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What did this ?

Unread postby Swampthing » Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:04 am

Found this in the swamp last week. What do you think it is ?
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Unread postby Brandon » Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:07 am

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Re: What did this ?

Unread postby dan » Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:16 am

Thats a deer rub... A lot of them look like that on popular trees.
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Unread postby whitetailassasin » Wed Nov 21, 2012 8:28 am

looks like some from last year also on it
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Unread postby whitetail007 » Wed Nov 21, 2012 11:04 am

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Unread postby RUTIN » Wed Nov 21, 2012 11:46 am

Brow tines! Got a tree just like that in IN where I hunt
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Unread postby Swampthing » Wed Nov 21, 2012 11:52 am

That what I thought, not use to seeing rubs on trees of that size.
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Unread postby MN Legacy » Wed Nov 21, 2012 11:57 am

I've seen alot better rubs on poplar trees than that.
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Unread postby Swampthing » Wed Nov 21, 2012 12:09 pm

MN Legacy wrote:I've seen alot better rubs on poplar trees than that.


Yes, same here this would be in my area the exception to the rule. I've only came across 1 rub like this ever.
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Unread postby Dewey » Wed Nov 21, 2012 12:29 pm

My first thought was if it's not a deer maybe a scratching post for a small bear or a bobcat.

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Unread postby whitetailassasin » Wed Nov 21, 2012 1:41 pm

Dewey wrote:My first thought was if it's not a deer maybe a scratching post for a small bear or a bobcat.

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Unread postby GRFox » Thu Nov 22, 2012 6:01 pm

I have seen a lot of rubs just like that one around me. Most often on small maples and beech trees.

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Unread postby PK_ » Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:54 am

I think bobcats generally do a lot more damage and scratch longer horizontally.

You can see from the scratch patterns how the buck was twisting his head a couple times. At least that is what I am seeing. We had one buck in NW PA that only left rubs like that for years, 'til he disappeared.
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Re: What did this ?

Unread postby dan » Fri Nov 23, 2012 4:14 am

With rubs you can sometimes get more info out of them than a guy would think... A rub like that one tells me something about the buck. Most bucks rub trees mainly with the section of antler beam that is between there forehead and browtine. That works like a file and removes the bark from the tree and then you see the deep scratches like on the tree shown above the bare spot. In this case, it appears the buck either can't get the tree between his brow tines, or he has some stickers near his bases and the points are coming in contact rather than the antler bases...
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Unread postby Swampthing » Fri Nov 23, 2012 5:38 am

dan wrote:With rubs you can sometimes get more info out of them than a guy would think... A rub like that one tells me something about the buck. Most bucks rub trees mainly with the section of antler beam that is between there forehead and browtine. That works like a file and removes the bark from the tree and then you see the deep scratches like on the tree shown above the bare spot. In this case, it appears the buck either can't get the tree between his brow tines, or he has some stickers near his bases and the points are coming in contact rather than the antler bases...


I was wondering that , thanks for clarifying. Either way proably a slob I'm hoping.


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