brotherjack
09-23-2005, 07:37 PM
So, today, while wandering around the bush seeing nothing alive that wasn't a squirrel, I run across a series of elk rubs in a more/less straight line. They were all maybe 10 feet off the side of a game trail that runs through this draw I was exploring. There were 3 that I found before I decided to back out of the area without contaminating it with my scent any more than I already had. Two of them were about 5 yards apart, the third about 30 yards down the trail.
I assume these are elk rubs, because they are so big. The start a little more than ankle high, and the bark is peeled down to bare wood clear up to about 7 feet off the ground. The smallest of the trees was about as big around as a bottle neck and about 15 foot high (it had been bent over and rubbed clear up to the top), and the biggest was about as big around as my wrist. I sniffed them, and they didn't stink like I've heard bull elk rubs should, but if they're a week or two old, I don't know if that proves anything... I also saw some elk sign that was fresh, but not like "today" fresh - maybe 2 days old.
Anyway, anyone know if the multiple rubs in an area like that means the bull likely comes through there a lot, or do they just thrash some trees wherever they happen to be and move on out of the area for breeding season? In other words, do you think it would be productive if I set up downwind of the spot in question and watched?
Thanks in advance...
I assume these are elk rubs, because they are so big. The start a little more than ankle high, and the bark is peeled down to bare wood clear up to about 7 feet off the ground. The smallest of the trees was about as big around as a bottle neck and about 15 foot high (it had been bent over and rubbed clear up to the top), and the biggest was about as big around as my wrist. I sniffed them, and they didn't stink like I've heard bull elk rubs should, but if they're a week or two old, I don't know if that proves anything... I also saw some elk sign that was fresh, but not like "today" fresh - maybe 2 days old.
Anyway, anyone know if the multiple rubs in an area like that means the bull likely comes through there a lot, or do they just thrash some trees wherever they happen to be and move on out of the area for breeding season? In other words, do you think it would be productive if I set up downwind of the spot in question and watched?
Thanks in advance...