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Scouting the Rubs - What They Teach When you step into the deer woods you enter a giant storybook. Each piece of sign you encounter is another chapter in a story that is just waiting to unfold right before your eyes. This is an interactive story. The ending is up to you. To unravel the mysteries of buck movement and finally wrap your tag around a trophy, you have to learn how to read the chapters and tie them together. |
| Directional Nature of Rubs A rub can also give you some idea of the direction the buck was traveling when he made it. In many cases (remembering there are no absolutes in the whitetail world) a buck will rub the side of the tree from which he approaches. This tells you which direction he was traveling (probably), but it also gives clues about the time of the day the travel route was used. A rub that faces a bedding area was probably made in the evening, since the buck was heading out to feed or to look for does after spending the day in his bed. And, of course, a rub that faces away from a bedding area was likely made in the morning as he came back to bed. |
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 Multi-Year Rubs: Trophy hunters should look for big rubs on trees that bear the scars of having been used for several years. It may not have been the same buck each year (but then again it may have been). Such sign reveals a consistent travel pattern, one that has been in place for some time. You pretty well know the rub you've just found wasn't made randomly. If you can find a line of such rubs, you've struck pay dirt. |
 Signpost or Just Fence Post: Not all rubs are made on trees. This fence post was rubbed nearly in half. It was located near a point where a heavy trail entered a patch of timber and was likely used as a kind of signpost or trail reference. Beyond the element of curiosity, such a rub carries no more information than one made on a tree. Click Here for Information on Rub Locations |
