RE: scrapes already
Scrapes can be found year round. Does make them as well as bucks. May be a good spot to watch because when the does become ready to breed the bucks will find them.
The velvet is off here in central Pa. and that means bucks are ready to breed even if the does are not. It is the amount of daylight that gets the blood pumping in bucks and the does dictate the time breeding will occur. The cool weather is nice but no indication of the rut. Patience young grasshopper it will be here before you know it....