Florida Buck Signs?
 

has anyone seen any scrapes or rubs in their huntingarea's? i heard they are starting to scrape in Lake George/Dexter Mary FarmsUnit.

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I only the Green Swamp..it's 30 miles away so I've only been there once this summer..of course in Aug. I saw no rubs or scrapes..;)
I saw a few tracks and hog sings...I found a nice water hole though and some large oak trees

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I've been to two central WMAsas recent as yesterdayand have seen no scapes or rubs yet. Going back out tommorrow to check a different spot. Will keep you posted.

Chuck, can you get in Green Swamp in the summer? I thought is was closed till the day before the season. Walk in?

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Chuck, can you get in Green Swamp in the summer? I thought is was closed till the day before the season. Walk in?

yes sir..i park outside of the gate on the Rockridge Gate side. The Green Swamp is open for birders / hikers .Once parked..I ride my bycycle. It's ok to do that. There is an opening to the left of the first gate for bikers to go through. On th e2nd gate the opening is on the right hand side. Florida is the 3rd biggest birding state in the USA . The Green Swamp is a great place to bird..From now till early October the warblers are migrating.
Chuck7

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Man, they are all over my place here in Lutz!:)

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i have seen scrapes galore, a few rubs, and i have some nice hard horns on my cam pics.....and even a bear, woohoooo.....sucked, had to go get one off the beachline the other day , dead, 300 lb. boar.......but then i got at least 2 more, so i'm happy bout that.....we dont have bears , once a year you'll see tracks,but never the bear, well i got the bear and the other one too, lol......

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You better start looking, I have some bucks on camera without velvet in north Florida. Haven't seen any scrapes, just rubs so far.

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With all that talk I may head out to the Green Swamp and check ..my only problem..my archery place is 12 miles from the gate round trip.:(

I wish the gate was open.

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all the bucks on my game cam are still in velvet. i'll be heading out again this weekend to check for more sign. as soon as they start scrape'n, it'll be time to move my cam off the trail and over a scrape.

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I will see if I can get a hold of my friend's pics and post them, he has a 9 or 10 pt and a spike with hard horns. The other bucks he has on camera are still in velvet. A majority of my bucks will be in velvet for another week or so.I live in Taylor County Florida BTW

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nothing much going on at my place here in Seminole county..it usualy gets going strong the first of Nov..

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did more scouting on labor day and still have not seen any rubs or scrapes here in north central Florida

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I've been out several times as well and have seen very little sign (other than tracks of course).Plenty of tracks though, so either the buck:doe ratio is extremely non-competitive therefore no need for scrapes/rubs, or they just are not interested yet. This is a new WMA to me so I am not sure which, but I have not noticed very manyold rubs either.

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i'm still getting pic's on my game cam of bucks in velvet. i have yet had a pic of a buck in hard antlers. seems like to me they start scrape'n this time of the year.

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I was out to churchlake wma today, only seen tracks also. no rubs or scrapes yet.

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i've found a few scrapes and rubs on my lease west of new smyrna. they're all over the place.

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this will be my first year hunting deer in florida and its on a friends property that i havnt been to yet, so i have no clue.

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my buddy went out to a place by dunnelon today, and said there was rubs everywhere.

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i went out and walked around some more today and found a couple more scrapes. i didn't have time to check all of the hot spots but found some in one area known for holding bucks.

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I saw three bucks this weekend and only one had velvet. There are rubs everywhere and I haveseen acouple scrapes around my stands.

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hey saw some light rub last week. in deland

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i set my game cam over a mock scrape i made 2 weeks ago. after making the mock scrape, i didn't have any scents to add to it so i urinated in the mock scrape. i checked my cam this week and have pictures of 4 shooter bucks. out of the 4 bucks, 1 will make the Florida Registry and another will be close. as soon as i can get the pic's uploaded, i'll post them.

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sorry, for some reason all it shows are little red x's

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still can't get the pic's to upload. if you wanna see them go to www.floridafishandhunt.com

look in the "gear" forum and the pic's are posted under a thread titled "trail cams" with me as the author

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ive seen lots of tracks and lots of trails made into the tall grass and fresh droppings under my stand this morning ,yesterday in santa fe swamp seen rubs and lots of tracks 1 shooter buck with hard antlers

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heads up, there has been 2 rutting bucks killed on the roadside....swollen necks and everything..... 2 of them, y'all know what that means. and they werent swollen from bloat, lol.....both fresh kills...and i talked to one of the deseret ranchers and he said he saw one chasing a doe....
i keep changing my mind on where to hunt, i think i have a game plan and then i see something that makes me change my mind, i sure do wish it'd hurry up and get here already.....

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heads up, there has been 2 rutting bucks killed on the roadside....swollen necks and everything..... 2 of them, y'all know what that means. and they werent swollen from bloat, lol.....both fresh kills...and i talked to one of the deseret ranchers and he said he saw one chasing a doe....
i keep changing my mind on where to hunt, i think i have a game plan and then i see something that makes me change my mind, i sure do wish it'd hurry up and get here already.....

So does that mean I should use my 'Can' I always thought Florida bucks rutted much later...

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i thought it was a lil later too, but from the sign, it's on.....or it's almost on....remember this is Orange, Osceola counties.....i heard polk county is in rut in like dec. and its just a hop skip and a jump from us., this is Florida, Lord only knows what those bucks are thinking, lol......i'm using my can opening weekend without a doubt, might not work, but i have to try, lol.....

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So has anybody got any good bucks on the ground? Havent had any luck here moons got em running at night.

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Today at 11:00 Rockridge gate Green Swamp..no one scored anything...tons of mosquitoes..most I've ever seen..I bought a Therma Cell...that with refills cost nearly 50.00 I took it back when I read all the warnings..:(I have asthma. My Off worked goodtillthey found an entrance around my buttocks.:D

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I use deet and my thermocell works out pretty good.

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got a 6 point this last weekend. i hit the 'ol grunt tube and he came in look'n for a fight

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I am jealous CamoCop. All I have seen within bow range were does and a spike and because hunting on private property I could not take them. What part of Florida did you kill the 6pt. Pics would be nice:D

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north central Florida during a quota muzzle loader hunt (secret spot ;))

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i'll try to get pic's on here soon, the biologist said he was only 1.5 years old but weighed 132 pounds. i thought he would have been older than that by his body size.

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Hey CamoCop did you see him first and then hit the tube or did you blind call him in?

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Congrats Camo...:)

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i never saw him before grunting. it was about 9:05 in the morning and i hadn't seen anything up untill that point. i figured what the heck, might aswell grunt a little...not like it's gonna keep me from seeing anything. so i hit the 'ol grunt tube a few times, paused for about 5 minutes, hit it again a few times, paused for about 5 minutes and was going to hit it again when i heard a soft grunt to my left. i slowly looked up and seen him walking to me like i had him on a rope. he would grunt when taking a step and he was smelling everything he walked by. he finally turned broadside at about 67 yards and i dropped the hammer on him. he jumped straight up and kicked with both back legs. he ran a half circle towards me and crashed about 15 yards from the base of my tree.

i don't think i would have ever seen him if i wouldn't have grunted when i did. i know he wasn't trailing a doe because nothing moved through there since i was in the stand (at approximately 5:30 a.m.).

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Congrats on the deer, looking forward to the pictures.

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congradulations camocop. I havent seen any bucks yet just does. My buddy missed a six point. We hunted churchlake. gonna hunt hopkins prairie for general gun. I got my first 9 days at jumper creek but havent been there b 4 anybody know any good spots over there?