Is this a good rub?

[Woodjr55]

I know that you can kinda tell the size of a deer by a run and I'm assuming by the size of the tree that this was made by a decent size deer. Am I correct to assume so?

[Twax10]

Looks like a good one to me

[bisceglia]

agreed

[stoneam2006]

This one I'm almost positive is a 10 pt as I have seen him in th e area multiple times. Pic taken sat hopefully can catch up with him....good luck looks good to me also

[Woodjr55]

I know that the rub is from this year any idea on when from this year

[bisceglia]

I know that the rub is from this year any idea on when from this year

 hard to tell but looks like a week or more old, look at the rub in the above picture, you can tell its much fresher by the color of the bark.

[skully]

Rubs are great at getting you pumped up but it is real hard to tell the size of a rack from a rub. Unless it is the size of a telephone pole I tend not to get to crazy thinking  a monster buck made it.  I watched a mature basket rack buck that would not even gross 105  destroy a tree the size of my calf in less then 2 minutes.  After that I do not put to much stock in rubs unless they are real big.

[wooly]

Definitely from a 10pt, with split brows, two drop tines, and a broken G3 on his right side.

He's better than the one you think he is,lol.

[stoneam2006]

Lol

[GreeneHunter]

LOL

[phade]

You can tell alot from rubs, some of it is subjective and people diasgree, but I think you can get an idea of what made what.

 

I don't see alot of shredding of the fiber, which doesn't always rule out, but shredding often indicates pearling, which is associated with older class bucks. Some bucks just don't get the pearling high up into their racks, so it's not 100%, but when you see shredding of a decent sized tree, generally you can equate that to a 3.5 or older as a baseline.

 

Rubs made on small multiple brush-like vegetation have almost always indicated an older buck. I really am not sure why in all honesty, but you see this often in marsh land or brushlots, or areas with lots of pricker vegetation.

 

Looking for tine marks up high or on limbrs, trees behind the rub itself can give you an idea on rack size. Obviously you can make up some travel indications and when (am/pm) movements at times.

[landtracdeerhunter]

Don't know a lot of what size buck rubbed your tree, but I do like all the positive thinking going on here.

 

Getting all pumped up for an afternoon sit, LOL.