Buck Beds over Scrapes

[Twenty Up]

I recently walked over a buck bedding area that I found last year. This year there were 3 scrapes, still being used just down wind of several buck beds. The scrapes were off three different trails that were connected by rubs leaving the beds.

I've seen scrapes in close proximity to buck beds, but I've never seen a scrape within 50 yards of a Bucks bed. Especially one that was in view of 2/3 buck beds.

My guess is the scrapes are at the edge of their staging area where they hang out and wait until dark to really begin to move.

Anyone else seen something similar to this?

[Twenty Up]

Forgot.. primary scrape please delete

[ghoasthunter]

I see this all the time where I hunt the bucks sit during the rut and watch the scrapes. the buck I killed this year was going in to his bed from a scrape they do this a lot in big woods areas with low deer numbers. they will sit and watch for a doe too hit the scrape. then get right on her trail its like they are sitting in ambush.

[Rob loper]

I recently walked over a buck bedding area that I found last year. This year there were 3 scrapes, still being used just down wind of several buck beds. The scrapes were off three different trails that were connected by rubs leaving the beds.

I've seen scrapes in close proximity to buck beds, but I've never seen a scrape within 50 yards of a Bucks bed. Especially one that was in view of 2/3 buck beds.

My guess is the scrapes are at the edge of their staging area where they hang out and wait until dark to really begin to move.

Anyone else seen something similar to this?

I just listened to mario and dan talk about this on podcast 14 15-16. One of them.
Dan said scrapes associated with bedding are the best
He and mario went over a spot they hunt and the killed 2-3 different beautiful bucks snd i think marios biggest
And it was all over a scrape right next to or in the bedding I actually think all three kills are on marsh or swamp cds too. And I remember dan telling me last weekend they are good. So scrapes in bedding i would say. Are red hot spots when being used.

[ghoasthunter]

I recently walked over a buck bedding area that I found last year. This year there were 3 scrapes, still being used just down wind of several buck beds. The scrapes were off three different trails that were connected by rubs leaving the beds.

I've seen scrapes in close proximity to buck beds, but I've never seen a scrape within 50 yards of a Bucks bed. Especially one that was in view of 2/3 buck beds.

My guess is the scrapes are at the edge of their staging area where they hang out and wait until dark to really begin to move.

Anyone else seen something similar to this?

I just listened to mario and dan talk about this on podcast 14 15-16. One of them.
Dan said scrapes associated with bedding are the best
He and mario went over a spot they hunt and the killed 2-3 different beautiful bucks snd i think marios biggest
And it was all over a scrape right next to or in the bedding I actually think all three kills are on marsh or swamp cds too. And I remember dan telling me last weekend they are good. So scrapes in bedding i would say. Are red hot spots when being used.

most of my best beds relate with scrapes even if they are not active on the dirt the licking branch gets hit year round. I love putting cameras on spots like this I will go as far as maintaining the licking branch with a couple grape vines and 550 cord. the best one I have is 1 acer shallow nob jutting out into a swamp on a travel corridor that connects 7 different buck beds into a center hub. that nob gets close to 30 scrapes on it every year and the whole perimeter on swamp edge gets full of rubs. I keep a camera on it year round on the biggest scrape and get thousands of pics year round. I get a overload of mature buck activity on it the last weak of October which is normally a weak before rut. the mature bucks cruse that area all day long for a short period of time I normally hunt it once in early season then hit it hard for 2 or 3 days in that pre rut time period I will get 70% of my buck sightings in a handful of days on it. just above that section is major finger ridges and bowls that hold high doe populations and doe bedding. the bucks can thermal check all the way out of the swamps. in complete safety and tear that nob up using the same advantages they get while bedding 2 wind thermal tunnel and line of sight. the bucks will focus on the scrapes in relation to wind just like if the scrapes were beds they were intending to lay on. they j hook them and approach with dropping thermals and everything.

[Twenty Up]

Thanks for the input y'all. Initially it threw me off but I completely forgot about primary scrapes. Makes sense now and it's a well used bedding area year in and out due to no hunting pressure.

Guess I need to keep checking the All Time Tactical threads more and see what else I've forgotten.