I made six of them last year and they worked out great. I was using a scrape kit that included interdigital gland, preorbital gland, and tarsal gland. Rubber gloves are a must when applying the scent. Interdigital gland is the scent from between the hoofs, be careful too much of it and you will scare everything off. 2 drops or sprays is enough. Preorbital is the forehead gland a buck uses when he rubs his antlers on his licking branch 5-8 sprays or drops on above broken branch. Tarsal gland is just used to let other deer know that a buck did this work, 4-6 drops or sprays. Don't use any of the rut scents in the early season, all scents should be mild. The main objective is to get deer to visit it often for now, so you can pattern them. One little trick to try, with rubber gloves place a small stick in the middle of your mock scrape. Come back in a week to freshen up the scrape or scrapes and see if the stick has been moved. If it has then a buck has visited the site. You can pattern what time of day he is hitting it by coming back at different intervals throughout the week or day as the rut approaches. Be cautious , scent control is a must. Mid-day is good, most deer are on their bed during this time. This way you can eliminate either mornings or evenings based upon your results. Good luck.