How to hunt scrapes?

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Thats one thing I haven't figured out yet. There is a fresh scrape behind my tree that I piss in everytime I go by it. Most times they scrape never to come back to it.

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I've seen bucks work scrapes and I have seem them stand downwind scent checking them during daylight hours.

I rarely use trail cams, but when I hang them out, they are usually placed at a scrape. They are visted often during the night.

I think rub lines are a much better indicator of the bucks travel lines. And the rub lines often become a scrape lines just before the rut heats up.

I would expect this Sunday will be a good day to spend scouting for buck sign and maybe find a new place to add to your stand locations. One of the things I like most about being a deer hunter.

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There is a big difference between community scrapes and territorial scrapes. Bucks will scrape just about anywhere they come across a good looking overhead branch in their travels. They may not visit it again. A community scrape, on the other hand, will get frequented by most bucks that pass through the area. The key is finding a community scrape.

I had a scrape about 100 yards from one of my stands a few years ago. Every buck I saw in the general area visited it when they passed through. It was in a bad spot to set a stand or blind so I had to sit back from it and hope to call a buck in. I did call one one off of that scrape.

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The one behind my stand was touched at least twice. Will have to check on it again on Monday.

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Oct 19, 2018 6:46:47 GMT -5 ridgecommander said:

There is a big difference between community scrapes and territorial scrapes. Bucks will scrape just about anywhere they come across a good looking overhead branch in their travels. They may not visit it again. A community scrape, on the other hand, will get frequented by most bucks that pass through the area. The key is finding a community scrape.

I had a scrape about 100 yards from one of my stands a few years ago. Every buck I saw in the general area visited it when they passed through. It was in a bad spot to set a stand or blind so I had to sit back from it and hope to call a buck in. I did call one one off of that scrape.

Yep what Ridge said. If you find a community scrape then you have a gold mine. Most of the time a community scrape will be in the same place year after year.