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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Belt" data-source="post: 4704934" data-attributes="member: 69"><p>Generally speaking the location and timing of buck rubs (not rub lines) denote where they were. They either randomly traveled through an area at the time when testosterone levels began rising and began fighting trees or they tend to stage in an area prior to making a move into more open areas when checking for does. When they repeatedly use the same route they may create rub lines. Generally this is prior to the rut. Once the rut kicks in you can throw those "paths" out the window because they could be miles from there. Post rut they may return to the same areas that they frequented prior to then depending on what kind of hunting pressure those areas may have experienced and how much available winter cover they provide. The best time to hunt around those rub lines is pre and post rut. The best time to hunt staging area rubs is during the rut. Rubs, especially those found on big trees and made high off the ground are neat to find but you generally don't have much luck singling them out to hunt. You'll find many more of them around your soft woods (pines and cedars) than you will around hardwoods.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Belt, post: 4704934, member: 69"] Generally speaking the location and timing of buck rubs (not rub lines) denote where they were. They either randomly traveled through an area at the time when testosterone levels began rising and began fighting trees or they tend to stage in an area prior to making a move into more open areas when checking for does. When they repeatedly use the same route they may create rub lines. Generally this is prior to the rut. Once the rut kicks in you can throw those "paths" out the window because they could be miles from there. Post rut they may return to the same areas that they frequented prior to then depending on what kind of hunting pressure those areas may have experienced and how much available winter cover they provide. The best time to hunt around those rub lines is pre and post rut. The best time to hunt staging area rubs is during the rut. Rubs, especially those found on big trees and made high off the ground are neat to find but you generally don't have much luck singling them out to hunt. You'll find many more of them around your soft woods (pines and cedars) than you will around hardwoods. [/QUOTE]
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