Im going to experiment with a rubbing post this year. Going to cut a small tree about 6 ft tall and leave a licking branch on about 4.5 ft high and put it in the open area near my stand off a corn field. Any suggestions when to do this? Will bucks hit rubs before the shed the velvet?
Try to find a cedar. From what I've heard those are the best to make rubbing posts or horizontal posts.
sounds good. I have some pre-orbital gland that ive been itching to use too. does it really matter when I do this or should I wait til later in the summer?
Not really sure. I never have done either of them yet. On Youtube look up White Knuckle web show. Pretty good shows and the guy does a lot of the horizontal rubs. Might be able to get some info off them.
Check this Thread out http://forums.bowhunting.com/bowhunting-talk/rubbing-post-80393/?highlight=HORIZONTAL
I can't embed on this site for some reason but here. Click on this link. [video]https://youtu.be/FfSzrAsWX80[/video]
I'm putting one in this weekend. Have the perfect cedar for it picked out. Also going to get things ready for a rope scrape setup as well.
Going to do a natural fiber rope that's soaked in preorbital scent hanging from an overhead branch. I'll soak it inside a gallon sized ziplock before I hang it and then refresh it once a week when checking cameras.
made a "rub post" 2 years ago from an old cedar fence post, hasn't been hit yet but haven't tried any scents or lures with it. I made a horizontal rub last year that a couple deer were interested in but no takers for a full rub.
There are a couple Midwest Whitetail videos on the rub post idea. I couldn't find the original video (which sucks because it was very informative) but this is the result of this guys work. He says the post got the most activity in Oct/Nov which I guess is to be expected. Midwest Whitetail | Make a Horizontal Rub for Deer - YouTube
Yes it is brilliant, but I don't want to claim credit for it. It's a Don Higgins thing that I read about last year. I'm putting in a second food plot behind my house this year and clearing some really thick nasty buckthorn out in the process. I just don't have any good trees with overhanging branches for a licking branch in the spot I want it. So I'm going to try the rope scrape thing there and see how it works in my neck of the woods. I'll probably use a Tink's product, I don't think the exact type of scent really matters as much as the placement of it does. I'd like to find a way to make a cedar horizontal rubbing post with one of the uprights having the rope hanging off it.
I have a couple cedar trees that I topped a couple years back to clear for a stand, going to limb the rest of it except 1 branch hope it works on live cedar trees.
