They begin in mid August and will continue till they shed their antlers in February-March.
Now is the beginning of the peak season for rubs and scrapes. They are making them now. They are in early rut and will be tearing up trees all over.When do deer start rubbing trees.. ?
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It depends on where you are located. In northern climates, Whitetail Deer can start rubbing the velvet off their antlers (and as other answers have commented, leaving scent and strengthening their neck and shoulder muscles) as early as late August. In more southern climates, this might take as long as late October.
In late summer and early fall rubs are usually made by bucks rubbing the velvet off their newly acquired antlers. During the rut and late season, rubs can be made by aggressive bucks strengthening their neck muscles or bucks just marking out their home territory. A bucks forehead gland will leave a scent to let other deer know who made the rub.
Where I live it is usually in September, when they start removing the velvet from thier antlers.
When they have an itch??????
Here in minnesota they have been doing it for about a month.
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