ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Why would a buck work a scrape....and NOT urinate in it?
Is he not ready to mate (sounds unlikely)?
Trying to assert some sort of dominance issue by removing another buck's scent?
Other?
I've seen several work scrapes.....and even seen (what HAD to be "subordinate" bucks do so in the presence of a more dominant animal) multiple bucks use the exact same scrape in the presence of others.
Why would they work every other aspect of the scrape (licking branch......pawing of ground..) and NOT piss in it?
Thanks.
You're making hunting much more difficult than it should be. Might be, he has nothing left to give. Might be he's afraid of the dark. Might be, he's read this thread. Just go hunting. Animals do things normal... normally... but not always. Your task is to just go kill something. [8D]
I've seen several work scrapes.....and even seen (what HAD to be "subordinate" bucks do so in the presence of a more dominant animal) multiple bucks use the exact same scrape in the presence of others.
Why would they work every other aspect of the scrape (licking branch......pawing of ground..) and NOT piss in it?
You appear to have seen an awful lot of bucks working scrapes... and at the same time ... in the short time you've been hunting. It's not rocket science and critters are like people or dogs, sometimes you feel like it and sometimes you don't.