Hunting Washington Forum
Other Activities => Shed Hunting => Topic started by: DD8 on April 03, 2011, 04:43:58 PM
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Found some brand new rubs on a piece of private property i'm hunting on next season and i'm confused. My friend saw about 30 elk on the property the other day with a couple spikes and two points. He's also seen some blacktail around too. When do the elk lose their antlers and it's way too early for a blacktail to b rubbing right? What are the bulls rubbin on the trees for?
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They often rub right before they shed, my theory is that the material that holds their horns on breaking down starts to itch. :dunno:
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I hope so. I'll just keep checkin the rubs. Weird how the elk haven't even lost their's but the blackies have lost and are growin already.
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Spikes and 2 points seem to be the last to drop, this not rock solid just my general observations. My theory, larger racks cause more stress at the connection between antler and skull. :twocents:
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That makes sense.
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I think they itch after they drop too.I've seen a few bulls rubbing trees that have allready dropped.I also watched some cows rubbing on trees like they were using them as neck scratchers.
