The largest I' ve ever seen was on a Locust that was about 3 foot across....true story.
OK let me explain...it had a section on the side of it that stuck out ...kind of a hump on the one side...about 8" wide(kinda shaped like a lightbulb...round on the back and the front jutted out). It was rubbed big time. The same year...there were 3 cedars that were 10" or so that were rubbed also, in the same general area. We still haven' t seen the buck that owned those rubs and that was 5 seasons ago....he' s probably gone by now.

As far as " usual" big rubs, I see them on cedars....and they usually are 5-7" . Never seen a big one on an oak in my areas.

Most rubs I' ve seen are the small sapling type. I' ve seen a number of the 5-7" variety and a couple that were about 10" across.

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ive only seen rubs on small trees mainly 1in in diamter i guess but i think ive seen one on a tree probly 3in once. but i find them on the small trees often.

i thought i' d found rub on telephone pole on our lease(wasn' t really rubbed that much but had gouges in it). i was told by some in the lease that was hog sign(they was sharpening their tusks). they told me they had witnessed hogs doing this .

I' ve seen the power-pole rubs more than a few times and in diffrent areas. I set up a tree stand near one and shot a 170 5/8 B&C record book typical.

Robin

10-12in. I seen the buck that did it. 25" spread or a bit better, and tines musta been 12-14" . also spotted a few rubs on horizontal limbs and fallen trees.

I have seen them vary from destroyed saplings up to 6-7 inch cedars, the cedar rubs are neat because the fresher they are the more shaving there will be and the stronger the smell. I have never put a lot of faith in relating the size of a rub to the size of the deer, however a big buck will do some serious damage to 1-2 inch saplings, I have seen more than one torn out of the ground.

Here is a couple of the bigger rubs I' ve come across over
the years. The second one, with the gun leaning up against
it, happened 7 years ago. We actually had a permanent
tree stand built in this tree.

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Here is the biggest bunch I have ever found, tough to tell from here, but the first is thigh size.

Jim