when do you see your first tree rubs??
09-20-2002, 05:52 PM
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Fork Horn
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when do you see your first tree rubs??
im in upstate new york, the rut is november 7-14 so the experts say and i usually dont see rubs till like oct 7th about a month before the full rut! today i was walking a ridge where ive seen this buck 2 times and found 6 trees freshly shredded!! this is the earliest i can remember seeing them,,,,, what about you????
p.s. man does it get the juices flowing,,,, but i have to wait till oct 15th!!
p.s. man does it get the juices flowing,,,, but i have to wait till oct 15th!!
09-20-2002, 05:59 PM
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RE: when do you see your first tree rubs??
Monsterbuckland, I am like you in that I generally don't find rubs until October.....the first or second week. But I attribute part of that due to not getting into the heavy timbered areas. I skirt the edges of crop fields when scouting to look for trails entering the fields so what rubs I might find early are traveling rubs, small saplings and brush.
09-20-2002, 07:12 PM
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RE: when do you see your first tree rubs??
Here in Mississippi the rut doesn't kick in to around Dec.15 - Jan 1. However, I usually start seing rubs well before then usually in mid to late October. As such, I wouldn't think it is unusual for you to start seing rubs now with the run only about 2 months away.
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09-20-2002, 08:17 PM
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Boone & Crockett
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RE: when do you see your first tree rubs??
Peak rut is said to be Nov 15th in PA. I've seen a couple rubs already.
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09-20-2002, 08:39 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Elberton Georgia USA
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RE: when do you see your first tree rubs??
Guys,
Our bow season opened a week ago and the bucks are really tearing the trees up now (hadn't got to hunt much though-rained practically every day). Where I hunt we have been passing all of the smaller bucks up for the past couple of years and have harvested several does so we should see alot of improvement to the buck/doe ratio. Also the bucks should be getting some size in their racks now. Last year we passed up a couple of 13" wide 8 pters so I'm really looking forward to seeing those deer again (if I can tell that's them when I see them again). I personally passed up a dozen smaller bucks, havesting 2-16" wide 8 pters. Several of the thumb-sized bushes have been rung off, and the woods is filling up with hornings. Deer season IS LOOKING PROMISING FOR THIS YEAR IN NE GA.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
Good huntin to you fellas,
GB
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Our bow season opened a week ago and the bucks are really tearing the trees up now (hadn't got to hunt much though-rained practically every day). Where I hunt we have been passing all of the smaller bucks up for the past couple of years and have harvested several does so we should see alot of improvement to the buck/doe ratio. Also the bucks should be getting some size in their racks now. Last year we passed up a couple of 13" wide 8 pters so I'm really looking forward to seeing those deer again (if I can tell that's them when I see them again). I personally passed up a dozen smaller bucks, havesting 2-16" wide 8 pters. Several of the thumb-sized bushes have been rung off, and the woods is filling up with hornings. Deer season IS LOOKING PROMISING FOR THIS YEAR IN NE GA.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
Good huntin to you fellas,
GB
Smack 'em where it hurts!
09-20-2002, 08:47 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Little Egg harbor NJ
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RE: when do you see your first tree rubs??
Well I am in NJ and I haven't seen any so far. But I know the bucks don't have velvet anymore so they should be some kind of rubs somewhere but not many so far. I think about the first or second week of oct. there will be more.
Brian
Brian
09-20-2002, 09:02 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Niagara ND United States
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RE: when do you see your first tree rubs??
Well I went out tonight and hunted near a rub I found over two weeks ago and I seen the buck that made it (I think) and he goes about 16to 18 wide and fairly tall, he didn't want to come and pay me a vist tonight though well that's why thay call it hunting, there rubin up here in No. Dak.
09-20-2002, 09:05 PM
#10
Giant Nontypical
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RE: when do you see your first tree rubs??
i found 3 small ones on trees i can wrap my fingers around and touch....they were pretty fresh looking at the end of august! i think maybe he was trying to rub off velvet though not because of rutting?..
