humblehunter22
Senior Member
Curious to see what folks response is in regards to those of y'all in here that utilize mock scrapes in your bag of hunting tricks, more so in particular to when exactly in y'alls opinion is that "magic time" y'all like to focus on hunting your mock set ups? I just have recently found my own means of success in combination of running scents as well as a product that seems to bear more positive results than negative for me personally in regards to cam studies & in person 1st hand experience. Years past I used to be "that guy" that would run to the big box store or the hunting expo's buying up & getting my hands on every "it" scent product I could for hopes of the whole sales pitch slogan of buy this brand scent etc.... guaranteed you'll have a one fiddy in your lap first try in the field. I know that is a bit of an exaggeration but still. Years past it was always the same song & dance I would put said scents out & bam instantly within 24 hrs it seemed areas covered in fresh & old signs had magically shut off & were now void of all signs period. Fast forward to present day after much time spent reading & asking questions along with tweaking of my methods I have finally found a means to successfully run "mock scrapes", drag lines, etc... but I am curious how soon for those of you with any reasonable skin in the game do y'all plan to set up shop around your set ups in hopes of catching that bruiser working your set up in the daytime? For me so far I have not really given much concerted effort towards mine until the peak of the rutt to attempt to hunt over. I learned well enough most "scrape" activity in itself is nocturnal however once they do become territorial & start to break off from their groups & claim territory I figure a person could do well to catch a buck off guard.