Sambar sign and tips

[Oldbloke]

Thought I would start a new discussion on Sambar sign. Just to help new starters.
To get started I found this at the wee,end. Very nice wallow. " I will be back "

[bear foot bowhunter]

So do deer walow like pigs ?

[bigfellascott]

This one forgot the road rules, I drove past it near Lithgow NSW, I guess it was on Holidays from Vic

[RealNick]

If only you got there earlier, could have snagged a nice trophy

[BBJ]

So do deer walow like pigs ?

Some breeds yes, some no.

Sambar obviously as the topic shows. Fallow don't. Can't remember others off the top of my head.

[cooker]

A bit of info from a cousin across the water here

http://www.deernz.org/deerhub/deer-info ... jamNPmqpBc

[Oldbloke]

A typical rub.

[RealNick]

BTW anyone got a copy of the Secrets of Sambar book?

Any good?

[Oldbloke]

I got the set. Highly recommended.
But the first one has most of the info.
If you pm me i can email my notes from the book

[RealNick]

Thanks mate.

[juststarting]

@oldbloke what is that material on the barrel - is it purely for camouflage or serves another purpose?

[Oldbloke]

Just a bit of cammo material, only for that purpose. Straight glossy sticks are not very common in the bush

[Kai]

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Game trail

[Kai]

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Close up of a rub tree with shavings around the base...this rub tree is most probably from a fallow buck though not a sambar

[Oldbloke]

Great pics

Thanks

[Kai]

Great pics

Thanks

No worries

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An area with heavy browsing

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[Chronos]

I've not seen fresh deer rubs but I've seen some rubs from pigs that started ankle high and came up a tree to about waist high, clearly a very large boar.

Hoping to get down to snowies again this year but yet to see a Sambar where we go.

Chronos

[Kai]

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Some old scat starting to go mouldy, 308 for comparison

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Some fresher sambar scat, size and shape varies depending on age of sambar, small for yearlings, larger for mature sambar

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[Vati]

Thanks for sharing Kai

[Cooper]

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Pretty sure this is Samber. Maybe fallow rub?

Centre of picture. I know they are about. Yet to catch them on my trail camera!

[marksman]

here is a recent sambar rub

[juststarting]

Thing about Sambar rubs, is that Sambar has a pretty big roaming radius and don't hang out near the rub. It's good to find, to confirm that they are around, but even if you find a fresh rub, the culprit could be kilometres away.

[Oldbloke]

A bit of CPR to this thread.

This looks pretty good but i suggest u skip the first 20minutes or so. Yanks do BS a lot.
It's about deer vision. But not sambar specific.

I knew some of this but there is also some nuances/detail I was not aware of. Worth a look.

By Deer IQ

https://youtu.be/bPW61VZXt2g?si=LijAPJFaUInHe77G

[Flyonline]

I found this the other day. Easy watch, a few jokes, lots of info and a good delivery.

Introduction to Sambar Sign
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxQoh_ZCuIw

[Oldbloke]

I found this the other day. Easy watch, a few jokes, lots of info and a good delivery.

Introduction to Sambar Sign
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxQoh_ZCuIw

Lots of good info there. Excellent.

[bigpete]

My tip.....you can't walk too slowly.....don't give up when they honk,get ready.....

[Flyonline]

Yep, and if one takes off there still might be another one close by........

[bigpete]

Yep, and if one takes off there still might be another one close by........

The tip that sticks in my head from an old time sambar hunter from years ago...." use the biggest gun you can stand behind ".......

[Oldbloke]

Yep, and if one takes off there still might be another one close by........

The tip that sticks in my head from an old time sambar hunter from years ago...." use the biggest gun you can stand behind ".......

[Oldbloke]

Deer IQ again. Definitely worth a look.
Smell and hearing.

https://youtu.be/2js2_WdSrS8?si=NXKNHM9EtoUesUCh