I found a scrape that looked fresh in February in a area I had never hunted. The bedding area is 70 yards from the scrape can almost see the scrape from it. Today 7 weeks later I pulled the cam.
I had 5 different bucks visit the scrape. A group of 2 and a different group of 3. On March 7th one still had 3 points on his right beam all the others had already shed.
They all worked a licking branch above the active scrape. And urinated in the scrape. This for sure confirms some scrapes are used year round.
All sightings were afternoon and right before dark. I had no nighttime pics at all of deer. The strangest thing is all came from the direction opposite of bedding anyone have a clue why this is the case?
It took 2 days for the buck group to revisit the scrape after a coyote visited it on Febuary 19th.
Scrapes in Spring still active.
-
- 500 Club
- Posts: 7865
- Joined: Tue Dec 09, 2014 12:54 pm
- Location: Medon Tn
- Status: Offline
- muddy
- Posts: 8770
- Joined: Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:04 am
- Location: Hawkeye State of Mind
- Status: Offline
Re: Scrapes in Spring still active.
I have grape vines hanging over old scrapes... does and bucks use them as scent posts year round. It's pretty cool .
http://www.iowawhitetail.com
Leading the way for habitat and management information
"It's a good thing you don't need commas and colons to kill deer" -seaz
Leading the way for habitat and management information
"It's a good thing you don't need commas and colons to kill deer" -seaz
- Ghost Hunter
- Posts: 4891
- Joined: Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:00 am
- Location: South Arkansas
- Status: Online
Re: Scrapes in Spring still active.
I have noticed community scrapes opened in July with a decent temperature drop.
I'm reason they call it hunting and not shooting.
- thepennsylvanian
- 500 Club
- Posts: 564
- Joined: Sat Mar 24, 2018 2:46 am
- Location: SW Pennsylvania
- Status: Offline
Re: Scrapes in Spring still active.
I've heard & read that major scrapes will get used all year long by the most dominant bucks... i believe this was Bill Vale's book that I read it in, i can't recall wh ed re exactly I've heard it but i have heard it more then once. I've never personally seen this though.
Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.
- hoyt31786
- Posts: 157
- Joined: Fri Nov 16, 2018 1:20 pm
- Status: Offline
Re: Scrapes in Spring still active.
Ive seen them work licking branches all yr long !
-
- Advertisement
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 85 guests