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Re: Winter Scouting - Public Land - NOW

Unread postby G-Patt » Sat Feb 29, 2020 4:19 am

Been out every weekend. I love this time of year. No one is the woods.


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Re: Winter Scouting - Public Land - NOW

Unread postby Huntress13 » Sat Feb 29, 2020 7:41 am

I guess I should add "measuring tape" to list of things to put in my pocket.
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Unread postby greenhorndave » Sat Feb 29, 2020 8:44 am

Huntress13 wrote:I guess I should add "measuring tape" to list of things to put in my pocket.

Why is that?
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Re: Winter Scouting - Public Land - NOW

Unread postby Dewey » Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:11 am

greenhorndave wrote:
Huntress13 wrote:I guess I should add "measuring tape" to list of things to put in my pocket.

Why is that?

Measuring buck beds. Read the Dr Nordberg article above. ;)

Here it is again.

http://www.drnordbergondeerhunting.com/ ... Areas.html

Been carrying a fabric tape with me for years. Comes in handy for measuring tracks, stride length, bed size, rub height among other things.
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Re: Winter Scouting - Public Land - NOW

Unread postby greenhorndave » Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:34 am

Dewey wrote:
greenhorndave wrote:
Huntress13 wrote:I guess I should add "measuring tape" to list of things to put in my pocket.

Why is that?

Measuring buck beds. Read the Dr Nordberg article above. ;)

Here it is again.

http://www.drnordbergondeerhunting.com/ ... Areas.html

Been carrying a fabric tape with me for years. Comes in handy for measuring tracks, stride length, bed size, rub height among other things.

Well, I should have gone back a page. :lol:

I measure by boot length. Anything that’s 4 of my size 12 winter Alphaburlys long is worth noting.
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Re: Winter Scouting - Public Land - NOW

Unread postby Grizzlyadam » Sat Feb 29, 2020 10:38 am

This guy must have some character.
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Unread postby greenhorndave » Sat Feb 29, 2020 11:48 am

Grizzlyadam wrote:This guy must have some character.KIMG2302.JPG

Gotta love those ones fueled by pure rut rage.
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Unread postby mipubbucks24 » Tue Mar 03, 2020 8:27 am

Biggest Rub I have found on public, I know guys find stuff bigger then this all the time, but this is not common in the area I am at. For sure done by a mature buck, on the back side he just thrashed it with his brow tines. It’s in such a random spot though nothing I would ever hunt, just tells me there was something mature on this little piece of public this last season, oh found some good turkey sign also.
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Re: Winter Scouting - Public Land - NOW

Unread postby Dewey » Tue Mar 03, 2020 8:44 am

mipubbucks24 wrote:Biggest Rub I have found on public, I know guys find stuff bigger then this all the time, but this is not common in the area I am at. For sure done by a mature buck, on the back side he just thrashed it with his brow tines. It’s in such a random spot though nothing I would ever hunt, just tells me there was something mature on this little piece of public this last season, oh found some good turkey sign also.

That’s a good one. 8-)
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Unread postby greenhorndave » Tue Mar 03, 2020 9:17 am

Yeah that's not a dainty tree. That's one burly buck with a bad attitude who made that.
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Re: Winter Scouting - Public Land - NOW

Unread postby mipubbucks24 » Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:56 am

greenhorndave wrote:Yeah that's not a dainty tree. That's one burly buck with a bad attitude who made that.


The spot is so random it’s just a faint trail right off a 2 track, he must have just been really hyped up. But I did find a decent spot where deer will enter the woods from the private corn field, also it looks like it will be a good area to tag team. Just hard to pin point bedding, which is probably on the neighboring private.
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Re: Winter Scouting - Public Land - NOW

Unread postby may21581 » Wed Mar 11, 2020 1:57 pm

mipubbucks24 wrote:Biggest Rub I have found on public, I know guys find stuff bigger then this all the time, but this is not common in the area I am at. For sure done by a mature buck, on the back side he just thrashed it with his brow tines. It’s in such a random spot though nothing I would ever hunt, just tells me there was something mature on this little piece of public this last season, oh found some good turkey sign also.


Sometimes I have to stop and scratch my head. I think to myself what is so special about that one random tree that gets thrashed by a bruiser? That's a dandy for sure!
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Re: Winter Scouting - Public Land - NOW

Unread postby may21581 » Wed Mar 11, 2020 2:03 pm

A few nice rubs found while in season scouting.
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