First time I used them was last season, and I was amazed at the traffic they can create. I was hunting a very small parcel and I put two scrapes about 15 yards apart along the edge I was hunting, they were both in front of me, one left, one right. I made them on a weds and I hunted on Saturday and had 5 bucks (all small) work the scrapes when I was there. Two of the bucks I had seen before and they just moved through, but with the scrapes, they all stopped and took a look before moving on. I also used doe scent in mine, specifically Doc's Devastator 249 early, then just regular doe-in-heat later on.