NOW is the best time to hunt scrapes. Here’s how to find the best scrapes to hunt according to land management expert Steve Bartylla.
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Find the Best Buck Scrapes to Hunt
You see a big scrape with tracks and get excited, but will you actually see a buck there during shooting hours? Find the scrapes deer regularly use during the day.
#2: How Bucks Use Scrapes | Alsheimer’s Greatest Insights
As the rutting moon arrives and the rut intensifies, three distinct types of scrapes show up: boundary, random and primary.
Divert Bucks to Your Stand with This Proven Tactic
A number of buck scrapes are made and seldom hit again, and a good majority are created at night. A Magnum Scrape Dripper can help with this.
Scratching the Surface of Scrape Drippers
Building a couple mock scrapes near your stand will provide you with better shot opportunities, improve your odds of seeing more deer at each sitting, and allows you to encourage deer movement at your stand during shooting hours.
How to ID Individual Buck Scrapes
While many hunters have had minimal success when hunting buck scrapes, over half of my 50 record book bucks were taken at active primary scrape areas, and I hold firm that they are the most productive locations when in the right places and hunted properly.