Had 7 bucks this morning come through. 5 stopped at a popple tree I cut and placed for a rubbing post last week.

Nice pictures Dave. Is that a block of wood on it? Is that 330's new stand?

I sure hope for an Invite

Great pictures and appropriate title!

Tell us more.......Please

Cool pics B&B!

Just dug a hole 2' deep with a post hole auger.
Had to drive a bit East to find popple trees. Don't have any close by.

Been doing it for years.. fun watching bucks shred them.
Will post more as season progresses.

Cool

Did you add a scent??

or plant it near a trail???

No scent.

Edge of one of my clover fields. 10 yards shot out a metal 12' ladderstend.

I missed him last year at 20 yards. Don't know how?
He's not got a big rack but he's a bully. I watched him chase off several nice 3_4 year old bucks.

I'll shoot him in a heartbeat. I want him gone.

Very cool, I have no doubt that you will succeed.

Awesome idea.... I wonder if it would work where we have popple trees all over?

Yep it will

It's just has to " stand out" visually wise.

I've done it with basswood, cottonwood, pine,spruce,cedar.

I like popple for it's white bark and we don't have that here.
Just pick a tree that your area bucks like to rub, put it in a location where it's near a travel route and have it easily visible.
Wired/ tied to a tree that exists also works fine iffn ya don't wanna dig a hole.

Cool pics Bucks! Hope you get him!

Really Cool, fun to experiment

Nice photos

Just got this pic minute ago.
He was one I seen this morning but didn't hit the rub. I think he's fixing to

Lol.
Just seen he rubbed it just before I posted the last Pic.
I'm watching 3 bucks right now eating in a food plot ( radish n turnips) bout 20 yards from the cell cam.


Am hoping he makes it 2 more years.

Too cool...Seriously

It's been busy at the rub post last 2 days.

thats awseome im gonna have to try it.

im gonna have to try this.

Isn't it bow season now? Choot em!

Yep. Season is on. I don't like to sit this early. Years ago, I'd bowhunt 60+ days a year. I've mellowed out big time.
October 25ish is go time. I'd hate to tag out early and miss the real fun.

…. Got to pet them a little more

Looks like he polished them horns down to nothing. LOL

Again, awesome pics!!

… the awesomest !!

I stuck a camera on a rub tree and that was an interesting watch. Everything from some nice bucks to does used it. Had a spike take up 4 30sec videos just giving it everything he had. And yeah I said does too. A couple old gals came up sniffed it and rubbed their HooHa on it, lol.

Oh heck yeah. Does n fawns sniff the rubs alot.
What kind of tree do you use WB ?

BB, Is there anything on that block of wood about 5' up on the post?

The fact that he's feeding morning and evening in that kill plot, during shooting hours is great motivation to figure out an intercept point between bedding and the plot. What's planted in there? He even indicates what direction he is traveling- exciting stuff!

Down here they’ll pick a tree and rub it every year until it dies, sounds crazy but you’ve heard of community scrapes? Down here I call these community rubs. When that tree eventually dies, they pick another tree and start the process all over again.
It takes a bit of walking to find them, but the easiest thing to look for is the other trees they’ve rubbed until they’re dead. They generally pick another close by and these are usually on travel routes.

330, yes, I screwed an oak branch to it for a licking branch. Some deer are using it but not as many as expected.
Eagleye. It's on the edge of a ladino clover plot. It's tucked up right next to a bedding sanctuary.
He's Purdy active as he was last year. He's a bully and I want him gone.

WB, there are several rubs back in the bedding area that have got so much use over the years, they die. Mostly Basswood.

Been waiting for him to show up.
Disappointed in that he didn't add much inches (if at all) from last year.

New bucks are starting to filter in.

BNB - You're only going down 2'? Seems a mature buck could push that over???

Thinking about giving this a whirl just to goof around a bit.

Bout 2' Gunnleg. I pour water in the hole once it's packed with dirt. Sets up Purdy good.
And yeah, there have been a few get pushed over through the years.

Appreciate ya. I've messed around with hanging thick vines for scent posts and getting them to lay scrapes where I wanted, but never a rub tree. Think I'll mess with one.

Hope you try it. It's a fun project.

Hang a cam on it and share some pics.

I put one in two days ago...added the camera and OAK branch a day later.

Digging the hole in that dry sandy soil was almost impossible but I got it done.

I have never put a camera on them but have had hundreds of trees absolutely destroyed from elk & deer. All it takes is planting a sapling anywhere and it will get hit.

For me it is a problem, may be interesting to see the big game that hit them though.

Wish I had Your problem Snowy

Love it!

