My experience has been that Mock Scrapes work best in the PRE-RUT.


Find a well used trail preferably where it crosses a logging road or 4-wheeler trail.

Look for a tree that has some branches at about 4-5 feet high.

Scrape away all of the leaves and debris on the ground in a circle about the size of a trash can lid or bigger. Make sure the soil is good and dark. Scrapes on sandy, or clay surfaces don't work well. Look for soil that looks like it came from a potted plant.

Add a scent with buck smells, like ACTIVE SCRAPE or another type of buck urine. Pour it on the ground in the newly formed scrape.

I also add some buck tarsal gland to the licking branch above the scrape.


Sit back and watch the bucks (and does) come and visit.