RE: when do you see your first tree rubs??
 

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monsterbuckland-if you have to wait until oct.15th-youre not in upstate ny-here we start oct.1-have a safe and productive yr.??

i think your lost,,,, southern bow opens the 15th,, northern bow opens this friday the 27th!!!!!!!! ill be there!!

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hye monsterbuck. I too am western newyork, here in rochester and well i can't attest to seeing rubs on trees yet, my buddies can. I was at the sabre game this past saturday night so i couldn't go out into the woods with my buddies to check on our scrapes. But, from what i hear, it is good. In my area i have a railroad track about 75 yards from me, and between me and the tracks there is a nice thick brush with a ton of trails funneling into one that goes right accross my stand at 20 yards. These trails funnel in from the left ( just tryin to paint a picture here). well where the trails all start to funnel, is pretty much open and if had to i could make a shot at 30 yards with no problem except reaching over my back to get an angle. In this little open area there are quite a few small tress the biggest beeing no more than 8 inches in circumference and beeing about 10-15 ft high. Well from what my buddies are telling me is that there are a few rubs rooming around in that part but nothing has touched my mock scrape yet. There have been deer at my buddies scrapes (of which i made for them) but nothing has come to visit mine. Anyway i'm going out monday to check it and add more sent. Good luck, be safe, and as always

Knuckles up>>> Brian

RE: when do you see your first tree rubs??
 

Here in Texas are rut is normally around Nov 7 - 21, so our rubs will start around the first of October.

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Just a little tid-bit for thoes who are unaware; those first couple of rubs you see are usually from the dominant animal in the area. The dominant bucks are not only removing velvet, they are establishing territory in order to break up the bachelor groups of summer. These rubs are signposts, saying, "We are no longer buddies. Cross this line and get a butt-whippin!"

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found 2 more rubs by a stand and several more starting a line, a friend said he found scrapes also on a rub line!!

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I hunt in maryland and dont usually see rubs until the middle of october. Im going in the woods tom Ill let ya know what I see.

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you guys rule! thanks for the info!!