RE: Question on deer hoof growth
My info on Benoits is filtered through Outdoor Life, maybe they misquoted the track width idea.
For rubs, my personal opinion (I haven't done anything as far as actually measuring the things) is that it's highly variable. A big buck may whack hell out of a thumb size tree and a forkhorn may tear into an 8" tree. I have observed a lot of elk rubbing trees in my September hunts, and a big bull seems just as likely to tear up a little bitty willow shrub as tackle a big tree.