This is an older post but I have to add to this one because I was lucky enough to watch a buck make rubs this year. It was a nice 8 point, 15-16 inches wide with short tines, looked like a 2 1/2 year old buck. I rattled him in once to 50 yards and rattled again 10 minutes later and he came in to the base of the tree I was in. He stood for 5 minutes just looking. He walked 10 steps to a 2" tree and destroyed it! He rubbed for close to 20 minutes. Then he walked 10 more steps to my right and destroyed another 3" tree for 20 minutes. He was within 20 yards for close to 45 minutes! When he was done and gone, I got down to take a look at what he had done. The amount of damage he did looked like he was a monster but he wasn't he was only a 2 1/2 year old. I'm glad I didn't shoot him because he made it through the bow and gun season. I attached a picture I took last week of him. I'm now glad I didn't take him because he should be around for next year. I passed this buck a second time two days before gun season with a bow. It looks like he may have had a close call with a bullet from the look of mark on his back. I personally look for power pole size rubs and genearlly you can find a few if look around. This shows me that there are big deer around. I'm going to put the trail camera on one next week to see what I get a picture of.