Something interesting happened today that a couple friends said I needed to share. We haven't had any rain here for almost a month. Our buck scrapes are all dried up and some are as hard as concrete. I commented to Mark Mitten that the next rain we had is going to cause an explosion in scrape activity. We talked about it. With no rain in the immediate forecast, I took a couple empty gallon milk jugs, filled them with water and doctored a couple scrapes that were as hard as cement. I poured half a jug into the scrape, let it soak in, then worked up the fresh mud/dirt with a 6" rake. Then I added the second half gallon. That's it. I already had rope wicks and trail cameras in place. This morning within 12 hours after I soaked the scrapes, I happened to drive past one while going in to hang a new stand. It had been torn up during the night! My camera showed that three different bucks had worked it over during the night. One was a decent nontypical I had never seen before. I suspect the water rehydrates dried up urine in the scrape dirt from who knows how many previous bucks. They can probably smell the wet dirt and urine from quite a ways off and come to investigate. If I knew how to post photos, I would be glad to share. I ought to write a book, huh?! Or at least sell gallons of special scrape water. Ha!
Topic: Soaking scrapes (Read 5295 times)
