During the rut, at least in our area, scrapes are pretty much ignored once the buck thinks he's following a doe. They might come back and check them if theyre still alone, but during a heavy rut period, its less likely. Once the post-rut comes around, they tend to come back a lot more to check and/or re-open their scrapes.

If you think it's a good area, find a tree thats a couple yards off the trail. You don't want to block their entrance and exit to where they want to go - buuutt, you want to be able to see the area they come and go to. [8D]