I have to agree. I believe that there are good bucks on most all of our public lands, you just gotta have the skill set to identify and be able to hunt them properly. Definitely a skill not easily learned, at least for me.Nice! I've come to the opinion that there are likely many more such specimens on public land that nobody ever sees and they are just better in the woods than hunters for the most part.
That’s probably a dominant buck. I know a few honey holes in Redlands with sign like this.I found this rub at Redlands yesterday. That is a great buck View attachment 1046630
I’ve seen some big ones but come rifle season most are hunkered into surrounding private land or nocturnal.
Yes it had been. Good observation. May I ask your point?When this buck was taken, rifle season had been open for 11 days on Redlands.
I found this rub at Redlands yesterday. That is a great buck View attachment 1046630
Yep, plenty of good deer spread over 35,000 acres.There's good deer on the Redlands. We have located a few and blown several opportunities this year alone. If I wasnt in the mountains this weekend with family, I'd have high hopes for bagging one with the cold front moving in.
Likely used by more than one buck. May or may not have been started by a large buck. Like scrape size, there's not a direct correlation bw rub size and rack size. I've witnessed small basket rack buck hit a tree that size. Now, if you're talking a scrape on a tree the size of your thigh, I would doubt a spike could have made it!
Yep, I once watched a forkhorn rub the daylights out of a very nice sized sapling.Likely used by more than one buck. May or may not have been started by a large buck. Like scrape size, there's not a direct correlation bw rub size and rack size. I've witnessed small basket rack buck hit a tree that size. Now, if you're talking a scrape on a tree the size of your thigh, I would doubt a spike could have made it!