RE: makin artifical scrapes
I usually find a decent trail and then break off to one side or the other. When walking to the spot I'm making a scrape, tie a piece of cloth to a walking stick or cane and put some deer urine on it to cover up your human scent. If you go to Gander Mtn./ Bass Pro/Cabela's or even Wal-mart they have that scrape in a bottle stuff, just clear a patch on the ground, try to do it under a decent sized sapling and dump that stuff around, then break one of the small branches above your scrape spot so that it hangs down at a 90 degree angle