmarks yet in their travels. Sat the blind for a few hours with the cam today. Nothing walking the line though in daylight. On a positive note, pressure is non existant. Not a bootprint in the woods but plenty of hoove prints, just couldn't cut a lone set of tracks that jumped out at me. Next week ends the season so hopefully the buck I have created in my mind will show up at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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