Hunting Rub and Scrapes??
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 158
Hunting Rub and Scrapes??
I'm a fairly new bowhunter, and I need some advice. I am seeing deer in my stands when I hunt, but when I walked in today I found a huge rub and it was on an oldlogging trail that was just covered in rubs and scrapes. Do I forget my other stands and try to hunker down on the logging road?? Let me know.
#3
RE: Hunting Rub and Scrapes??
ORIGINAL: 2 Lunger
If you do hunt it do it right now. Bucks will be abandoning rubs and scrapes as they start the seeking phase. If its fresh I would hunt it now.
If you do hunt it do it right now. Bucks will be abandoning rubs and scrapes as they start the seeking phase. If its fresh I would hunt it now.
You should be happy ShootEm that you have a scenario like this, sounds hot to me!!
#4
RE: Hunting Rub and Scrapes??
Sounds like you are almost describing my exact same situation. I plan on sticking with the scrapes and rubs that I have in my area a little longer then focusing more on a food source. I don't have to make much of a move because the scrapes and rubs in my area are near a bean field. Good luck to you!
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: York,Pa
Posts: 2,645
RE: Hunting Rub and Scrapes??
ORIGINAL: 2 Lunger
If you do hunt it do it right now. Bucks will be abandoning rubs and scrapes as they start the seeking phase. If its fresh I would hunt it.
If you do hunt it do it right now. Bucks will be abandoning rubs and scrapes as they start the seeking phase. If its fresh I would hunt it.
#6
RE: Hunting Rub and Scrapes??
When the bucks are In the "all out" chase mode hunting scrapes IMO Is much tougher. Pay attention to your scrapes and see how often they get opened up when the rut Is In the hardcore chase mode. In my woods anyway they don't hardly get touched during the big chase. After things settle down the scrapes once again get much more activity.
#7
RE: Hunting Rub and Scrapes??
My big birthday buck I shot last week walked right down a path in between a standing corn field/edge of the woods....and a logging road...about 15 yards inside of the woods. Along the said path are at least a dozen scrapes...and at least twice that in terms of rubs. For some reason the deer in that woods don't walk down the logging trails. He walked down "scrape road" as we now call it...right to me.
Long story short.....hunt good rub/scrape lines NOW...before they abandon them. I wouldn't worry too much about a lone scrape...with a rub or two near by. I like hunting scrape lines...where every 10 yards there are rubs and scrapes everywhere.
Long story short.....hunt good rub/scrape lines NOW...before they abandon them. I wouldn't worry too much about a lone scrape...with a rub or two near by. I like hunting scrape lines...where every 10 yards there are rubs and scrapes everywhere.
#8
RE: Hunting Rub and Scrapes??
ORIGINAL: twildasin
So you are saying once they start chasing they will not check there scrape? How often does a buck come in to check his scrape? Anyone? Just curious I jumped a big buck yesterday and found a fresh scrap. Do I put doe pee on it?
ORIGINAL: 2 Lunger
If you do hunt it do it right now. Bucks will be abandoning rubs and scrapes as they start the seeking phase. If its fresh I would hunt it.
If you do hunt it do it right now. Bucks will be abandoning rubs and scrapes as they start the seeking phase. If its fresh I would hunt it.
#9
Spike
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Geneva,MN
Posts: 28
RE: Hunting Rub and Scrapes??
what is better to hunt scrapes or rubs I have a spot that there is a couple of scrapes and a couple of rubs saw a buck about 9am but was out of my range wo I moved to a different spot closer to were he went through and he was coming back at about 11:30 am I think I scared him off using my bleat call. Didn't know he was there.