Mock Scrape/Rub

[String Music]

I put in a rubbing post with a mock scrape today. I wanted to use a cedar but couldn't find one so this hackberry will have to do. I didn't have a good mock scrape tree in the spot I wanted so I improvised. A 3-arm bow holder, zip ties and a couple bags of quickcrete is all I needed. Hopefully the tree will hold up to years of rubbing. Ganna be a great spot for a camera.

I also set up a few other mock scrapes at my stand sites. The 3-arm bow holders come in handy when there isn't the perfect limb.

 

[BSK]

I will be VERY curious to see how well that works.

 

[Ski]

If you don't mind me offering an idea, in lieu of the bow holder you could simply use a 1" speed bore bit in a cordless drill and shove a branch through the hole. I do it and replace the branch as needed. Oak and beech are my favorite. They last and leaves stay on all fall/winter.

 

[knightrider]

Beech works best for us

 

[Chickenrig]

Looks good to me !!!!
Lovin the Redneck blind too!!!

 

[BSK]

When it comes to food plot edges, I just let the deer decide. My food plots are usually ringed with scrapes by the end of October. Once the deer show me which licking branches they prefer, I just "sweeten" the scrape to keep deer interested, or get them started earlier the next fall.

Back in the woods, I look for the perfect place for a scrape where there isn't one (usually a low-hanging Beech branch along a trail or old skidder road). Then I make a scrape. Also remember scrapes are made in high deer traffic areas. They are communication devices. When looking for a spot to make a mock scrape, look for areas that already concentrate deer movement.

 

[backyardtndeer]

Have never tried that, just use active scrape on a scrapeline that they hit year after year. Keep us posted on how it goes.

 

[kentuckylakebuck1]

This is my favorite past time during the "off" season! i have tried rope, vines, limbs, cotton balls, just scenting branches, and i cant really point the the best one other than location? The best spots for me have been those scrapes that get hit year after year or around the sign post rubs that get rubbed year after year?

 

[BSK]

The best spots for me have been those scrapes that get hit year after year or around the sign post rubs that get rubbed year after year?

My best camera scrapes are those that are traditional (used year after year). Some of them are natural; some I started.