Posted by Donald Lehman on November 01, 2015 at 12:52:45 from (172.79.159.43):
In Reply to: Buck Deer problem posted by cuby on November 01, 2015 at 09:23:25:
This is natural behavior for a buck this time of year. He's rubbing the velvet off the antlers, announcing his presence to other bucks, claiming his territory and strengthening his neck muscles for the coming rut. They never use dead trees for rubs. You will more than likely have to wrap your trees with some kind of protection and you need to do it immediately, or kill the buck. I would suggest next year doing this to any tree you want protected about 3 weeks earlier than this next year. The size of the tree the deer uses for his rubs is a fair indication of the size of the buck. Generally, the more damage the deer does, and the bigger the tree, the bigger the buck. Don't think I've ever seen a tree bigger than about 8 inches being used. A moose on the other hand, will take on trees much larger and tear into them from about 3 feet off the ground to six feet high.
Most hunters can't afford large tracts of land and use food plots to make their property as attractive as possible to deer. The average doe's territory is a square mile. When you only own 20 acres of the 640, your odds of success are pretty low without a food plot, or some heavy swamp/cover for a bedding area. My experience with food plots around this area is that they take pressure off farm crops to some extent. It also raises the success rates a bit and over a few years time lowers the population by a good number.
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