Freshening scrapes

I would say they will be freshening them for sure, not at the pace like mid October on, but yes.

20' said:

I would say they will be freshening them for sure, not at the pace like mid October on, but yes.

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Ya sold me. I'm already wet.

trailblazer75 said:

Ya sold me. I'm already wet.

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good luck

They did after the rain we got Sunday evening where I am hunting

20' said:

I would say they will be freshening them for sure, not at the pace like mid October on, but yes.

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Ya sold me. I'm already wet.

Ive yet to see a scrape. I usually dont start seeing many till mid october and on.

Well I caved. Once I saw the water running over the ditch banks, I said that was too much. Mostly because my entire climbing system and safety lines rely on ropes gripping one another. But also cause it wasn’t supposed to quit til around 3.

Ringer said:

Ive yet to see a scrape. I usually dont start seeing many till mid october and on.

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I found a really fresh one yesterday. The licking tree was still green poop there and prints tell me it isn't totally man made.

trailblazer75 said:

I found a really fresh one yesterday. The licking tree was still green poop there and prints tell me it isn't totally man made.

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Hey Jim you sitting in the x stand you got from me? Well good luck and stick a biggun !!!
Mark

ILoveDeer said:

Hey Jim you sitting in the x stand you got from me? Well good luck and stick a biggun !!!
Mark

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I think you might have quoted the wrong fella.

trailblazer75 said:

I found a really fresh one yesterday. The licking tree was still green poop there and prints tell me it isn't totally man made.

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Sort of confused....the licking tree has poop on it? What's this man made comment? Had you or someone else tried making a scrape there?

ILoveDeer said:

Hey Jim you sitting in the x stand you got from me? Well good luck and stick a biggun !!!
Mark

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LOL! No, the licking tree is fresh and not quite dead yet. But it's been broken over a little bit. There is poop around the scrape which tells me that a deer has actually been here instead of a human being trying to simulate a scrape in order to draw in deer.

Might be a dumb question but do you know the difference between a rub and a scrape....??? Just asking.

I've never found a licking tree that is dead. All have been alive and hanging over the scrape on the ground.

Mailman said:

Might be a dumb question but do you know the difference between a rub and a scrape....??? Just asking.

I've never found a licking tree that is dead. All have been alive and hanging over the scrape on the ground.

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I definitely do. I'll take a picture of it for you the next time I'm out there, basically there is a scrape with a small sapling that something has clearly been biting on. LOL. And possibly rubbing and scraping onto. The leaves where a few of the branches are broken over or just starting to yellow. But this is definitely over a scrape. I just wasn't being very articulate.

He means the end of the green branch over the scrape that the deer chew on and always break off and most of the time leave hanging on the tree is still green meaning it was very recently chewed on and broken. If the part left hanging was dry and dead it’s not as recent of sign. Least that’s the way I read it

OK.....got it.

Carry on!:wave1:

Is the scrape along a field edge or back in timber?? Any chance you can get a trailcam on it while your snapping a pic for MM??? Or forgo the pic for MM and put a trail cam up?

WBF said:

Is the scrape along a field edge or back in timber?? Any chance you can get a trailcam on it while your snapping a pic for MM??? Or forgo the pic for MM and put a trail cam up?

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It's in timber. There's a cam on it as of a couple days ago.

Be sure and pee in it every time you visit it. Chug a few beers on the drive so you’re full up.