I start my mock scrapes in the middle of September here in New York. I use Buck Fever synthetics and Code Blue Tarsel, buck and doe gel and Primetime mock scrape dirt. Last year I found that Code Blue and Primetimeworked better. I put the Tarsel gel on the licking stick, the dirt in the cleared area on the ground and place a couple of drops of the doe and buck gel in it. Refresh it in a couple of days.