Learn the basics of scrapes and how deer use them so you can find and tag deer where you hunt.
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Thank you Dr Woods! Great info!!
Just killed my first buck last night. He was headed up a finger ridge to a scrape!
I was out hunting years ago with my brother , I had ' Peed ' on a nearby Deer Scrape . About 2 weeks later a 3 point buck had come directly up to my 2 man Deer Stand which was only 10 feet tall , this buck had stood up on his hind legs to reach my ' platform ' so I reached out and petted the Deer . Apparently my brother who could see my stand from where his stand was used his cell phone to video me petting this Deer . All of the rest of that hunting season my brother kept saying how I was a ' Bad Hunter ' , " With all of the Hunters out in the Woods , Bill is the only ' hunter ' petting Deer instead of shooting them . The Deer walk right up to his stand and he hasn't shot not a one . Bad Hunter , very Bad Hunter ." He told this story and showed his footage even in restaurants , people in our area were just laughing at me every time they saw the video .
Have you considered that rainfall actually can re activate scents from scrapes? I learned this from an experienced dog tracker. Rain can actually REactivate a deer/blood trail making it easier on his dog. Thoughts?
Thanks for sharing that. We just moved so we are hunting game lands right now. Im hunting over a bean field with a scrape right in side the woods. We are seeing a lot a deer including some nice buck. Great tip for hunting. Havent seen any buck when i was hunting there, but they are on trail camera so they will make a mistake sometime. Thanks again for sharing.
Curios if you have urinated in a scrape to see how deer react? That debate always comes up around the campfires. I keep my trail cams running year round. I've witnessed coyotes, bobcats, fox, rabbits and just about everything urinate in scrapes. Doesn't seem to affect deer activity one bit. As a redneck biologist/scientist I've urinated in scrapes just out of curiosity and deer activity doesn't appear affected at all. If anything in some cases activity seemed to increase in those scrapes.
Thank you for this Video alot of knowledge and I like what you said at the end , So Very True !!!!!