Mock scrape question
10-24-2005, 07:50 AM
#1
Giant Nontypical
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: creemore Ontario Canada
Posts: 5,525
Mock scrape question
I just went to check my mock scrape ,whatI found was 1 pic in 3 day's and 1 track in the dirt .So I'm wondering if I should be moving it to another location,or should I leave it be .I've never used a dripper before so I'm not even sure that it's working ,How do I know if it's working properly?I put 1 1/2 ounces of Wildlife Research #307 in it ,should I have put more in it ?
Any help would be greatly appreciated ,I'm thinking that just maybe this buck isn't following the trail that I figured he was ,because the track appear's to be a doe.
nubo
Any help would be greatly appreciated ,I'm thinking that just maybe this buck isn't following the trail that I figured he was ,because the track appear's to be a doe.
nubo
10-24-2005, 10:30 AM
#3
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: N.W. Wisconsin
Posts: 308
RE: Mock scrape question
Its possible that there is not a proper licking branch above the scrape
or their is too much human odor at the scrape.
The scrape isn't big enough, and the bucks don't see it yet.
or as you said, it could just be in an area that bucks don't walk.
I make about 10 mock scrapes per year, and each year 2-3 of them are a bust.
or their is too much human odor at the scrape.
The scrape isn't big enough, and the bucks don't see it yet.
or as you said, it could just be in an area that bucks don't walk.
I make about 10 mock scrapes per year, and each year 2-3 of them are a bust.
10-24-2005, 10:31 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Sturgis, SD
Posts: 1,983
RE: Mock scrape question
I would leave it Nubo. I don't have a lot of experience with them but the few I have made it took the deer a while to find them but once they did they kept coming back. I built one two years ago and it sat for 2 weeks, I go to hunt one morning and after the sun came up it was about 4 times the size I had made it and the deer kept coming back. Not sure how to tell if the dripper is working, smell the ground on the scrape, if it is dripping should have a pretty strong odor to it?
10-24-2005, 10:39 AM
#5
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: TX Panhandle
Posts: 620
RE: Mock scrape question
It's still pretty early here, bucks are just now starting to come out of bachelor herds. I have one out, been there 2 days, no joy yet. This will be my first year to try them, I will be following these threads pretty close and experimenting on my own. I should be lots smarter by the end of the season.
Will try to keep things posted. We should start a thread just to keep mock scrape updates in or something. Kind of a clearinghouse for what who is doing and whether its working. Might be interesting.
Will try to keep things posted. We should start a thread just to keep mock scrape updates in or something. Kind of a clearinghouse for what who is doing and whether its working. Might be interesting.
