Comments on: Buck Rubs – The Rundown On Deer Rubs

By: Blake Irby

Blake Irby — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:37:48 +0000

My deer have been eating slow this year.They just stoped eating,about 60 yards from my food plot.I found a scrap looks reel fresh how whould i hunt that Do i stay where i am or do move to the scrap?

By: Drew

Drew — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:22:23 +0000

I found 2 large rubs this week. They were on trees with atleast a 7inch diameter. Looking for tips to bag him before the end of the weekend, or next year.

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:32:25 +0000

Got a buck rubbing every tree in a 50 yard lenght down a creek. Rubs are on open side with oaks. On other side is facing THICk stuff. It is pre-rut and rut her now.Wher would you set up? WInd tends to change frequently in this area. Is at bottom of long sloping hill on oak side.

By: ken johnson

ken johnson — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:49:20 +0000

this is my first year bow hunting, i hunt a small 10 acre woods serrounded by corn fields. i have been watching 4 scapes and put up a trail cam.have seen a 10 pnt buck on cam, but also haventg seen him come back,is this normal,what should i do.

By: nick

nick — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:15:57 +0000

Hey guys,
I have a fence row between a corn field and bean field. 4 years in a row in the same area in two spots a big 12 point I’m told is making these marks. Two weels ago.they were not there and now there are 7 trees just tore apart. One tree being about 7 in in diameter. I have hunted this for years only taking on doe. Any good ways to lure the big buck out.
Nick

By: justin

justin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:45:35 +0000

hi i was hunting today on my farm and went to check a spot where i found a buck rub on a small crab apple tree back in late septeber and its a small patch of woods between 2 feilds no bigger than 40 or 50 yards wide on 1 side is a pear and apple orchard and a small pond right below it well any ways i went back today and ran out about 6 or 7 does and 1 buck that i could tell that was a buck after they left i went in to check it out and found about 5 nice rubs in the smallest part of the little piece of the ground all close togeather whats your oppinion on this should i be hunting it or let it go

By: Vince

Vince — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:29:49 +0000

I am curious about two comments you made about a buck’s bedding area being near a cluster of rubs and a buck’s bedding area being near a sign post rub. We have a dry slough on our property that is surrounded by woods on 3 sides but not far from our house (we don’t live there just a recreational property). It has a massive amount of rubs and a huge sign post rub that has been revisited two years in a row. This would surprise me if the buck/bucks lived right in that slough since if they crossed a field north of this slough they could bed on a wooded river ridge which would not be so close to human activity.

Do you think they could be bedded in this dry slough?

By: Deer Hunting

Deer Hunting — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:25:10 +0000

I seriously doubt it! But technically, as long as they have their antlers, they could rub trees. Are you sure it’s a Buck rubbing the tree?

By: Greg Harris

Greg Harris — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:08:06 +0000

I see rub activity in mid February. Do bucks rub to help with the shedding? To loosen them up so to speak? Thanks.

By: Deer Hunting

Deer Hunting — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:21:52 +0000

It’s impossible for me to say whether that buck is still there or not. You’ll have to do some in season scouting, being very careful not to spook the buck. If he’s using the area, he’ll leave sign.