scrapes in september?
#1
Spike
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Join Date: Sep 2010
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ive hunted deer for 25 years and always heard dominant bucks make scrapes in september, my son and i was scouting yesterday and came across a scrape that had the branches above it broken and a licking branch. I told 1 of my buddies bout it and he said 1 of his friends found the same thing earlier this week. I have never seen this at this time of year ever, im in central illinois. Anybody ever seen this so early? This is common in early november here but never have i seen it in september..
#2

ive hunted deer for 25 years and always heard dominant bucks make scrapes in september, my son and i was scouting yesterday and came across a scrape that had the branches above it broken and a licking branch. I told 1 of my buddies bout it and he said 1 of his friends found the same thing earlier this week. I have never seen this at this time of year ever, im in central illinois. Anybody ever seen this so early? This is common in early november here but never have i seen it in september..
#3
Nontypical Buck
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The ones I have seen in Sept are usually along field edges and some do and some don't have licking branches. Usually they are not the attract a doe type scrapes but early territorial scrape and most do not get revisited.