Leo Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 Many of us have found them and hunted them with no luck. I include myself among those who have struck out on scrapes. I personally have only ever taken one buck near one. He wasn't working it but he was scent checking it from a thicket I was hiding in. He was 80yds away from the scrape. I didn't find the scrape till I tracked him after the shot. I honestly didn't know it was there till then. The deer came in at last 20 minutes of legal shooting light. This was after a I had sat that stand since sunup. It was a long long day. Right now, my injuries would probably prevent me doing that hunt again. I do know, if I had been within visible distance of the scrape, "hunting it", I couldn't have seen him at all. So what I learned from that experience is get downwind of the scrape in the thickest stuff you can find within 80-100yds of it. Pretty conventional wisdom nowadays. But still, applying this knowledge hasn't made scrape hunting a very successful tactic for me. Even successfully set up mock scrapes that get hot and a lot of activity produce hardly any deer sightings. I am coming to the conclusion that for the most part scrapes just aren't visited much (if at all) during the day. Maybe it's just in this area, don't know for sure. My Question is: With so many folks owning game cams, nowadays. Has anyone ever set one up on a hot scrape and photographed a decent buck working it during legal shooting hours? If you have tried this, or have the ability to, please share with us. I for one would be really interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brule_wisconsin Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 Re: Scrapes and Game Cam question. I've gotten several pictures of nice bucks in scrapes. However all of the big ones were between 11 and 3 o'clock at night. I hunt scrapes, but the bucks I've shot have been chasing does through the scrape areas in mid morning. I've only seen little ones come into scrapes during daylight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted November 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 Re: Scrapes and Game Cam question. Thanks for the very helpful reply Brule. This confirms my suspicions the exact same nocturnal visits by the big boys are occurring here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 Re: Scrapes and Game Cam question. Have never tried to setup on a hot scrape, bt setup the cam on a trail going to a scrape, and the deer quit using that trail, so I moved the cam out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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