The deer actually made a new scrape about 3' from mine and are working it. Figures
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Originally posted by KactusKiller View PostMan I guess I need some private lessons, I can't get a deer to touch my scrapes. I don't really have any heavily traveled type pinch points so maybe thats the problem.
Location is key. It don’t draw them in, it patterns them by a specific location. But they need to be something they would have used anyway (imho)
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Gotcha, I have them near hand corn spots. I have used my own urine, then I installed some of the drip dispensers. Still nothing yet but I also have not seen any natural scrapes around and not much on rubs. This area is different than most places I've hunted. I have hunted low density areas before and still see this activity. I have been here 3 years and have seen very little rubs and scrapes over that time. Trying to pattern deer movement here is also almost impossible. Totally random, i'm just trying to turn the odds in my favor a little.
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Originally posted by Low Fence View PostCan you tell what they preferred over yours to duplicate it next time? Other than location
Also study why they picked that location
My scrape is on the east side of the trail by about 6 inches and the natural on is on the west side of the trail by about 6 inches.
Could be the bobcat I have on camera jumping up and playing with my vine like a cat toy keeping them off it?
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Originally posted by KactusKiller View PostMan I guess I need some private lessons, I can't get a deer to touch my scrapes. I don't really have any heavily traveled type pinch points so maybe thats the problem.
Try some Anise Oil, you can get it in the grocery store, drip it on the licking branch and in the scrape. Put it in a scrape dripper. Vanilla is also a good attractant to use in a dripper.
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Originally posted by lovemylegacy View PostIf there is a road through the woods or an inside or outside corner of a field, those are good places to start. Outside field edge are the best.
Try some Anise Oil, you can get it in the grocery store, drip it on the licking branch and in the scrape. Put it in a scrape dripper. Vanilla is also a good attractant to use in a dripper.
One that I just started is close to a corner on a field edge near one of my hand corn/food plot spots
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Originally posted by Low Fence View PostX2 they work mine year round. Rut has nothing to do with my community scrapes
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Originally posted by LouisianaExpat View PostI put it where they have a big scrape every year that is used most of the season. Guess it isn’t a tight enough pinch point and is just a rut spot. I’ll have to try some new areas near bedding or on trails from food plots.
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Originally posted by KactusKiller View PostWhat is anise oil? Never heard of it especially as an attractant.
One that I just started is close to a corner on a field edge near one of my hand corn/food plot spots
Sounds like a good location.
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