Big and High rubs
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Big and High rubs
Dan had mentioned in another post about belly high rubs being from an old mature deer. I found a couple last weekend that give me some hope .
Just south of this point where I found these rubs is a beaver dam.Looks like the buck is traveling along the dam ,to his bedding area.I never actually found his bed,but will go back for another look tommorrow.
This pic is looking back to the big rubs.
Just south of this point where I found these rubs is a beaver dam.Looks like the buck is traveling along the dam ,to his bedding area.I never actually found his bed,but will go back for another look tommorrow.
This pic is looking back to the big rubs.
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Re: Big and High rubs
Nice. Let us know if you find any more pieces to that puzzle.
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You're definately doing your homework Swampthing Looks like BEAST territory to me!
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Nice!! I did not know this rule about the height of the rubs. I learn something new every day!! Love it!!
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Re: Big and High rubs
While there are no hard and fast rules regarding mature whitetails, there certainly are tendencies that I pay attention to. When a rub starts about three feet off the ground or higher, it really starts getting my attention.
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Nice... Let us know if you find the bed. If you can't, post an aerial and I will try and see if I can guess where you should look.
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I,m gonna try and get back there sun .I,ll try and post that aerial too thanx !
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I always look at rub height rather than tree diameter. If you can find tracks in the area that usally gives you a good idea of who is making the rubs. Their is a major slob that lives near my house that had broken branches on a rubbed tree just under 6ft off the ground with 5 finger tracks nearbye.
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Here's that aerial Dan,it,s not real clear
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Here goes... I would walk the transition line ( marked in bright green )
I would look for beds along that line and also keep an eye out for a small tree or brush in the cattails that might hold a bed along that line.... Within the marsh, there seems to be some slightly higher elevations with differing vegetation. I marked them with black circles. I would expect to find your bucks beds in one of these spots... If you get back out there, let us know how I did... Tough map, the colors really blend.
I would look for beds along that line and also keep an eye out for a small tree or brush in the cattails that might hold a bed along that line.... Within the marsh, there seems to be some slightly higher elevations with differing vegetation. I marked them with black circles. I would expect to find your bucks beds in one of these spots... If you get back out there, let us know how I did... Tough map, the colors really blend.
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Thank you Dan, I,m printing your map and gettin out there fri or saturday.Yeah that map ain,t the best .I gotta good feeling about this one though.I wish I could get some better resolution maps.
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Can you post a topo? I would like to see if my black spots are a little higher elevation, and see if I am missing something that shows up on the topo.
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Swampthing wrote:Thank you Dan, I,m printing your map and gettin out there fri or saturday.Yeah that map ain,t the best .I gotta good feeling about this one though.I wish I could get some better resolution maps.
Swampthing, where have you looked for aerials of the area?
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I,ll see if i can get one .I,ll post it as soon as I find one.
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