Will Bucks Visit Scrapes?

Hunting Away From A Scrape
Mature bucks may visit scrape locations after dark during the bulk of the season, even within their core daytime areas. A buck may even ignore a scrape all-together during the peak of the rut - in fact you can often determine when the rut has actually started when the scraping activity stops.

How often do whitetail bucks visit scrapes?

During the two weeks leading up to peak breeding mature bucks can be expected to make between 6 and 12 scrapes every hour they are on their feet.

Do Bucks revisit scrapes?

Bucks are more likely to revisit those situated in or near security cover. Overgrown logging roads surrounded by woods are great spots, as are wooded ridgetops, riverbottoms, and evergreen stands. Also, whenever you find one scrape, look for another, and another, along a line that reveals a deer's travel route.

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