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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5272176" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>And now for the time of day scraping activity. I earlier posted the time-of-day data for all bucks visiting scrapes. Some of that data had me concerned because it showed a big spike in visits to scrapes when we are not hunting (late morning towards noon). However, after breaking down the time-of-day data by buck age (yearling, middle-aged and mature), I'm not as worried. Turns out much of that late morning activity was yearling bucks being very active at scrapes, especially in a poor acorn year (2020).</p><p></p><p>The two below graphs display the number of scrape visits by the three age-groupings for each hour of the day for each year. Looking at both years of data appears to confirm earlier research that most scraping, at least by older bucks, occurs at night, with the peak scrape working in daylight occurring near the first and last hour of daylight.</p><p></p><p>However, subtle differences exist between the two years that help explain the vast differences in hunting experiences between the two years. In 2020, evening hunting for older bucks was much better than morning hunting, and the very high peak in scrape visits the last hour of daylight confirms bucks were visiting scrapes at a high rate at that time, much more frequently than in the mornings. Yet in 2021, the pattern was somewhat reversed. The peak in older buck scrape visits was the first hour of daylight. Scrape visits did peak in the evenings in 2021, but not until after dark.</p><p></p><p>Of interest, I'm fascinated by that little peak in mature buck visits both years from 7-8 AM.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5272176, member: 17"] And now for the time of day scraping activity. I earlier posted the time-of-day data for all bucks visiting scrapes. Some of that data had me concerned because it showed a big spike in visits to scrapes when we are not hunting (late morning towards noon). However, after breaking down the time-of-day data by buck age (yearling, middle-aged and mature), I'm not as worried. Turns out much of that late morning activity was yearling bucks being very active at scrapes, especially in a poor acorn year (2020). The two below graphs display the number of scrape visits by the three age-groupings for each hour of the day for each year. Looking at both years of data appears to confirm earlier research that most scraping, at least by older bucks, occurs at night, with the peak scrape working in daylight occurring near the first and last hour of daylight. However, subtle differences exist between the two years that help explain the vast differences in hunting experiences between the two years. In 2020, evening hunting for older bucks was much better than morning hunting, and the very high peak in scrape visits the last hour of daylight confirms bucks were visiting scrapes at a high rate at that time, much more frequently than in the mornings. Yet in 2021, the pattern was somewhat reversed. The peak in older buck scrape visits was the first hour of daylight. Scrape visits did peak in the evenings in 2021, but not until after dark. Of interest, I'm fascinated by that little peak in mature buck visits both years from 7-8 AM. [/QUOTE]
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