I need info on making a mock scrape
09-11-2004, 09:18 PM
#2
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Oct 1998
Location: Hughesville, PA USA
Posts: 18,322
RE: I need info on making a mock scrape
It's not that hard my friend...the first key is to keep all human scent out of the area. You want to go in as scent free as possible...pick an area that deer travel alot, particularly bucks.....look for secondary trails that may parallel a main trail...choose a spot with an over hanging branch and clear the forest floor of leaves and debris....that's as much as the bucks do except they apply scent to the over hanging branch also known as a licking branch and they urinate in the scrape....
Not too much to it is there...lol
Now, scents....in my opinion they are a waste of money although I have had some success with scents but very, very limited...certainly not worth the dollars I've spent on them....but if you must.....purchase a buck urine rather than a doe urine...especially not an estrous doe urine as it's too soon.....but read this study.,..
In Bowhunter magazine there was a scientific study published on scrapes. In the study several scrapes were made and in these scrapes there were 4 scents applied. The scrapes had still and video cameras set up to capture activity...in the scrapes were again, 4 scents...they were buck urine, doe urine, human urine and new car smell...that's right you read that right.
The results were that the scrapes containing the buck urine and the human urine were visited the most and equally....and they were equally visited by both bucks and does....
now the scrapes containing the doe urine and the new car smell were visited less frequently by eithe bucks and does but equally between the two scents...
What does that tell me....well if I were to purchase a scent, it would be a buck scent..
Today, I make mock scrapes as scent free as possible. When the deer find them, they will apply their own scents...so save your money.
Not too much to it is there...lol
Now, scents....in my opinion they are a waste of money although I have had some success with scents but very, very limited...certainly not worth the dollars I've spent on them....but if you must.....purchase a buck urine rather than a doe urine...especially not an estrous doe urine as it's too soon.....but read this study.,..
In Bowhunter magazine there was a scientific study published on scrapes. In the study several scrapes were made and in these scrapes there were 4 scents applied. The scrapes had still and video cameras set up to capture activity...in the scrapes were again, 4 scents...they were buck urine, doe urine, human urine and new car smell...that's right you read that right.
The results were that the scrapes containing the buck urine and the human urine were visited the most and equally....and they were equally visited by both bucks and does....
now the scrapes containing the doe urine and the new car smell were visited less frequently by eithe bucks and does but equally between the two scents...
What does that tell me....well if I were to purchase a scent, it would be a buck scent..
Today, I make mock scrapes as scent free as possible. When the deer find them, they will apply their own scents...so save your money.
09-13-2004, 01:26 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Boardman, Ohio
Posts: 1,184
RE: I need info on making a mock scrape
By far the best scent on the market is the Docs line of scents. I love the buck urine but when the rut kicks in the doe in hear is the bar of gold! Nothing compares to the real thing! Tinks 69 is junk in my opinion and Doc's is the real deal!
09-14-2004, 03:04 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: SouthWest OH, Remington Country.
Posts: 2,058
RE: I need info on making a mock scrape
i put mock scrapes on my property i hunt all over the property and i have never seen so many bucks in my area as much as i did last year. A great scent to use is BUCK POPPERS made by knight & Hale its code blue in a little perfume capsule that you squeeze and it pops open.........bucks just love that smell, i guarantee it! I have used this product for years and had many big bucks approach the buck popper. good luck
