I took my son out hunting two days ago. We found a nice spot among some birch that had a pretty good game trail with recent sign running close by. The ground was covered in leaves so I cleared out a circle with my boot so my son and I could sit there and not be crunching leaves. We didn't manage to see anything except for a fox. Yesterday went for a quick walk back to the same spot and not more than 10 yards away from where I had cleared away the leaves was a fresh scrape. I guess he didn't like the scrape I had made and decided to make one of his own. I figured he would have caught my scent in my scrape and let things be. So I cleared my scrape out again and then made another one about 25 yards away along the trail. I'll be out this afternoon to see if I can catch him coming through. BTW, we did not have any cover scent or doe scent on.
deer scrape
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superd222
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Try out some doe in estrus scent while the rut is on. It worked like magic for me this year. I used two different brands and freshened them up every time I went to my stand. I screwed around with a variety of calls and a rattle bag without success. The scent is what brought them in. Got a nice buck opening day of the shotgun season that came in running towards the scent wicks.
Good Luck!!!
Good Luck!!!
