Boogieman1 wrote:JoeRE wrote:Yea look for beds then rubs. I do think rubs are important because they usually tell you travel routes. But I agree you gotta look at the bigger picture to decide if the spot is worth hunting i.e. daylight activity.
The best situation is when you find old rubs several past years and fresh rubs too. Sometimes the same trees but not always. Hal Blood calls those rubs that get every year signpost rubs I think, I have learned a couple old rubs on trees next to trees with new rubs means basically the same thing. Bucks are there every year for a reason and you should try to figure out what that reason was. Then you are looking at a perennial travel route but still have to decide if its daylight/night time activity by looking at the bigger picture.
I haven't ever spent anytime on rubs other then just giving it a shot when conditions aren't the best. But what about rubs that are on both sides of the tree. In my head I view them as travel in both directions there for doubling the odds. But then again I have never had any success on em eithier so doubling zero is still zero according to my 3rd grade math.
If a person sees a cluster of rubs or rub line its always worth asking why....but just to be clear, I'm not "hunting the rub" I'm hunting the travel route if its near bedding, rubs may or may not be around where I set up, they are an indicator of that direction of travel...many good setups don't have much for rubs or scrapes for that matter.