Camera on Scrape

[Non-Typical]

I have found a couple of large fresh scrapes and would like to see what's doing it. I have a Moultrie black flash camera I was thinking about setting out to get a few photos. Do you think that would spook the deer?

 

[ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER]

i put cameras on scrapes all the time

 

[Inkstainz]

Make sure it isn't one if the moultries that is loud

 

[Solo Hunter]

I've put them over scrapes many times with good results. You'll be surprised how many bucks will use the same scrape.

 

[pseshooter300]

What if it isn't a black out model

 

[Mike Belt]

No better place to hang a camera.

 

[Wompuscat]

IR or flash not a good idea. Will spook mature bucks.

 

[southernhunter]

What if it isn't a black out model

I was wondering about this too since my post last week about ir cams near stand locations

 

[JChunts]

I have been putting IR cams on scrapes for a couple of years doesn't seem to bother them because they come back to freshen it up. Just make sure it doesn't have a loud shutter noise.

 

[Solo Hunter]

Back when the cameras were 35mm I had one over a scrape with 12 different bucks on it. Didn't seem to bother them at all.

 

[Non-Typical]

Thanks for the information - I will post the pictures in a few weeks. Hopefully one of a harvested buck

 

[MUP]

Might put it up higher, say around 8-10 ft high, angling down.

 

[PcDeer]

I don't have a problem putting a black flash camera over a scrape. Call me crazy and its probably coincidence it seems like bucks notice my ir cameras more than they used to. So personally I will put a black flash on a scrape but not a IR.

 

[Phil1979]

Put it on the scrape. Let's see those pics when you get them.

 

[southernhunter]

Might put it up higher, say around 8-10 ft high, angling down.

I thought about this too , wonder if they would still see it ?

 

[BSK]

For those with black-flash cams, scrapes are THE best location for your cameras. A good traditional scrape will draw every buck within hundreds of acres. There is no better location to census your local buck population just before the rut.

For those with red-glow IR cams, you can still monitor scrapes, but to keep from spooking bucks away, you will need to mount the cameras high and point them down toward the scrape. I would mount them AT LEAST 8 feet high to keep the camera's flash out of the sight-line of deer.

Anyone who says white-flash or IR cams don't cause bucks to avoid an area once they've seen the flash has simply never used a black-flash cam and observed the difference themselves.

 

[hoyt30]

I have seen how they act with ir cams many times. Seems to be the mature deer that catch on, when they see the ir itll be the last time I get them on cam incase I move it often. Just ordered 2 covert mp 6 black flash this morning. Cant wait to see the difference. Already have a few scrapes to put em on.

 

[BSK]

Your going to love those Coverts hoyt30!

Just remember the flash isn't as powerful on a black-flash cam, so you may have to place the camera a tad closer to where you expect the deer to be. A good IR cam flash can illuminate 40-60 feet. It's rare to get more than 35-40 feet of illumination from a black-flash.

 

[Boll Weevil]

A good traditional scrape will draw every buck within hundreds of acres.

Leading up to actual breeding, how long would one need to run a camera on any given community scrape to have a reasonable chance of getting pics of most of the bucks?

 

[BSK]

2-3 weeks, IF it is a traditional scrape (a scrape that appears in the same place year after year--that's how the bucks know where to go to visit it).