This fella begs to differ: http://www.buckrubs.com/ Of course, there are no absolutes and it seems logical that a heavily used trail would be prone to annual visits. I did some reading and have learned that the head honcho will make a large "sign post" rub which so obviously large that it is easily distinguished from rubs used to remove velvet.
I'm not here to disagree with anyone but my experiences have told me a mature buck will visit the same area year after year because he's just that, a mature, most likely, dominant buck. Each state and what not is different though I'm sure. I'd still say give it a shot!
Attached are pics of the so called sign post rub. My buudy and I were out at a WI tree farm three summer ago to see the owner about damage hunting. Long story short, out walked a fella with a young boy...they had just finished turkey hunting. After finding out that we drove 2.5 hrs and were retired Navy he invited us to hunt his cabin in Richland County WI. I found a trail and was looking for a good spot for a ground blind when I saw this freakish looking rub. Naturally I got out the trusty GZ one Commando and snapped a couple of pics. I just xfered these pics from my phone, to email, to my desktop. We left the fella lost of beer and cleaned the bejesus out of his cabin but never got a return invite. unfortunately, we were returning to the cabin after supper and saw a car hit deer along a dangerous road. neither of us had knives on us so the little fella went out with a Judo choke hold. When the owner came by the next day, the deer was quartered and in a hefty bag, but the head (with lil buttons) was on the picnic table. I gave him the pic of the meat, but he only wanted a strap. I should have opened that bag and showed him the rear quarter that was all busted up. I don't think he believed our story and thought we popped one of his fawns.....which incidently I'm not above. In all my years of hunting, This is the only rub I've encountered like this. The owner said it was likely a porkypine, but in pic two you can clearly see where tines were digging in
