Hunting Rub lines..
 

Just wondering how many folk's love to hunt Rub-lines Pre-rut..

I personly love to.. Iv'e been able to pattern many nice Bucks over the years this way..

RE: Hunting Rub lines..
 

i stick to my one lucky spot, but it has lots of rubs and scrapes luckily

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i do on a previous post i explained,on opening day of shotgun season i killed a 8 pointer and a button buck of a huge rub line in the creek,[didnt realize it until we were tracking}spotted several bucks at this rub line

RE: Hunting Rub lines..
 

You can really learn a lot about how and where the bucks are moving from rub lines. We have followed them to bedding areas with rubs all around the permiter. I'll let you know how well it works for us in a few weeks.

JMO

RE: Hunting Rub lines..
 

Rub lines are a great place to hang out early season. You can get a lot of information from a rub. Direction, rough time, regularity of usage and how many deer follow it from tracking. One other great sign post is a licking branch. You will find bucks frequenting these from velvet up to rut. The rubs are close by.. I like a light camo chair with no arms and a 3d leaf suit. Hunt with the wind in your favor!
Good Luck.

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Different strokes! I can't imagine hunting the "sign" as much as there is around here. I hunt where I think the does will be.....and sooner or later...that's where the bucks will be. It might be November before I see over a handful of bucks.....but I'll see my share when they start getting "antsy".....and start chasing.

I also can't snuggle up tot heir bedding areas.....so this option isn't viable for me. I'd love to have a property to hunt to try this, sometime. Their bedding area, where I hunt.....is off limits.

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So...GMAT...there is a ton of buck sign around your area, but you don't expect to see them until the pre-rut kicks in? I'm not following there.Maybe you're referring to droppings and feeding sign and nothing gender-specific.

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No...I'm referring to buck sign that appears later in the season. I see multiple (very many) rubs and scrapes.......too many to set up on and hunt (in my opinion).

I did hunt over a scrape I thought was a "major" scrape a couple of years ago. I watched 4 bucks work it the same morning....but none I was interested in. The only buck I WAS interested in trotted by the field without giving it a glance (of course...he could have very well scent-checked the scrape).

Too much sign, here....and too few bucks.....so....I just go where the does are.

Like I said.....different strokes.

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OK...gotcha. Sounds like you're doing the right thing....and you get results.

Hell, I'd just like to know where the does are hanging out where I hunt...I would have plunked one already! :D

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Moose.....I'm not sure I'm doing the right thing....lol....and I don't want to give the wrong impression. The bucks I saw that morning were a half rack 4-point....a BB, a six pointer and a spike. The one that didn't check it (although he may have scent checked it) was a nice 8 I've been after for 3 seasons, now. Go figure.

I don't know if I'm doing the right thing or not....I'm just learning by trial and error.

Good luck in your season.