What scent for a mock scrape?
 

I'm thinking about setting up a mock scrape near a hunting blind and possibly setting a trail camera on it. What scent do you guys recommend? I'm thinking about getting a dripper. The peak of the rut is still over a month away, what scents would work best for the early fall? Any tips would be great.

One tip is to not set the mock scrape too far away from where a buck would want to travel. You want him going in a general direction where he would be going anyway.

Buck urine, doe urine or a little bit of tarsal juice that comes in the bottle with the tarsal.(if you buy it)

iSnipe

You need an overhead limb for him to hook. Just pee in it.

Are you kidding me?!!?!! You don't pee in yourself, WTF!!!

I set them up no more than 10 yards from a heavy trail. make sure you have an overhanging brach for him to monkey with, and I would use some buck urine in the middle of the scrape, and then sprinkle some doe urine around the outside of it.

Done it,it works.I let it soak in then add some buck and doe pee.Near and during the rut I drip the 'Ol Tinks 69 or Code blue.

Thanks guys. I have heard the human pee trick. Suposedly the deer can't tell the difference.

Trails End, #307 I think the number is.

i used tinks power scrape-mock scrape starter last year and it worked VERY well. As said make sure you have an overhanging lickin branch. A good bet is to set up your scrape where there have been scrapes in past years-i have several spots where scrapes have been under the same branch year after year. Once established and the rut draws closer i switch over to a doe in heat buck urine combo. If you really want to torque em up take some dirt out of a scrape in a different hunting area and put it in your scrape and watch what happens!!!! Not to mention its free and 100% fresh. Make sure to use rubber gloves when doin anything with a scrape!!! Mock scrapes are probably my favorite pre rut tactic to use- if you know what you are doing it can be very productive.

It works; trust me. I made a mock scrape, laid a couple of sticks in it, peed over the whole works only to have a buck work the scrape the next day. LOL!

iSnipe

Wow, guess I never would have even thought to try it. Now youi guys got me all intregued!!!

Our scent comes from sweat, etc. Pee smells like pee. Yes, I've made mock scrapes and peed in them.....Many times !!!

Well, i guess you can't argue with success!!! Pee in yourself, Ha!! Still cracks me up though!!!

Even I can smell the difference between different animals pee, so it isn't all the same. The thing is, I know deer know I've been there by many different smells I probably left behind, and they know when I was there, so answering the call of nature as I pass by will not upset them any more and is, well, natural.
I also can tell if feces left by any animal is fresh or old by sight and smell, so of coarse deer can tell too. Many predators including us will check out scrapes and answer the call on or near them and the deer can tell if it was yeasterday or ten minutes ago, which may be cause for alarm. If the smell is old news there is no reason to vary from everyday activities like sniffing for does and freshening the scrape by raking fresh earth over old scent so that they can detect the new scent that will be left by the next visitor. They are not going to scatter and run just because you took a leak there, they may even be curious like they are with any new sights or smells. They live with humans, and bears, wolves, and coyotes smells all around them all the time. Knowing fresh scent from old is what keeps them safe, not bolting from every predator smell there is.
One blind I built in place took a couple hours every day for a week. Hauling in lumber and supplies and clearing shooting lanes and of coarse answering the call multiple times on site made them curious and I found fresh tracks and feces every day where they had been checking out the new blind. They pawed the ground where I had peed.
I was amazed that they would approach the site so soon, but my dad said that they are too curious for their own good sometimes, and too preoccupied with does. That was 25 years ago and I stopped worrying about it then. It is leaving FRESH scent on your way to your stand that you must be careful about.