Odd. Went to hang a stand on a family farm and found scrapes and rubs everywhere. All fresh, many with poop in them. Trees sheedded, licking branches broke off. Its in an oak flat with lots of percimmons dripping, a favorite bow spot of mine for decades. Never seen so much scraping so early, and oddly warm weather. Ran deer out when i went in. I will be there in the morning. No cams on this farm yet, so who knows.
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Good luck! I haven't seen any scrapes here yet.
I heard mature bucks will make scrapes early. You might have an alpha buck in the area.
catman529
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I have not seen a scrape yet this year. Just haven't been in the right spot to see one I guess. In the past I've seen freshly made scrapes as early as September.
Matthewmathis8
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I got a picture of a young buck mounting a doe just yesterday. He was getting an early start.
DoubleRidge
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Good deal!! And Good Luck!!
bowhunterfanatic
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My limited experience with early season scrapes is that when you find them like that you've found a primary feeding area or food source for a group of bachelor bucks.
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Found scrapes in catoosa last weekend in 2 different areas. I told a couple hunters and they looked at me like I was from outer space.
BSK
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My cams on scrapes as of last weekend showed bucks working the overhanging limb, and even peeing on the ground underneath, but not yet actually scraping out the ground. Hope that's changed! Much easier to find scrapes when the bucks are actually working them.
Good luck
tree_ghost
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Whoa! That's a lot of sign. I just found the first fresh scrape of the season about 50 yards off a bean field in some cover. None of the other historical scrapes I know of have been opened yet. Good luck in there today.
BubbaGoneWild
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The sign is showing early this year forsure. And speaking of I'm in East tn and in the stand this morning I just had a 6 point chasing a doe all under my stand. Never seen that this early in the year ever
BSK
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How fascinating. Normally, in a good acorn year, sign-making activity is well above average, and the breeding cycle slightly earlier than normal.
Harold Money jr
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I found several big rubs and scrapes in a feeding area several years ago. I set up and had a very small 3 point and a big bodied 6 point come out of a thicket. The 6 rubbed about 10 trees the size of a forearm, he made about that many scrapes peeing in each one. He was the most crazed of any buck I'd seen to date. The 3 point walked by me and I grunted on a call, the 6 bristled up and came walking and posturing to whip the 3pt. The 3 pt ran and as the 6 walked by at 10yds i shot him with my bow. He flinched and kept walking toward where the 3 point ran. He walked to a scrape and started rubbing his hocks together and peeing in it. He fell over dead in that scrape this was on October 10. I tooth aged him at 2 1/2, he was super stocky like a 4 year old but no weight. I've always said he was like that 7th grade boy who can grow a full mustache and beard he's also more muscular than the other boys his age.
Anyway, I think you have a bachelor group of bucks and could probably kill a biggun there.
Anyway, I think you have a bachelor group of bucks and could probably kill a biggun there.
I hunt a little East of your hunting area in extreme North art of Lincoln County. Prett much the same here.
JCDEERMAN
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Very cool! I haven't found any yet, but haven't been very far in the woods. Been looking where I have been though on our main roads
Hunted the area this morning and got some great video of a couple nice up and comers. I would post video if i knew home. Had them at 5 yard
