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<blockquote data-quote="Coker" data-source="post: 5704332" data-attributes="member: 14913"><p>There is a lot of gimmicks out there that are a waste of time and money. IMO, a mock scrape needs to have 2 things to be successful:</p><p>1. Location......not only in the vicinity of travelling deer but in the correct topography (ex. ridge shelf, field edge, creek bottom...etc)</p><p>Most locations that I have found scrapes are on flat ground near a transition area</p><p>2. Hanging branch over the scrape......as or more important or more than #1</p><p>I have made many moc scrapes using just about any scent you can find. What I have learned is that scent does not matter if you have #1 and #2 above. Deer will leave their own scent. Therefore, "fake" scents are not needed. </p><p>I hunted the same 250 acres for 25+ years and realized that deer will come back to the same location each year to visit scrapes. I would usually make my moc scrapes starting in mid October. If I was running late on getting them made, deer would have already made them for me. </p><p>The pics are of the 2 most used moc scrapes that I made and you can see that deer returned to them multiple years</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coker, post: 5704332, member: 14913"] There is a lot of gimmicks out there that are a waste of time and money. IMO, a mock scrape needs to have 2 things to be successful: 1. Location......not only in the vicinity of travelling deer but in the correct topography (ex. ridge shelf, field edge, creek bottom...etc) Most locations that I have found scrapes are on flat ground near a transition area 2. Hanging branch over the scrape......as or more important or more than #1 I have made many moc scrapes using just about any scent you can find. What I have learned is that scent does not matter if you have #1 and #2 above. Deer will leave their own scent. Therefore, "fake" scents are not needed. I hunted the same 250 acres for 25+ years and realized that deer will come back to the same location each year to visit scrapes. I would usually make my moc scrapes starting in mid October. If I was running late on getting them made, deer would have already made them for me. The pics are of the 2 most used moc scrapes that I made and you can see that deer returned to them multiple years [/QUOTE]
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