How to Make a Mock Scrape

How to Find the Perfect Mock Scrape Tree

You’d be hard-pressed to have a conversation with someone about deer hunting and not touch on scrapes. Scrapes are arguably the most powerful communication tool that bucks and does alike use. They get the most attention during October and early November, but some scrapes are used year-round, depending on their location. There’s nothing better than finding a well-used community scrape that deer have used for years. I would rather see a deer-made...

Human or Deer Urine: Does It Make a Difference?

If a hunter pees in the woods, do deer, bears or elk really care? If they do care, how do they respond? And for how long? Do they respond differently if hunters consumed coffee, garlic, onions, beer, cheese, cabbage or other aromatic drinks and foods? With so many opinions and questions, and so many assumptions and scant science, it’s tough to support or dismiss any claims about human urine’s effect on game animals. Maybe that uncertainty...

How to Use Mock Scrapes in Summer

The summer months are filled with anticipation and a curiosity to see which bucks survived the winter and how they will grow this year. Mineral sites and other food sources are effective ways to attract bucks to your area and to get pictures of them on your trail camera, but they’re illegal on a lot of public land areas and even on private property in some states. In big woods and large timber tracts, food sources are abundant during summer...