Did deer and elk do this?
Did deer and elk do this?
03-02-2013, 06:58 PM
#4
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
Posts: 8,019
They also tear the heck out of stuff during the rut! I've watched elk demolish a big juniper or pine tree in September out in Wyoming when the rut was coming on. If you're in sagebrush country and it just happened a month ago it wouldn't be elk rut activity though. Are you in mule deer country?
Last edited by Topgun 3006; 03-02-2013 at 07:05 PM.
03-03-2013, 07:18 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: S.W. Pa.-- Heart in North Central Pa. mountains-
Posts: 2,600
Elk and deer horn the dickens out of anything handy when the rut is in or coming on. It's a "signpost" to other deer that this is their territory. The velvet will fall off naturally on it's own, but rubbing usually occurs about the same time.
