Q10. What does a Stag rub look like?
A10. Sambar stags use rub trees for two main reasons. The first is to strip velvet from their antlers, as deer drop and grow their antlers each year, it’s a good way to track if the area you are hunting has an active stag in the area, to more rubs, the more active the area is. The second is to mark their territory, they do this by both scarrings up the trees, and rubbing their scent against it and generally a “preaching” tree located nearby.
See the photo for a pretty good sort of “rub”, as can be seen by the shavings on the ground and the green marks on the tree, this one has seen some recent use.
Now get out there and get hunting, a bad day’s hunting is still better than a day at work