ORIGINAL: NEW61375

I have seen and heard of many trying mock scrapes and I myself have tried them I was curious if anyone continues trying to lure bucks or develop areas they will frequent after hunting season(not necessarily full blown mock scrapes).I guess inan attemptto entice them into using an area that they will hopefully continue frequenting come hunting season. They are animals and while they may not be making scrapes they certainly have to be marking their area/territory. Any thoughts?

I have a couple that I started almost 10 years ago with Buckfeversyntheticsand to this day they get frequented year around, they were placed in the right spot. I also had many more that dried up.

The only time I dont see fresh deer tracks in the ones that have been taken over bythe local deeris when the snow is over a couple feet. Deer will almost always scent check these traditional scrapesand/or work the licking branches year around.

During the scraping and seeking phase of the rut up here these scrapesget torn up to4-5 feet in diameter. They are also located in areas that I see hvy daylight movement. I have killed a couple of my best bucks outright overthese mock scrapes or just downwind of them.

Today I pretty much just use dissected/fresh deer urine fromanotherskillfor my scrapes. I've got a couple buds that will always save the bladders from their field dressing.. Theres no better scent than the real thing.