today i went to check out a new sop for the last week or so of season, its in the city.. there was so much sign it wasnt funny, i came upon a rub on a tree tht was the same size if not bigger than a telphone pole. i seen 7 in a matter of 100 yards.. i almsot thought i was too good to be true, they was real hard wood so it would take abruiser of a buck to cut it like it did... anyone have any good ideas to bag this buck.. and yes i put my cam up just afer that.
Greg Miller the writer/celeb has a lot of info on hunting buck rub lines. I've personally never set up just on a rubline unless I have other evidence i.e. trail cams or visuals to go with it. Let your trail camera do the scouting for you now. Those rubs could be abandoned this time of the year if the buck or bucks that hit this rubline hard are feeding somewhere else this winter.
i'd let my trail cam make that choice for me, unless i had nowhere else to hunt then i'd be in a tree there anyway.
Big rubs are always fun to find. But.. its their location that really matters. If its heavily wooded with likely very very nearby bedding areas... thats a very very good thing. The presence of many BIG rubs in relation to the areas wooded size means you more than likely have a good and healthy population of older class bucks. And thats a huge plus. From my experiences with rub lines.. rub lines wherein the trees that are rubbed are very near.. very close together... typically mean you're in a doe area... maybe a heavily used doe bedding or feeding area.. which for you would mean the area would require your utmost attention come the beginning and throughout the breeding period. Throw out your trailcam... monitor it.. but unless you have a really good late season food source very very near.. you'll probably get mostly does on cam this time of year. Don't get discouraged by this if its the case... return next year at the breeding season and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Like others have said if things are current you will probably do no good this year, but file this spot in your memory banks for next year and plan to be there at the right time. Also advice for this year and next, the less you or anyone is in there the better! Dan
