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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5218518" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>Thank you. It really works hand in hand with your thread about over hunting stands, especially if the stand is over a scrape. I know lots of hunters like hunting scrapes. If you willy nilly hunt a scrape, you're dropping your scent all over it & ruining it. Scrapes are the one concentrated spot every single deer of every age class & sex hits. You can do a whole lot of damage to your hunting odds by blowing out a scrape stand. I learned that lesson the hard way, too many times. Eventually I decided to figure out if bucks were hitting it just randomly as the opportunity presented itself, or if there was a rhyme & reason. I never have figured out the rhyme or reason, but I did stumble onto a pattern that seems pretty concrete repeatable. </p><p></p><p>Another factor that I noticed is that they seem to hit them when the dominant wind direction of that day blows the scrape scent toward the buck's bedding area. I've considered maybe that they lie in bed and realize that their scent is not strong enough in the scrape so they go make a new deposit. But I really don't know why. It's just something that seems pretty consistent. Every time I think I've got these critters figured out, they make a fool of me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5218518, member: 20583"] Thank you. It really works hand in hand with your thread about over hunting stands, especially if the stand is over a scrape. I know lots of hunters like hunting scrapes. If you willy nilly hunt a scrape, you're dropping your scent all over it & ruining it. Scrapes are the one concentrated spot every single deer of every age class & sex hits. You can do a whole lot of damage to your hunting odds by blowing out a scrape stand. I learned that lesson the hard way, too many times. Eventually I decided to figure out if bucks were hitting it just randomly as the opportunity presented itself, or if there was a rhyme & reason. I never have figured out the rhyme or reason, but I did stumble onto a pattern that seems pretty concrete repeatable. Another factor that I noticed is that they seem to hit them when the dominant wind direction of that day blows the scrape scent toward the buck's bedding area. I've considered maybe that they lie in bed and realize that their scent is not strong enough in the scrape so they go make a new deposit. But I really don't know why. It's just something that seems pretty consistent. Every time I think I've got these critters figured out, they make a fool of me. [/QUOTE]
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