How high of a rub for a bigger buck?

[lafn96]

Found a fresh rub today when I was out fertilizing the plots. Wasn't on a big tree at all, but seemed to be pretty high. Measuring it turned out to be 40 in. at the highest spot. Would that indicate a larger than avg buck?

I tend not to put a lot of faith in rubs, more so scrapes - but this one has me curious and I may have to put a camera on jt.

 

[Ski]

Depends on how big. If it's a tree small enough that the buck could bend over then height doesn't mean anything. But if it's too big to bend and there are gouges from tines up high above the raw spot the rub their forehead on, i take notice. The higher the gouges the taller the tines.

Here's a good example of a HUGE rub but it's all low. There are no tine gouges up high. Sure enough when I checked trail cam watching a scrape just a few feet away there was a 4 or 5 yr old 8pt with maybe 100" rack. Good buck but nothing impressive for antlers.

 

[lafn96]

I'm 6 ft, this was the highest one. Crappy pic, sorry

 

[Ski]

I'm 6 ft, this was the highest one. Crappy pic, sorry

How far above are the highest scratches from the bald forehead area, and how deep are they? That'll give you an idea of rack size because he's only rubbing his forehead and brow tines. The other tines by default leave marks as well but they're random, not focused. The farther away from the forehead area, the bigger the rack.

 

[lafn96]

How far above are the highest scratches from the bald forehead area, and how deep are they? That'll give you an idea of rack size because he's only rubbing his forehead and brow tines. The other tines by default leave marks as well but they're random, not focused. The farther away from the forehead area, the bigger the rack.

I'll get a closer look and pics this wknd, thanks!