Big blacktail rubs

[nwmein199]

This buck was a nice three point with big eye guards. He’s at the taxidermist.

Apparently I have never seen a big blacktail run...never seen a tree shredded like that!

What time of year did you find those rubs and when did you get the buck? Curious if its the same day or month apart.

[ridgefire]

Griz, do you have a picture of the buck that was making those rubs?

[JakeLand]

Griz, do you have a picture of the buck that was making those rubs?

hes got some studs ! (Drop tine ?)

[Tree Killer]

Big buck rub I found years ago on a timber sale I was cutting.  Bucks love rubbing those Bull Willows (Black Willows). Quite often they'll rub the same willow multiple years if it kill the willow.

[Flyfisher9]

Any hair left behind in the rubs?

[Griiz]

In my experience mature bucks usually make rubs like that in the pre rut. Usually start finding them around 10th of October, but they will make them a little sooner and in November too. I’m referring to blacktails.

[Griiz]

My droptine buck is the most aggressive buck I have encountered. Tearing up 12” inch fir and willow trees and had rubline trails with trees rubbed every five feet for a hundred yards.

Griz, do you have a picture of the buck that was making those rubs?

hes got some studs ! (Drop tine ?)

[Griiz]

Griz, do you have a picture of the buck that was making those rubs?

[fishnfur]

Nice one Griiz.

Typically, you can find tine marks outside the major rub, but I've seen bear peals where the animal left claw marks which could be mistaken for tine groves.  If the rubs are recent, there will be some hair left somewhere on the rub. 

I rarely start finding rubs before the last week of October, though I've heard others say it starts earlier, which agrees with Griiz's statement. 

Here's a bear peel:

[dilleytech]

Most of these pics look like bear or cat.

[Alchase]

Nice one Griiz.

Typically, you can find tine marks outside the major rub, but I've seen bear peals where the animal left claw marks which could be mistaken for tine groves.  If the rubs are recent, there will be some hair left somewhere on the rub. 

I rarely start finding rubs before the last week of October, though I've heard others say it starts earlier, which agrees with Griiz's statement. 

Here's a bear peel:

Have to agree with dilleytech, looks like blackbear too me 

[ridgefire]

Beautiful buck. Thanks.

[buggy]

Ridgefire,
I say first two pics are a buck(s) worth hunting. Third pic looks like a porcupine chew with the pattern. Fourth pic (alder) looks like elk to me.

[Birdguy]

6 inch ponderosa pine tree in my moms yard in Kitsap County. Taken October 5th 2019.

[Turner89]

You should still be able to find hair in the rubs even now. 

Always get excited when I find a good rub.