ORIGINAL: peakrut
I dont usually hunt scrapes myself I prefer Rubs. Usually you can pattern a buck by his rub line and
which direction he is usually coming or going from by the side that is indeed rubbed on.
The only time if I do would be end of Oct and 1st week of November as this is the only time I have witnessed
same bucks using them over and over. A very small window from my experiences.
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I have hunted scrapes in the past with minimal luck. I learned to scrape hunt in Mercer Wi. on public land and always seemed to have the deer scraping in early morning before first light or after sundown. The only deer I have ever killed over a scrape was my first 8 point. The scrape was made by none other than me and scented with scrape juice or whatever it's called.
Since then I have a spot that has a scrape on it every year but I never see buck activity when it's light out. The same stand has a community rub 30 yards from the stand that will get multiple drivebys when it's light out so I hunt over the rub and have taken a couple of decent bucks.
Personally I would never waste my time setting up over scrapes, I know people that have had success with it but I haven't unless I was the one scraping
