Optimize staging areas for shot opportunities with these tactics from Steve Bartylla.

Optimize staging areas for shot opportunities with these tactics from Steve Bartylla.
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.
Want to keep an inventory of your bucks? Brad Rucks explains a way to bring bucks to your trail cameras in this episode of HuntTech.
The more a mock scrape stands out, the more deer will want to stop to use it, providing you with a shot opportunity.
Mock scrapes might top the list of hunting and scouting tools. In fact, the list of advantages they offer is staggering. Here’s how you can take advantage.
In this episode, Steve Bartylla talks about an underutilized hunting tool that can reap big rewards — and big bucks!
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.
Dan Schmidt shows you how to set up a mock scrape with Wildlife Research Center that will draw in deer like a magnet year round.
Mock scrapes don’t solve all the problems when it comes to deer hunting, but they can make a difference.
The mock scrapes Steve Bartylla sets up in this episode of “Hunt ’em Big” draw a lot of attention because of their positioning.