RE: How to tell real from mock scrape?
Bucks are the only ones to make scrapes, and is is a "territory" thing. However does will investigate scrapes, and you will often find doe tracks in scrapes.
THe easiest way to tell Mock from real, is to look for the tell tale grooves in the dirt from the buck's hooves, plus look for the licking branch, and it should have the look like it has been raked by antlers and rubbed on by dear (i.e broken , worn branches, etc.)
Most mock scrapes don' t have this.