Swamp...not sure where you are getting your info but I'll clarify some stuff. It was OUR last day of our hunting trip, not the last day of the season, and there is a lick branch directly over the scrape, you just can't see it in the pic that well. We were up there in mid. November when it is prime time rut in Northern Alberta and there were scrapes & rubs all along the bushline you can't see in this one picture. As for the location, as we were driving back to this location, a buck (maybe the same one) made a scrape along the gravel road ditch as well. I'm pretty aware of scrape activity and typical deer behaviour, and found this interesting to see. Not all bucks are created equal or have the exact patterns as those we read about. Up there it's pretty amazing some of the stuff you will stumble upon that varies from the norm. JDinAB