Hmmmmmmm, full month before velvet shedding time.

They have to start sometime..

But somehow I just doubt it's August 15 when they started. But those high altitude ghost bucks can fool a feller. Never know

Mtn beavers.

I saw one yesterday but not sure anybody was rubbin velvet with it. Three inch tree with bark scraped off about 16" off the ground

Early rubs are usually a good sign that an older buck is in with the bachelor group. The early rubs I see start around OCT. and then they rub the woods down a couple of weeks before rutting around Dec 10-25.

I certainly wasnt looking for them, and didnt expect to see any at all at this point in the year, but in deer hunting there is always an exception. They were all within a 200 yard strecth of hardwoods/thicket.

Pig?

lol, not on that mountain

You mean you've never seen a family of pigs come single file line around a ridge 2000' up lol

That made me lol just thinking about it

lol, wouldn't that be something to see em trying to climb a bluff or knob

I wouldn't be surprised. I've seen pig sign not too far from there before, probably a direct result of those pigs that got imported into the valley several years ago. I can also show you some trail cam pics of pigs in the mountains of Jackson County. One was a huge sow coming up through a steep bluff cut just like a deer would. My youngest son killed a fat sow last year on a different property that certainly isn't flat. There were 6 of them, nose to tail coming around the ridge just like a group of deer would. I don't want to hijack the thread, but those hogs are very adaptable, and more populated than most people think. CD.

Whether pigs are up there or not I have no idea. But if you think pigs can't scale them mountain s better than deer you are mistaken.

Actually it's 2100 ft ... highest point n Jackson County