jfenton954 Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 (edited) I was bow hunting two weeks ago today 11/7/11 an I was in my stand an ready an hour an a half before light. There was no wind an about 30 minutes before light I heard something coming throught the woods but I couldn't see anything so I was listening as he walked around the I smelled this awful smell then he slowly walked away. When it was light I seen a large scrape about 25 yard from my stand. The branch above the scrape was broken about 7 feet off the ground. So I hunted this area being as careful as I could not to leave any sent in the woods at all!! But he hasn't come back to the scrape at all????...... Could that mean he has a large travel area during the rut or possible dead? Edited November 21, 2011 by jfenton954 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 since it's hunting season, he may very well be dead. but, i suspect it's only becuase of the rut. his job is to let the ladies know where he is, and that he'll be back. of course, if you're not seeing any does you won't find any bucks. the bucks, big and small, are in the vacinity of the does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfenton954 Posted November 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 (edited) Doe's are coming to the area plus I have the rutting sent bombs hung out around the area to try to draw him in. So today is the opening day of gun we will see what happens. I keep everybody posted. Edited November 21, 2011 by jfenton954 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 Welcome to the forums. I am not a pro, but I can tell ya from what experience I have had with whitetails that bucks make a LOT of scrapes. Some they may revisit and some they never revisit. If the scrape you are talking about has been abandoned, it may not mean anything, the buck who made the scrape may or may not still be around. Is there other sign in the area, rubs, more scrapes, etc.? Interesting about the limb being broke so high, usually licking branches here are around 4 ft high. I watched a young deer earlier this season try to work an existing scrape out in the middle of a food plot where the limb was just out of its reach standing and it stretched to reach, my daughter and I watched a bigger deer work the same scrape a week earlier. What you smelled may have been a deer, they get pretty stinky around the time of the rut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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