Horizontal rubbing posts

[Jdubs]

Came across these while doing some scouting and wasn't sure what they were.  After searching around the web a bit, they appear to be horizontal rubbing posts.  You can see how bucks have been working the top inside bar as well as the ends sticking out.  Pretty clever.  Anyone here use posts like this?

[Cabin Fever]

I think I saw something like that on the Blair Witch Project... 

[turkeyfeathers]

Interesting   Never saw that before 

[jman22]

Do a Google search of Ted Miller and horizontal rubs. He's the guy that came up with the idea I believe.  He's got some good footage of bucks using them also. 

[Jdubs]

21 minutes ago, jman22 said:

Do a Google search of Ted Miller and horizontal rubs. He's the guy that came up with the idea I believe.  He's got some good footage of bucks using them also. 

Yep, that's the guy mentioned in the first. article I found.

https://www.bowhunting.com/blog/2016/07/15/make-horizontal-rub-post-deer/

[growalot]

Imagine trying new things in the deer woods and they work...interesting concept

[gjs4]

Tried it the first yr they were shown in the wkp vids (?3yo)- no real takers and I used a tree that was rubbed for the trunk.


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[TACC]

Never saw them before

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[DirtTime]

There's a ton of how-to's on the web about making mock/fake rubs. I started looking into it a couple years ago when someone posted a pic of a rub that looked like there were knife shavings at the base of the tree.

These were the two that still come up on a quick search on the web.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ueded6Uznh0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DznKhA_amuk

 

A search for mock rubs and fake rubs will show you some pretty interesting results. If you dig deep enough. I can't find it right now, but one even shows a dude using a small hand saw to make a fake rub on upright trees. 

 

Won't work for me hunting mostly public land, But, you hunters with private land might be able to try it and get good results.

Edited October 22, 2017 by ....rob