rubs

[duckenguy]

anyone start to see some rubs with this cool weather. scouted yesterday before hunt found one tree that was hit a little. thought i would see more:huh:

[Racker]

there just starting here in eastern ocean county.... found some rubs and scrapes near my stands!!!!!! I think the rut is getting later and later every year as our climate changes.... Last year i shot a 8 pointer with the muzzleloader that was chasing a doe in feb!! when you see a fawn with spots this time of year you can gaurantee she became prego in feb!

[QuintonZ29]

Rubs and scapes for 2 weeks now...I have a stand that you can see 6 scrapes and 10 rubs from it....I have a camera on it and its all night time...expected for this time of year...I put a camera on one of the scrapes and over night I got pictures...heres some of the culprites.....notice the time..I'm only seeing small bucks on the scrapes during shooting time...155 156

[BLACKCLOUD]

Hey Quinton that buck on the left looks like a decent buck

[QuintonZ29]

He sure is...I have a couple of nice 8's and a 7 on trail cam...only early in the year they were on trail cam in daylight...Now its strictly nights...Until the rut...Look out...I have moved my cameras from my inactive bait piles to open scrapes...I know I will catch some decent bucks on camera now...As the season goes on I will see what is really out there...If you dont own a trail camera your missing out...

[ub1243]

scrapes are everywere, i could smell two while walking in in the dark. and found two more walking out in the dark last night, also found with my nose.
i'm not seeing a lot of rubs, a few for the velvet. but not many yet.
after the bucks break up they will start marking.

[ACEarcher]

I got one spot thats rubs all to hell. I found 3 large scrapes with huge tracks in them too. My other spot I can't find a rub for the life of me. I know their out of velvet here cause we see them spotlighting, but just can't find any rubs. I'm sure their around, but just haven't noticed them. In a week or two I bet I'll be seeing tons of rubs there.

[QuintonZ29]

3 inch cedar chest high.... 161 I'm noticing all the concentration of rubs around the food sources... It's gonna explode soon enough...couple weeks...

[PhilCVG]

We noticed the first one around us about two weeks ago, possibly three weeks.

[duckenguy]

went out scouting this after noon and started to see some good ones i thought that cool air would get them started a little.

[phillyfishing]

this usually happens araly season.. they have to get the velvit off then during the rut it happens again.. i see them late aug-sept then again starting late oct all threw winter..

[QuintonZ29]

Yes it does but not as aggressive as it the rubs are now...I saw no rubs when the velvet off process was taking place.....these rubs were done after the velvet was off...they are all over right now along with car hood sized scrapes....

[ACEarcher]

Quinton,

I hear ya! I have one spot that is exactly like yours. Huge rubs all over. I found 3 huge (year car hood size) scrapes about 30yds from the rubs. Now a situation like this you must tread carefully. I'm only checking this area every now and then and most of the time I'm doing it with bino's from a distance. You don't want that buck to know that your there too. All this sign is telling you that their is a very dominate buck very close by. I'm thinking at my place that his bedding area must be super close by due to all the territory marking he's doing. My circumstance is this wood lot is only about 6-8 acres big. It is surrounded by fields. On the right hand side of the woods their are 2 very thick headge rows that run into the wood lot that I hunt. The top headge row is thick and they love bedding in there. I'm thinking he's bedding there. Right now I'm just waiting for the consistent colder temps to get him up and moving more. Since this place is surrounded by fields I can't hunt this place in the morning. The deer are out in the fields in the morning and if i try to move in there in the morning I'll for sure spook every deer out of that area. With it being like that I only hunt it in the afternoon. I move in when they are bedding and setup before they get up and start moving. So your very close to his bedding area. Just becareful with your scent and noise. Good luck man!!!!!!

[LUCKY7]

I haven't seen many rubs while walking so far, however Saturday afternoon I did see a small buck tearing up a tree.

[Bait Runner]

Yeah, things are different year after year. I had a small 4pt chasing a doe and grunting the other night. He even tried to get up and ride her back until she punched his lights out with her front holves. Earliest I have seen this activity in about 10 to 12 years. May just be a young buck with alot of testorin, or a young doe starting a little early. Rubs in scrapes all over in my woods.

[bigdsman]

i have seen alot of rubs this past two weeks and also a few scrapes around

[QuintonZ29]

Look who showed up on that scrape...I had 15 different deer on that one scrape over night.....they are feeling it....soon boys, soon....

[what the buck]

what kind of trail cam are the pics from

[QuintonZ29]

Its a moutltree IR5.0........color by day and black and white at night...Even though there is no white flash the red colored IR does draw there attention and I have seen them spook from it....