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Post by ncboman on Apr 17, 2005 23:27:34 GMT -5
Rubs.
Some places just don't have many, other places have lots.
Most rubbing activity I've ever seen was in Illinois. Deer there rub everything almost. Move to SE Ohio and rubs are very scattered, sometimes very few to be found.
I'd say rubs here in eastern NC are more 'normal'. Usually there is another within 50yds of where you find one or a cluster. Buck trails here aren't too difficult to follow.
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Post by Buckfever on Apr 19, 2005 22:47:27 GMT -5
Here in IL we have a tredmendous amount of sign really starting from mid October. The rubs here while providing info regarding travel corridors do also tend to have a specific character of concentration right outside bedding areas, indicating a staging area. That info combined with scrapes in the proximity has consistently provided a high probability area for buck sightings for me particularly for an evening hunt. Often times I have been able to setup, given the right wind, in such close proximity that I've been able to see or hear them come up out of their beds. THis is an interesting post as I think that I would really be handicapped in my effectiveness absent these signs. I would have to rely on my understanding of habitat and the way the bucks use it, which is not as well developed and something that I've only in the last few years started to really get a handle on.
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Post by DaveHawk on Apr 20, 2005 10:42:25 GMT -5
If you look you see them. I prity much know the travel routes of the deer here and can follow a rub line on one deer , then there are a community rubs and rubbing poll. Some areas around or in the thickets get hammered by a domanet buck hard while the outer edges are hit by the samller bucks.
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