Time to watch your community scrapes - tell us about yours!!!

[Jim Thompson]

We are getting very few mature buck pics, but it's gonna happen...I hope

 

[Jim Thompson]

I was explaining the same thing to little slayer yesterday when he ran across them. One of them is a mock scrape I did 3 years ago.

It's funny how they come back time and time again. Always have to look for chew marks before cutting a limb out of the way

 

[Kris87]

A lot of community scrapes or old mock scrapes I've made tend to get hardened as they get older. Meaning the dirt being uncovered for extended periods of time will smooth out and get hard. One thing I learned from Ted Miller(who I consider to know a lot about whitetails) is to take those old scrapes, dig up the dirt, implant some sand or other loamy soil and make them soft again. It will help tremendously to keep the scent in the soil longer. It has worked well for me.

 

[Jim Boyd]

We are getting very few mature buck pics, but it's gonna happen...I hope

Sure as autumn follows summer, it will likely happen.

If not at that scrape, then at others.

Deer are, if nothing else, quite predictable in WHAT they do.

What is not as predictable is the WHEN of it....

 

[Jim Thompson]

A lot of community scrapes or old mock scrapes I've made tend to get hardened as they get older. Meaning the dirt being uncovered for extended periods of time will smooth out and get hard. One thing I learned from Ted Miller(who I consider to know a lot about whitetails) is to take those old scrapes, dig up the dirt, implant some sand or other loamy soil and make them soft again. It will help tremendously to keep the scent in the soil longer. It has worked well for me.

Same with Ted's horizontal rubs. Good stuff

 

[Jim Boyd]

This girl is DETERMINED.

 

[bfriendly]

Don’t know about community scrapes but I put a camera on one yesterday. I found 8 scrapes, 3 of which surely had activity, one with a few scratches and the rest looked like they were from last year, but somehow the leaves and needles never covered them up.I took photos but the good scrape photos were blurry......

 

[Jim Boyd]

This little guy did a wheelie before he even got to the licking branch, then walked under the branch and did another wheelie.

Not sure what the first one was about.

 

[lildorris00]

Ill post pics later....notice my community scrape was active and looked to have 2-3 scrapes instead of the typical 1 big one....moved my cam from the oak flat to the scrape so Ill post as I get them.

 

[lildorris00]

Ill add, I put the camera out at lunch today, and by 3:45, iv had a group of does come by, and at least 3 small bucks....I know that this rain has held them down and they all got on their feet about lunch time but still goes to show what the community scrape can do.

 

[Jim Boyd]

Ill add, I put the camera out at lunch today, and by 3:45, iv had a group of does come by, and at least 3 small bucks....I know that this rain has held them down and they all got on their feet about lunch time but still goes to show what the community scrape can do.

Quick action!!!!!

 

[Jim Boyd]

Getting bigger bucks now.

Just need them to transition to daylight.

That should happen mid October.


Good luck, all

 

[lildorris00]

Community scrape from last night.

 

[Deerhunter12454]

First scrape I’ve seen opened up. Licking branch has definitely been chewed last few years. Put a camera on it. Spot sets up perfectly. Thicker ridge top with acorns covering the bottom. Plenty of droppings. Makes sense deer would use the transition line

 

[Jim Boyd]

Good luck Lil-D and DH 12455