I recently gained access to 40 acres of heavy woods and swamp to hunt this fall, mainly for bow hunting. I also received a new GPS for Christmas to play around with. Last night I went out to the land with my GPS and started by walking the perimeter and recorded it to the GPS. Then I moved in about 30 yards from the perimeter and started walking back, looking for trails, rubs, potential stand locations etc and marking that information into my GPS. I plan on gridding out the rest of the land over the next few weeks.


My question is when bucks create rubs one seasons, do they return the following season to make rubs in the same area? Also, are they likely to revisit this area prior to the rut again this fall?

Thanks for the help