RE: Question on mock scrapes
I usually wait until I see the first scrape of the new season. Then I pick what I t hink is a good spot, usually under the low limb of an oak. Find a good stout stick, scrape and clear a circle of EVERYTHING! (When done, carry the stick out with you, don' t leave it in the area. (Your scent is on it.) Wet it down, your urine will work OK. Monitor it and keep it fairly clean. It needs to look like it' s being used. A 15 inch circle should be about right. Snap a couple twigs on the overhead branch. Fray the end of one of them, like it was chewed on. I had one buck that tore the overhead braanch right off the tree.
Russ