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<blockquote data-quote="Andy S." data-source="post: 3435234" data-attributes="member: 131"><p>I agree Mike, this is a million dollar question, as I would love a valid explanation for what I have "observed" since I first began deer hunting at Ames. I found better buck sign, particularity large rubs, the number of rubs, and more concentrated rubs in small areas the first few years I was in Ames, during the infant stages of our QDM program, than I ever have since then. I have no clue why this is the case, but it has been my observations since I began hunting there. In essence, my observations seem to suggest that the density of rubs <u>where I have walked and scouted</u> is inversely proportional to the age of our QDM program (<em>longer we do it, the less rubs and for certain the less big rubs I find where I scout</em>). To further substantiate my claim, I walked/scouted from 8AM-4PM this past Saturday (8-10 miles) going slow in a zig-zag pattern in hopes of finding some promising looking buck sign, but to no avail. I have no clue why the buck sign, in particular rubs, has become so hard to stumble across, at least for me that is. Is it me and my good luck (<em>pun intended</em>), or is it something to it? I have often wondered if the rubs are there, just are not in the "areas" that are walkable/accessible by foot. In other words, the rubs are so deep and hidden in the thick pines/cutover/bedding areas, that I cannot get to them on foot, thus I cannot see them, thus I think they have disappeared, when they have not? Could this maybe be linked to where the does spend most of their time NOW since we hammer the does and they dare not venture out in the open woods like they did in 2003-2005 when we first started hammering them? I do not know, I am just thinking out loud here. With that said, I will be back at it this Fri-Mon in another effort to see what I can discover. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy S., post: 3435234, member: 131"] I agree Mike, this is a million dollar question, as I would love a valid explanation for what I have "observed" since I first began deer hunting at Ames. I found better buck sign, particularity large rubs, the number of rubs, and more concentrated rubs in small areas the first few years I was in Ames, during the infant stages of our QDM program, than I ever have since then. I have no clue why this is the case, but it has been my observations since I began hunting there. In essence, my observations seem to suggest that the density of rubs [u]where I have walked and scouted[/u] is inversely proportional to the age of our QDM program ([i]longer we do it, the less rubs and for certain the less big rubs I find where I scout[/i]). To further substantiate my claim, I walked/scouted from 8AM-4PM this past Saturday (8-10 miles) going slow in a zig-zag pattern in hopes of finding some promising looking buck sign, but to no avail. I have no clue why the buck sign, in particular rubs, has become so hard to stumble across, at least for me that is. Is it me and my good luck ([i]pun intended[/i]), or is it something to it? I have often wondered if the rubs are there, just are not in the "areas" that are walkable/accessible by foot. In other words, the rubs are so deep and hidden in the thick pines/cutover/bedding areas, that I cannot get to them on foot, thus I cannot see them, thus I think they have disappeared, when they have not? Could this maybe be linked to where the does spend most of their time NOW since we hammer the does and they dare not venture out in the open woods like they did in 2003-2005 when we first started hammering them? I do not know, I am just thinking out loud here. With that said, I will be back at it this Fri-Mon in another effort to see what I can discover. :) [/QUOTE]
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