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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5727715" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>Bait and scrapes are two completely different dynamics. Baiting is legal in Ohio. It's a crutch many hunters rely on because it works well to attract a lot of deer in a short amount of time and some real big deer get taken every year over bait. However, most big bucks I see taken over an ordinary corn pile are big 3yr olds whose first bad experience at the bait will be his death. Any buck who encounters grave danger at a corn pile and survives likely will forever forward associate bait with danger. I won't allow baiting on my place. I won't even let family hunt if that's how they want to do it. Baiting is a short term boost at best, and long term damaging, especially if the property's habitat is being worked for deer. To all the old bucks it signals danger, and it won't take long for all the young ones to figure out why. </p><p></p><p>Scrapes on the other hand are baffling. Bucks seem to have their favorites. I've got scrapes in two parallel hollows on same property and while some bucks will visit both sides, some don't. One hollow leading up into the bowl has four scrapes(sometimes more) in about an 1/8mi stretch. The term people use these days is "thermal hub". It's uncanny how certain scrapes will get hit by certain bucks. All the scrapes are on the same stretch of trail, but when a particular buck walks the path he'll hit only the scrapes he likes, completely ignoring the others. And there's not much "cross pollination", meaning it's the same bucks at the same scrapes. Doesn't make any sense to me. Yet there are some scrapes any & all bucks will hit at some point or another.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5727715, member: 20583"] Bait and scrapes are two completely different dynamics. Baiting is legal in Ohio. It's a crutch many hunters rely on because it works well to attract a lot of deer in a short amount of time and some real big deer get taken every year over bait. However, most big bucks I see taken over an ordinary corn pile are big 3yr olds whose first bad experience at the bait will be his death. Any buck who encounters grave danger at a corn pile and survives likely will forever forward associate bait with danger. I won't allow baiting on my place. I won't even let family hunt if that's how they want to do it. Baiting is a short term boost at best, and long term damaging, especially if the property's habitat is being worked for deer. To all the old bucks it signals danger, and it won't take long for all the young ones to figure out why. Scrapes on the other hand are baffling. Bucks seem to have their favorites. I've got scrapes in two parallel hollows on same property and while some bucks will visit both sides, some don't. One hollow leading up into the bowl has four scrapes(sometimes more) in about an 1/8mi stretch. The term people use these days is "thermal hub". It's uncanny how certain scrapes will get hit by certain bucks. All the scrapes are on the same stretch of trail, but when a particular buck walks the path he'll hit only the scrapes he likes, completely ignoring the others. And there's not much "cross pollination", meaning it's the same bucks at the same scrapes. Doesn't make any sense to me. Yet there are some scrapes any & all bucks will hit at some point or another. [/QUOTE]
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