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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5280821" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>Beech is the only one I don't understand. Maple has aromatic qualities. Maybe too faint for us but for a deer maple sap would undoubtedly smell like pure sugar. I do agree all those species mentioned show up bright when rubbed, so that could be a factor. The one obvious caveat for me either way is spice bush. It's bright white under the bark and is aromatic as anything in the woods, yet deer don't rub them.....or eat them. I have seen deer scrape under them. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not to be argumentative, but how do you know they are sign posts and not just a tree that has been rubbed in successive years? I've seen that happen pretty often near buck beds. There's a big one on a cedar here locally. The bed sits down in a dip and right on the edge facing into the dip is the cedar. It gets rubbed every year but I've not hung a cam to see if it's just one deer or multiple. I don't go in there during season, only in off season when looking for sheds & scouting. But this year I think I'll hang a camera just out of curiosity. This rub stuff has me intrigued. Maybe I've been too dismissive of rubs. Seems a good sign post rub could be more of a hotspot than a good scrape.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5280821, member: 20583"] Beech is the only one I don't understand. Maple has aromatic qualities. Maybe too faint for us but for a deer maple sap would undoubtedly smell like pure sugar. I do agree all those species mentioned show up bright when rubbed, so that could be a factor. The one obvious caveat for me either way is spice bush. It's bright white under the bark and is aromatic as anything in the woods, yet deer don't rub them.....or eat them. I have seen deer scrape under them. Not to be argumentative, but how do you know they are sign posts and not just a tree that has been rubbed in successive years? I've seen that happen pretty often near buck beds. There's a big one on a cedar here locally. The bed sits down in a dip and right on the edge facing into the dip is the cedar. It gets rubbed every year but I've not hung a cam to see if it's just one deer or multiple. I don't go in there during season, only in off season when looking for sheds & scouting. But this year I think I'll hang a camera just out of curiosity. This rub stuff has me intrigued. Maybe I've been too dismissive of rubs. Seems a good sign post rub could be more of a hotspot than a good scrape. [/QUOTE]
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