Should I doctor Scrapes

[CT.HNTR]

So I speed scouted my stands this weekend and there is a big scrape on a small beech tree 20 yards right in one of my shooting lanes and has a licking branch hanging down. I have some friends who are telling me I should be putting different doe P scents in the scrape to keep the buck coming back. I am not sure I want to start adding scents as I already have a natural scrape and don't want to muck it up.

Is is best to add scents or just leave the scrape alone?

[robertyb]

So I speed scouted my stands this weekend and there is a big scrape on a small beech tree 20 yards right in one of my shooting lanes and has a licking branch hanging down. I have some friends who are telling me I should be putting different doe P scents in the scrape to keep the buck coming back. I am not sure I want to start adding scents as I already have a natural scrape and don't want to muck it up.

Is is best to add scents or just leave the scrape alone?

I would leave it alone as long as the buck is hitting it.

[robertyb]

So I speed scouted my stands this weekend and there is a big scrape on a small beech tree 20 yards right in one of my shooting lanes and has a licking branch hanging down. I have some friends who are telling me I should be putting different doe P scents in the scrape to keep the buck coming back. I am not sure I want to start adding scents as I already have a natural scrape and don't want to muck it up.

Is is best to add scents or just leave the scrape alone?

I would leave it alone as long as the buck is hitting it. But remember that there are lots of scrapes being made right now that will never be re-visited. My nephew found a few last month and peed in one and got videos of a buck the same day hitting it. With a licking branch in place though I think yours will be hit again.

[longbow joe]

It cant hurt to dump some tinks doe p in it. But either way just having it near is good. I have a scrap in front of my stands for 15 years it's there every year.
I perpetually keep it going with a dripper with regular doe p .l put it in usually the end of Sept. They are slamming it right now and its traditionally really early

[longbow joe]

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[CT.HNTR]

Longbow Joe,

That's a big scrape!

Did it start off as a mock scrape or natural made by a buck? Are you putting anting into it?

[CT.HNTR]

Longbow,

Just notice your comments above the image.

What king of doe pee have you found success with? Looks like the Code Blue and Tinks 69 are popular?

[robertyb]

If you feel that you really need to dotor one up before the rut starts just pee in it. Doe in estrous scent is not natural until the does actually go into heat and that is a week or two off for most of us.

[xcaliber]

I pee in them, and I make my own about 15 yards away using James Valley Full Draw. If I do anything to an existing scrape I put a dab on the licking branch, same stuff. As stated, scrapes are made, then maybe revisited, maybe not. If you're on a good travel corridor, it will be revisited at some point. Many folks don't use scents correctly, but that's a whole other issue.

[flinthead]

Yep... pee in it!

[longbow joe]

I used to use the trails end scent dripper lure that came with the dripper and it worked fine but now l use any regular doe p . Not the rut kind. I would assume that human pee would drip fine .l have peed in it also .I'm no expert but the main thing is keeping it active.
As said this scrape appears every year never fails l shot my big swamp buck right over it last year ha came waltzing right at dusk last 5 minutes Halloween week.
When l get in stand l will shoot a couple blasts of the new tinks high pressure doe pee in the can on a couple surrounding limbs and leaves just for cover scent .l will also blast it in the scrape when arriving.
I dont dispute the human pee in the scrape but this doe p is fresh has it's own smell not human definatly animal pee and calming to them /human scent hiding
ability l normally go through a can a week hunting all evenings l highly recommend you give it a try.
I read a lot of roger rothaars books and was a big scrape hunter hero of mine .
You may find it interesting reading if they are still available. I dont put a ton of stock in scrape hunting but when you find one of these locations it's a jackpot for sure

[foofoo]

although scrapes can be productive ive found other than being excited finding them you can spend alotta time sitting on them. i believe the scientific reports show that they mostly visit them in the dark. best to find the does. if theres a hot one in the area and they pass thru you can bet a buck will be on the same trail 5 seconds to 15 minutes later. right now id be using a can type call sparingly. once November hits find the does. best to have live bait.

[longbow joe]

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This is another monster scrape literally right on my marked in cut path to the swamp that appeared on wends. It's only 40 yards away from the other one by my stand.
In my interpretation its bucks "competing" but whatever it means is good lol.
This is the nastiest thickest place l ever hunted but also the best
I too believe that a lot of scrape action happens at night
But in a super out of way secluded place as this you will definitely see daytime activity especially at dusk and dawn

[xpert1111]

Bucks make many. If they are refreshed every day or every other day I would leave it. If not I would freshen it so the buck keeps using and checking it.
One thing I don't understand is peeing in a scrape. We use scent control for our clothing, etc. Many scents are region specific so as to not spook deer with foreign scents. I would think a whitetail deer with it's amazing sense of smell would notice the difference?

[longbow joe]

Exactly there is a way different smell until it all becomes ammonia in the end. Spray doe p on a tree and then smell your pee even my crappy old nose can tell the difference. Lol. All the money spent on crossbow accessories bolts,scopes and lm gonna cheap out on a 6 dollar bottle of pee.........l dont have a problem peeing from the tree with smell but l want the scrape to smell like a doe . Or at the worst a barn animals pee.