Am I understanding this right? He planted this particular tree for rubbing? Or did I misunderstand.

He sunk in a Section of Popple ...The deer say "look something new to rub on

Gotcha. Thanks

I put water tanks out at each end of a tree planting. Hard to compete with the saplings, but life at the water cooler has been epic

cool read guys thanks for posting

Scott. What kind of tree did you place?
Snowy, I quite planting trees here. They get destroyed.
Could cage them but I don't want to look at that.

Mrs Langley, yep, as 330 said. Not planted to grow. Just a cut off tree species deer like to rub and placed for a rubbing post.
Cool Pic Randy. Now that crops/ weeds/ browse are drying down, the deer are HAMMERING my water tanks.
Glad you like the pics TD.

Here is a pic from him last year.
Kinda neat to see them small bumps on his left base actually grew a bit.
His rubs should be easy to identify.

New buck just showed up.
This one has got me kinda excited.

I copied You
Popple, with oak Branch

I like antlers with those knarly bumps and kickers on the bases. I did some euro mounts on some a few years ago. Absolutely crazy!

Sucks when they don’t put much antler growth on the next year eh! I just had a couple bucks show up again from last year and both of them appear to be smaller!! Darn shame! But oh well.

Bucks, that new buck looks like he’s got 6 on that one side?

He might be starting to go backwards, Old deer

JP, Appears to be a 6pt side but I'm not sure?

If it is, I like it.
This cold front has really got the deer moving.
I'm getting the itch to climb in a stand.

Nice Deer

Got some cool looking bucks!

My buck I really wanted to see showed up and already broke his G1. I really think his antlers were bigger last year but we wanted to see what one more year would produce.
It’s all good though, he an old mature buck.

Great thread and pics bnb.

WB - great looking buck. Mine have been hitting horns hard the last week and a half. The buck you posted reminds me a lot of one we called stickers that one of my son’s took. My wife had found its sheds in the same food plot for 2 years straight.

Oh I like that!!!! Sweet buck with character!!

Some really great bucks!

Gunnleg great mount!

Wetdog... THANK YOU. Not real sure how the pic is straight when I pull it from my phone and then it gets all janky when I load it.

There is a rotate left or right, to the right of the picture. Do the rotate before you touch All done

You done learned me something. Got it, thanks.

Great buck GL.

New buck just showed up.
Also seen a new smaller 5x5 this morning.

He's a daytime mover for sure.

Awesome Buck

I have 2 stands within 25 yards of this trail.
This buck really didn't grow much from last year. He's a mature buck although not a big rack.
A couple younger looking bucks have show up lately that have potential to turn into nicer racked buck.
I think I'll take him if I can.
He's kinda consistent.

Really Nice Buck

I can’t get this dude to break his pattern. Turned down several opportunities over this cold front, but I just can’t booger this guy out of the area. Racking a 80’ string of pines that are thigh thick and coming into brassicas the last week or so. Shows up 45 min late and back to bedding by 0430. Believe he’s bedding within 125 yds of where I’m hunting. Hoping a stanky butt will make him slip up in time.

Gunnleg. Some bucks are just wired different.
We can have the best cover/ food ect but each buck is independent in what they do.

The wider looking 8 pt in the beginning of this thread was ALL over last year during daylight and he is again this year.
Have also got several years of bucks that never got a pic of in daylight but lots at night.
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I hope you get him!

cool picks BNB long time ago when i hunted with a recurve I paced off 20 yds and stuck a piece of dry sapling in the ground 20 minutes or so later a 6 pt walked out and rubed his eyes , nose and licked it

This buck just showed up. Haven't seen him before. Great looking youngster.

That's awesome, brother.

Great pics! Amazing how many different bucks are working that rub now.

MnMan.
Lots of new bucks showing up. They usually do this time of year.

Winds here were 30 and up to 40mph most of the day. I watched a small buck following 2 fawn literally walk right through a leaf tornado bout an hour ago.
Seen 9 bucks this evening. Even with the trees whipping and leaves blowing, they were acting completely normal.
As for hunting, I prefer thick cover and very seldom hunt a field edge. This evening just reinforced why.

Awesome pictures

On que.


Thanks 330T.

Good luck! What exactly are you waiting for? Bow, rifle season?

Waiting for something big to show up.

Oh, yes, okay. you're definitely spoiled. Hahaha
Cuz he perty:D

Savell....where did your pics go ????

Did they just vanish ????

Actually Mrs L.
I will shoot him just because he really didn't put on much antler growth from last year. many years of watching bucks age tells me he likes won't grow much from what he is next year.
He's a good bodied sized deer and I'm guessing he's a 5 year old.

