scrape help and set up AGAIN (pic's) new pic's...

[Bill Carlsen]

....or  you might try this....

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APh2I...ature=youtu.be

[adkmountainken]

i did not hunt this section this morning but i did get a pic and vid of a little fella on the other side of the field edge.  i wrote my name with some recycled coffee in one of his scrapes....
 
and a short video, looks like he is eating the bean leaves? hope this little guy is not the one making the BIG scrapes.
 

[Henry Hammer]

Ken, after watching your video it is hard to tell if it is possible or not. I would setup where the hedgerow with the pines in it makes a corner with both fields. It looks like there is some white poles there? I hunt farm country and the bucks will walk edges whenever they can. Wether it be farmsteads, hedgerows, fencelines or any other edge available. If you can set up on the inside corner and cover both sides even better! (Warning though field edges will drive you MAD!!) One night they are here the next night there, you will be playing musical stands. Good luck..Henry

[adkmountainken]

just doctored up ne of the big scrapes with James Valley scent, hope to get a big guy on cam.

[Adam S. Daugherty]

Dont waste your time sitting there looking at those scrapes on the edge of a field right off a black top road.  Pull you some aerial photos and topos of that area and find the bedding areas and funnels and go look for some sign in the funnels, if it is there great, if there is not much sign dont worry, if there are does in the area, you will get shots at your bucks more consistently in funnel areas than anywhere else.

[adkmountainken]

the problem is this one field i have permission to is by 5 that i do not but have permission to track a deer if i hit one. i have to make due with this field and where my stand is located there is a trail coming out of con field behind me to bean field. problem is i'm pretty sure everyone is right, trail cam only shows deer movement at night right now.

[Talondale]

Originally posted by DGF:
One thing I've noticed is scrapes on open field edges seem to get used at night, where as scrapes found around thicker cover are more likely to be used during the day. These observations are made in fairly pressured areas so maby the deer in your neck of the woods are a bit more bold if not pressured.

-Dan

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