I find rubs all the time. You probably notice scrapes more often because they are fresh and being visited preseason and during the season. The method recommended would be determined by the nearness of the rut. Prerut rattling might work. I've never had much luck but I hunt in an area with low deer density. During the rut of course just about anything works, grunting, rattling etc. I prefer still hunting myself. I will rattle a little prerut and grunt some during the rut but I typically just still hunt a scrape line or sit oin a scrape that's being worked.


I can't figure out why anyone would want to come to Idaho for whitetails. We have one of the lowest deer densities in the nation and not really the best trophy production. I can see coming for mule deer but there are sooo many other states/areas that are 1,000 times better for whitetail. I only hunt here cause it's close.