It's raining now but supposed to quit about 5 p.m.
If that happens, I may go plop my butt in a tree for the first time this season.
I'd rather shoot the buck (first on shown on page one ) as he's a bully. I just want him gone.
Will see how this evening pans out.

GL!

Man you got a good amount of bucks there man!

Just screwed on sharp broadheads.
" I'm Going In".

Good luck bucks!

Thanks Man,.
Just got back and undressed. Woodstove cranked up. Soaked to the skin/ chilled to the bone.
Got freaking poured on and wasn't dressed proper. Had 2 small bucks and 7 Does n fawns come by.

Dave that was what this guy was saying too. Here is how it is done. About 5 miles North of the house this evening.

Dang Mark.
You got more moose within 10 miles of your house then all of Mn.

Very Cool picture

I need to go check my cameras. I haven't had the time for a couple of weeks. More than likely the batteries are all dead anyway.

What kind of cams Rob?

As long as the cams are set on a trail (not a feed pile), I can usually get a Sept through December time out of them.
Got several different brands.

I have never set out a trail camera. I bought two once and have never put batteries in them. My wife took the moose picture out the window of the car. I was driving.

I have a river assortment of cheap cameras. Most of the bucks I shoot are ones I have never seen before anyway.

Isn't that crazy how that works

Yes and no. On years when the neighbors have corn planted I get the "Satellite bucks" working around the corn. That corner of the property is the place to be. On years when they have other crops planted, then the bucks hang closer to the house and apple tree plots. I just hate hunting on the front 40.

He sure has a morning routine down tight.

He's heading into a thick bedding area.

Not sure how he exits it in the evening. I " think" I know but I'm not going back there to figger it out.
Will wait till conditions are right, slip in the and hunt. I have one ladderstand tight to the riverbank. I'm guessing that's where he exits in the eve.

He will make good sausage

I haven't seen a Pope&Young buck yet on my place. It is very unusual not to see 140 to 150 class but not this year. No moose either. I haven't even hunted yet, so many out of state hunters it is unreal. Alabama to Mn and all states in between I have seen here and some neighbor's places lease to the southern and eastern people. That makes it pretty tough for a local in the middle of that hard hunting which takes place.

Good Luck!

Great Pictures MJM!!!!

This Thread Rocks

Yes,fun to follow along,great pictures.PP hear at my place so very little food around the 160 acres,have six camera's out.Four bucks so far,looks like one cull buck long beams short tined 8 pt.A few doe's so once the rut starts I get some traffic,good luck Dave,double lung equals a short blood trail......

Thanks Man!

How's your rubbing tree doing?
I think mine has dried out enuff to be not much good?

Double Lung on the menu Rick.

Based on 99% of the numerous pics of the same deer he’s nocturnal. Good luck killing him. Of course when the rut starts all bets are off on his patterns go out the window. Next pic you post of the same deer is you beside him.
Good luck

mine is on the wrong Edge of a cut bean field i believe...after kids weekend I'll put another one up in a better location

I respectfully ask you stay off my threads..as I will yours.

I enjoy the play by play, Brother. keep it up.

Thanks Sis.
He just showed up.
He's not " nocturnal" anymore.

Oh wait.. he hasn't been at all.
Actually, he moves quite a bit during daylight.



I'm watching him right now. He's making scrapes along a food plot edge. Fun to watch.

Looking forward to when you get him. Some of us (me) are living vicariously through some of y'all's hunts.

This is almost as much fun as hunting there myself....almost.

I ran cameras today and just had small 8's or smaller. I did have 3 different diaper eaters on 3 different cameras, one of which ripped my 30 pound propane tank off the mount and chewed the hose off. Another left about 3 pounds on undigested corn on the bottom step of one stand. I think there should be a bounty on these things. I hate them!

Doug. Now days, yep.

I really don't give much of a rip if I kill a big buck ( not really, but sorta).
This is just a fun thing I've been doing for years.

I'd been experimenting with the " rubbing" post things for several years but never Nailed down the right technique.
Always used the wrong kind of tree.
Wasn't till about 8/ 10 years ago, I was working for a Muskie fishing old buddy of yours from S.D. (
DP)
I was out in his pasture one day and seen a cedar fence post that had been " hour glassed" by bucks rubbing it for years. Fence line no longer used and asked if I could take it with me. Yep.
I pulled it and brought it back to Mn and dug it in. Didn't get touched.
That became my obsession with finding something that would work.
Posted what I did on several hunting forum and now seems like Everyone is doing it! Lol.