September Scrapes

[funderburk]

What has been your experience with scrapes in September? If you’ve found many active scrapes during this time, what factors do you think contributed to it being active so early?

[DaveT1963]

What has been your experience with scrapes in September? If you’ve found many active scrapes during this time, what factors do you think contributed to it being active so early?

IMO Sept scrapes are typically made by mature animals near their core areas. So while i may or may not hunt them, they definitely clue you in on their pre-rut core areas. However, I think those scrapes tend to be a total waste of time to hunt for the most part after mid oct as the primary scrapes will be closer to doe bedding/travel IME. However, in southern areas, keep them in mind because once the bucks get done breeding they will often return to these core areas. in the North, most have totally different core areas during winter after the rut.

[may21581]

What has been your experience with scrapes in September? If you’ve found many active scrapes during this time, what factors do you think contributed to it being active so early?

IMO Sept scrapes are typically made by mature animals near their core areas. So while i may or may not hunt them, they definitely clue you in on their pre-rut core areas. However, I think those scrapes tend to be a total waste of time to hunt for the most part after mid oct as the primary scrapes will be closer to doe bedding/travel IME. However, in southern areas, keep them in mind because once the bucks get done breeding they will often return to these core areas. in the North, most have totally different core areas during winter after the rut.

Agree 100 percent. They scrape early in their early core areas and still on that feed pattern. A scrape in early season that is fresh needs to be hunted asap.