Crazy Scrape Activity

Canuck33 · 10-06-2008, 07:21 AM

Went down and scouted our southern tier farms this weekend and could not believe the scrape and rub activity, it was like the 30th of oct. down there. I have never seen activity like that in the past, hopefulyl it is a good sign for the upcoming season. Anyone else seeing this yet?

Western MA Hunter · 10-06-2008, 08:07 AM

Lots of rubs and some scrapes starting to show up here...

WillCz · 10-06-2008, 08:18 AM

PA had a lot of scrape and rub activity going on.

Good luck.

pick00l · 10-06-2008, 10:13 AM

Was up at Hickory Run over the weekend and saw a bunch of doe. No buck however, saw two scrapes....could not believe.

Does anyone know if this is a sign of...say lots of buck or perhaps it is only one young buck getting excited? I would love to know a bit more about what it could signal.

Pops423 · 10-06-2008, 11:45 AM

I don't think it signals anything. Just bucks being bucks. I always start a mock scrape in September and the bucks start to use it immediately. Just all part of nature taking it's course.

TRACKER · 10-06-2008, 10:44 PM

I havent noticed any scrapes yet ,
All the bucks I,ve been seeing are out of velvet ,so they gotta be rubbing now ,
Especialy with the temps in the low 30s at night and mid 50s during the day ,

Soularcher · 10-07-2008, 10:18 AM

I just went to see Gary Alsheimer speak, and he did state that bucks will scrape throughout the year, I would assume much much less when not rutting of course. I have seen a few screape as well. It may not necessarily mean that they wrer made due to rutting activity though.

LockStockandArrow · 10-07-2008, 03:58 PM

I second the Western Mass rubs/scrapes... checked my stands over the past few days and they are grating the cheese and diggin dirt...

ABarOfSoap · 10-07-2008, 05:05 PM

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ORIGINAL: Canuck33

Went down and scouted our southern tier farms this weekend and could not believe the scrape and rub activity, it was like the 30th of oct. down there. I have never seen activity like that in the past, hopefulyl it is a good sign for the upcoming season. Anyone else seeing this yet?

Im seeing the exact same thing here in 3h, it looks like someone ran through the woods with a fork and scraped all trees in site. I also found the biggest scrape ive ever seen in my life, it was 4 feet wide

buckmaster_27 · 10-07-2008, 08:33 PM

havent seen crapola in western mass yet.just a few small rubs and no scrapes