How effective are artificial scrapes?

[Bobby Helms]

deer in Polk won't eat apple flavored corn either.I guess in these mountains they just don't know what an apple is!?

 

[GeauxLSU]

View attachment 1522929 I spotted this guy yesterday and want him bad next year. I'm going to start a supplemental food and nutrition program for him so he's still healthy next year. All of that will disappear completely 10 days before the bow season opens.

I'm thinking about setting up an artificial scrape to keep him coming to the area, but have never used them seriously before and have doubts about their real effect.

What have been your experiences with them?

That thing looks like it's in velvet. That was taken yesterday?
Yes, they will visit artificial scrapes.

 

[awoods]

I’ve had varying results with mock scrapes...seen bucks walk right past them and have had them come in on a line. I put them out sometimes just to give myself a few more seconds if the buck decides to stop and investigate.

For holding big bucks though...have food, cover and low pressure and chances are he might stay around.

 

[fastfish66]

View attachment 1522929 I spotted this guy yesterday and want him bad next year. I'm going to start a supplemental food and nutrition program for him so he's still healthy next year. All of that will disappear completely 10 days before the bow season opens.

I'm thinking about setting up an artificial scrape to keep him coming to the area, but have never used them seriously before and have doubts about their real effect.

What have been your experiences with them?

Tell me where he is and I will help you.lol

 

[Bear44]

Good gosh thats a monster buck!

Yes, yes he is.

 

[Bear44]

made a bunch of em and yes they do work.

How do you make them? What do you put in them?

 

[Bear44]

Why will it all disappear 10 days before season starts?

I'm in the Norther zone and I can't bait. Unless it's a food plot, which I cannot do on this property, every sign of supplemental feeding has to be gone no less than ten days before I hunt the area.

 

[Bear44]

To get him to eat pellets you will have to mix with corn it will take a while it took us 3 years to get them to 100% pellets now they eat 4 tons a month in five troughs here is a example of a coupleView attachment 1523075View attachment 1523076View attachment 1523077

GOOD TO KNOW! Thank you.

 

[Bear44]

Looks like the one he has a pic of is not starving at all.

True, but it takes a lot out of a deer to grow a rack that big and I'm hoping it will be even bigger next year with supplemental feeding and minerals. As big as he is I suspect this is his prime year and next year he may start declining.

 

[Bear44]

That thing looks like it's in velvet. That was taken yesterday?
Yes, they will cost artificial scrapes.

Not in velvet. Just a really bad pic.