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I checked a rub cluster Sunday and saw some fresh rubs. This is a traditional rub site, one of the few I have found after lots of scouting. Deer populations here are low, less than 7 per sq mile so rubs are not common. Two years ago, I saw a buck on these rubs that had 26+ beams and 12-14 back tines. It was shot 2 weeks after I saw him and I measured him. That buck was rubbing 8" trees in the same cluster. This year and last the rubs are less pronounced. However, there was a 6" tree there with 5 ft high scratch marks. It was very strange since the scratches are fairly evenly spaced and could pass for claw marks. I saw a bear track on the way in but I am not convinced it is bear because the scratches run from a foot to 5+ feet high. A bear would not scratch so low. The scratches were vertical. It is too bad my camera is not working or I would post pics.

What do you think ? Is this a buck? Has anyone seen anything like it? How high would his rack have to be to reach well over 5 feet? How high is a northern bucks head off the ground? I tried to find deer dimensions on the web with no luck.
 
Well if you live in Canada Then it probably is a deer. The size of some of the racks that come from there. Beauties. Need pictures of some sort to be able to help ya out. Sorry. /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
 
That's a deer. The licking branches on the hot scrapes right now are, in some cases closer to 6 feet from the ground than 5. I've seen what you mentioned. Deer, no ?.
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: enis</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Well if you live in Canada Then it probably is a deer. The size of some of the racks that come from there. Beauties. Need pictures of some sort to be able to help ya out. Sorry. /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif </div></div>

Trust me, we have nothing like Iowa in this part of Canada. A 150 class is a top end buck here.
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Saskguy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That's a deer. The licking branches on the hot scrapes right now are, in some cases closer to 6 feet from the ground than 5. I've seen what you mentioned. Deer, no ?. </div></div>

I see your point about the licking branch, as your avatar illustrates. Ok, now I have to wonder how good he is. I saw 130-140 class bucks in the fields, in August, but this may not be one of them, as those bucks usually came from a different direction.

I sat over the rubs yesterday and will have to try again tomorrow.
 
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