ORIGINAL: 2 Lunger

You will always find rubs in those "staging" areas at the right time of year. It took me a few years to figure out the difference between those random rubs and an actual rub line.

This buck had several thigh sized trees tore up in this draw leading to a cut cornfield. One day I decided to spray down real good and follow this huge rubs. It took me to a huge blow down of trees. I knew then I had located his bedroom and set up the camera. After three days of the camera I pulled it and checked it and got pictures of the buck leaving his bed about 20 min. before last light 2 of those three days.That week I pulled my peep sight and learned to shoot without one becauseI knew this would be a low light shot.My set up was about 75 yrds east of his bed. I hunted the evening of Nov. 8th. and right on cue I saw him leaving the blow down with about 10 min. of light left. He hit two trees along the way and I knew if he hit the next three trees between me and him there was no way I would get a shot. After he hit the second tree. He threw his head up and walked right past my stand and I sent one on the way. The shot was a little far back but went right through the liver. My buddy and I went back 4 hours later and found him dead in his bed about 50 yrds from the shot.

I'm reading a book right now by Greg Miller on rub line tactics and this guy knows what he is talking about and there seems to be enough evidence in hunting rub lines to make it worth a guys while.

ORIGINAL: psebwhntr16

I've always had better luck hunting active scrapes thanI have on rublines. To be honest, I've never put much research into rublines, but have noticed that alot of the mature deer in my area just go around nocturnally making rubs to strengthen muscles and let out aggression during the pre-rut and then start making and returning to scrapes when the does start going into heat in early November.