I think way to much emphasis is put on hunting rubs and scrapes.

To be honest, I haven't put a stand over a rub or scrape on purpose in 3 years or so. But rubs and scrapes always appear near my stands once the pre rut / rut kicks. I think if you are hunting a rub or a cluster of rubs that is already there you are just to late. You already missed out on the fresh sign and you are now hunting old deer sign.

People hunt rubs and scrapes during the rut and I just don't feel that concept. Rubs and scrapes are old news during the rut. He has other things on his mind he is running does while Joe bowhunter is hunting a month old rub line that goes to a feeding source or along a field edge while the bucks are chasing does through that funnel back in the timber. Deer patterns change constantly. When that buck made that rub line a month ago it is a very real possibility, ( a gimmie) that he was on a totally different pattern the first week of Oct. when he made the rub line than he will be the first week of Nov.

IMO the only "rub line" worth hunting is one coming directly out of a secure bedding area.

Just my opinions, take it with a grain of salt