RE: mock scrapes
They work for me, but in a different way than you're probably thinking. I put them up for other hunters that I don't want around me. I know this may sound like a pretty shallow thing to do, but...
One of my primary places is on private property. I'm good friends with the owners sons, and they're all great people. But they let this one guy hunt over there and he's such a tard! I can't stand to be near him, I'm sure one day some poor hunter is going to be killed by this idiot. So I like to make up some mock stuff for him, to control where he goes. He is also fat and lazy, so as far as he's concerned, he's hit the jack pot when he steps into the woods and finds all this activity...
Meanwhile, I'll be over where there is some real action going on...