Rubs? A favorite scouting find indeed.

Here's my take: First of all, someone said that the longer the tines the higher up the tree the rub will go????? No, no, no, a buck rubs a tree primarily with his brow tines and the glands at the base of his tines. A bigger buck stands taller and that is why rubs that go higher up the tree "can" indicate a bigger buck. Secondly, look the rub over and try to understand what's going on around it. For example if a rub goes low to the ground such as within 3 or 4 inches of it, then a small buck made it because his antlers didn't prevent him from lowering his head so far. Another good thing to look for is branches close by the rubbed tree, if they are scraped lightly and sit about 6, 8 or 10 inches away from the primary rub you have another indication of tine length. Finally, I primarily use rubs to indicate to me that a good buck is in the area. I don't use them to pattern the deer at all. They, don't hit the same rubs everyday/night at the same time like they are on a schedule or a pattern. Rather, if you find the rubs, then find the food, you should have lots of does and that will bring you bucks.

Who wants to talk about scrapes? LOL

TBO