has anyone had success with mock scrapes?

i started one about a month ago and haven' t been back.... but i' ve read of putting scents in them....hogz...wildlife research...etc..

i can' t find hogz here but i have found wildlife research active scrape do these work well?

and should i get a scent dripper?

i have left my scrape alone hoping the deer would take over and i wouldn' t have to do anything that might contaminate it....

Its a bit early for scrapes. The only time I use mock scrapes is to try and get a deer to stop in a shooting lane. They' ll usually come those last few feet and stop and smell.

never understood the logic of a " mock" scrape. If you want to hunt over a scrape, why not hunt over a " real" scrape of a " real" deer? Can someone explain that one to me? Scrapes are generally made in areas of high deer activity, ie, in bedding areas, feeding areas, or between the two. So if you must create a mock scrape to attract a deer, it would seem to reason that you are not in the right place to begin with.

I created 4 mock scrapes in an area last year and my dad shot a 9pt there the 1st day of the season. Not sure if it was due to the mock scrapes or not. I started them about 2 months before the season. I added some scent too them. I even hung my game camera and caught some nice bucks coming in to them.

It only took about 2-3 weeks before my mock scrapes become live scrapes.

Martin Cougar...were there other scrapes in the area?

Actually the main reason I picked that area was the previous year there were a lot of scrapes and big rubs. It looked like an area that a dominant buck was visiting.
My goal was to get the activity moving earlier than the rut.

At the time we hunted it - there was only one other active scrape in the area besides mine. One of my 4 scrapes never got visited but the others all had activity.

I was out in the field last weekend, and I noticed the deer are starting to scrape a little bit on the ground. No rubs on the trees yet, not thaty I saw anyway. I think I will try a mock scrape in the next couple weeks. never tried this

I have done a variation:

Start scraping a real scrape. Use a stick(stay scent free) and make a bucks scrape bigger and bigger. I actually read one of the few articles of Mitch Rampola' s. He said he would go to them every other day and take a stick and make them bigger and bigger. He would also use buck urine and tarsel. Seemed to really piss the bucks off and keep them coming back to the scrape. Sooner or later they' ll come at the right time.

I did this last year and it did seem to piss off one of the bucks in the area. I never did get a look at the buck but there was a deer that kept coming back. By years end the scrape was at least 5 times the size.

justhrowit

yeah wolfen theres a scrape bout 200 yards down the trail.... problem is theres no good trees to set up in

I read an article on this concept once before, and sounded like a good idea to try. I can' t recall where or when I read it. But this guy started making his mock scrapes in the late spring to summer. By the opening of bow season his game cam revealed at least 10 bucks using the mock scrape. I recall the article also indicating deer will scrape yr around for different reasons, most unknown. Not feeding scratches either. But obviously most scraping activity occurs during the pre-rut. I may have to try an early mock scrape myself.

DO NOT USE ACTIVE SCRAPE this early!!!! This scent is for rut use, and actually can alarm non-rutting deer. Its just not natural to them!! The only meathod that I have heard to use " year round" is the Hawgs pre-post rut scent system!! Then you switch to there rut formula later on. The only place I know of to buy it is at thier web site http://www.hawgslimited.com ....... I recently put out five mock scrapes in a highly used travel coridor. All I do is go to the exact spots where I have seen scrape lines the year before and put out my scrapes following the Buck Fever(hawgs)system....BE SCENT FREE!!! And also make sure there is a LICKING BRANCH about 5 feet off the ground and soak it in BF--Forehead Gland scent!! I always recommend the video " Make Whitetails Hunt You" on the sight I think its only like $10. So be sure to check out the video before you invest in the scents. I was always like some of the hunters here and always thought putting out scrapes would be too early. But I have never heard a bad word from someone who uses the COMPLETE BF system! Good Luck!!