blacktail deer pre-rut

[npaull]

Don't know what this tree did to the deer to deserve this...

[fishnfur]

I could easily be wrong, but I'd guess that was a PO'd bull elk that ripped those last two alders up. 

[ThurstonCokid]

I’m going to have to take a guess and say thats an elk as well..


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[fishnfur]

.... and he was very serious about putting a hurting on those trees. 

[npaull]

It's impressive but it's not an elk. Let's just say if I told you exactly where this was, you'd 100% agree with me that it was a deer, not an elk, without any further proof needed... I took a cam down that was on this rub today (at work now) when I check it at home I may have some decent video...

[fishnfur]

Cool!  Fingers crossed!

[npaull]

Well I think I pulled it a bit soon. Didn't quite get what I wanted, but it's worth a watch. Wait til the end... classic blacktail buck to sneak in barely noticeable.

[The100Road]

Won’t let me watch it.

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[flyfishWA]

nice buck after the spike walks by. It let me watch it.

[Bowcrazy]

Only seen two does in my apple orchard spot and a small two by two . Drove past a field on way to my spot and saw two huge 4x5 ‘s with three does not a mile from my spot . At it again tomorrow . Haven’t seen nearly the amount of animals as usual . But the print amd amount of apples eaten is ridiculous . Think they went nocturnal . Need them to come out soon . Usually the 18-25th is when I see the big stupids or late December .

[fishnfur]

Yeah but.....  I don't think that three-point buck ripped the snot out of that tree.  Notice how high the rubs are above that spike's head.  That three point might be a couple inches taller plus another eight inches in tines above the spike.  I don't think bucks stand on their hind legs and hop up and down to rub higher up on the tree, which is what that buck would have to do to rub that high on the tree. 

The rubs on Alder on the previous page are pretty typical of a buck hitting an alder.  Those are pretty nice buck rubs - somewhere between knee level up to about belt level.  Above that height, they loose the ability to really bear down on the tree with their legs and body mass.  Unless you're in an area that no way, no how has elk, then I'm still betting on elk.  If you examine the tree, you'll find hair of the animal that hit that tree.  Long and black - elk.  Short and gray - buck.  You may find both types on one tree too.  Elk high, deer low.

Bobcat has some killer vids of several bucks rubbing in a rut hole.  Rare footage.  I saved them on a different computer which died and went to PC heaven.

[JakeLand]

Those look very easily a buck rub ! Get squared up way before daylight and stay until after dark

[fishnfur]

I found the two threads Bobcat posted the vids in.  Sadly, he used Photobucket, which no longer allows third party use.  You can see in a couple of the small thumbnails, the buck and the height of the rub he's working.

https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,184441.msg2436078.html#msg2436078

[fishnfur]

Those look very easily a buck rub ! Get squared up way before daylight and stay until after dark

You should be posting up a masher here pretty soon.  What's the word?  Still slow in your neck of the woods?

Here's a Youtube video of a young WT rubbing a tree. Very similar to Bobcat's footage.  Rubbing starts at 2:35 into the vid: