Mock Scrapes - thoughts and tips?

[Henry Road]

I have had zero luck with mock scrapes. I've tried hanging grapevines vertical (ala Jeff Sturgis) and I've tied down limbs to make them hang at the right level. Some scented, most not. I think I've had 1 in about 20 get any action. Is it the placement that is off? I've put most on woods roads where I see scrapes pop up in the past. Not sure what I am doing wrong? Thinking about planting a pole in a field - drilling holes in it, and cutting limbs to make my own scrape tree out in the open. Wondering if anyone has tried this? Success? Tips? I'm in the land of the planted pines in South GA. Thanks

 

[psedna]

I have had some success with mock scrapes, wondering about the scrape fix artificial powder?

If you look closely, some scrapes are open all year just not very big or cleaned out but you can see that they still attract some deer activity...

 

[HuntingFool]

https://forum.gon.com/threads/mock-scrape-bucks.44237/

Done this for years with good results.

 

[elfiii]

https://forum.gon.com/threads/mock-scrape-bucks.44237/

Done this for years with good results.

Kildee's mock scrape recipe works.

 

[tree cutter 08]

Find a traditional place they usually make them, clean it out a week before they start laying sign down, pee in it and hang a camera. Always had good luck. If no activity, it's in a place they do not want to be. Funnels, pinch points near thick cover is idea.

 

[whitetailfreak]

I use em with good success in the mountains and are the only scents I ever use. When I kill a buck I keep the hocks in the refrigerator until ready to use.

 

[dixiecutter]

Kildees brew.

 

[Semi-Pro]

I just pee in them every morning

 

[kayaksteve]

Never tried making an artificial licking branch. I just find an area they would already want to make a scrape and find a suitable limb or even better an old scrape. I’ve used many of the off the shelf scrape starters with decent results but peeing in them seems to work just as well. Sometimes I’ll mess around with a pre-orbital scent for fun. I’ve saved several tarsal glands in the freezer but I think they loose a lot of magic over a year in the freezer.

 

[kmckinnie]

I just go find the areas they are doing it and sit by a tree. Seems to me there are spots that they always do it. Year after year. It’s there form of Communication. The does visit them also. Both sexes go by them year round. Yea some pop up on roads. By food plots. Most are night travels. The year in. Year out ones that they make are the best.
On another note. The old tinks back when in a glass bottle. Had the biggest buck ever come to it. I missed with my whitetail II bow. He seen me move.
If I was to use a scent it would be from the daytime dripper and I would place it at a spot I could see from 100 plus yards. And on a exciting scrape.
If I killed a buck else where I would use them tarsal glands. I would also dig between his toes in the hole there and get the white cream scent and wipe my knife on cotton balls as I got it. Place them high in the tree there.
Anyway good luck. I got to go eat deer backstraps in graveyard.

 

[buckpasser]

Last year I had one road on the farm where every horizontal longleaf limb that hung out into the right of way was polished up. It made me want to start the old cedar horizontal rub limb and scrape station I’ve heard of.

I’ve only had marginal success getting a normal scrape started but never really found a need for one anyway.

 

[Jim Boyd]

I make them and pee in them.

Works very well.

I also owe in the natural ones I pass by.

Good luck

 

[humblehunter22]

This morning on a mock scrape on public land. I learned that location is paramount when setting a mock up.

 

[kevin17]

Harmons buck scrape works best for me if you can find it. Has worked great in north and south Ga. Here are some public land in Fannin and Gilmer county.