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Offline swamper

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Re: Soaking scrapes
« Reply #20 on: October 13, 2015, 07:38:00 PM »
Thanks for sharing.

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Re: Soaking scrapes
« Reply #21 on: October 13, 2015, 10:17:00 PM »
Kyle, yes, that is a green sapling I add to stiffen up the rope. The bucks seem to prefer rigidity. Viagra doesn't work on rope :>)

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Re: Soaking scrapes
« Reply #22 on: October 14, 2015, 12:15:00 PM »
Gene...you ever pee in the scrapes?

The blacktails I hunt don't make many scrapes, but I plant treated posts out in the mountains and pee on the posts and surrounding ground. The bucks rub their glands and antlers on the posts, and quite often they pee on their tarsals before they leave the area. Here's one of my trailcam videos...

   
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Re: Soaking scrapes
« Reply #23 on: October 14, 2015, 01:32:00 PM »
Good info Gene. Yeah, I'l take a couple gallons of that scrape water.
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Re: Soaking scrapes
« Reply #24 on: October 14, 2015, 05:33:00 PM »
Sweet!  Thanks for sharing.  Makes sense!
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Re: Soaking scrapes
« Reply #25 on: October 15, 2015, 07:32:00 AM »
Great Idea Gene.  Thank you for sharing.
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Re: Soaking scrapes
« Reply #26 on: October 15, 2015, 04:26:00 PM »
Gene: (or anyone) do you have a real dripper above and into that rope? Or do you simply add scent to the rope at the top?   I just read about similar setup in Bowhunter mag, and he mentioned Gene's rope as well.
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Re: Soaking scrapes
« Reply #27 on: October 15, 2015, 05:40:00 PM »
Charlie the Lamb: Perrier or Ice Mountain? I wonder if you'd get in trouble for using salt water?  BW

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Re: Soaking scrapes
« Reply #28 on: October 16, 2015, 07:20:00 AM »
Depends on whether the salt is Kosher or Sea Salt.
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Re: Soaking scrapes
« Reply #29 on: September 26, 2018, 06:39:43 PM »
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Re: Soaking scrapes
« Reply #30 on: September 26, 2018, 09:21:11 PM »
Great info shared.. thankyou.  When could I order a few gallons of Wensel Special Scrape Water...? Link on the website?  LOL 
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Re: Soaking scrapes
« Reply #31 on: September 26, 2018, 09:32:18 PM »
I had never thought of this before, but it makes total sense. What if you just pee in the scrape?
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Re: Soaking scrapes
« Reply #32 on: September 26, 2018, 09:56:58 PM »
I had never thought of this before, but it makes total sense. What if you just pee in the scrape?
Been freshening scrapes with my “home brew” for years.
Last year I had a cam set over a scrape under a dogwood branch. I would freshen the scrape when I checked the cam. Nine different bucks ranging from a spike to a 145” ten point used the same scrape.
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Re: Soaking scrapes
« Reply #33 on: October 02, 2018, 02:01:23 PM »
You and Barry are geniuses.  Eventhough everything you come up with I think "Doah!!! why did I not think of that".  Early Happy birthday and hope all is well with Donna. Cheers
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Re: Soaking scrapes
« Reply #34 on: October 02, 2018, 10:38:31 PM »
Excellent finding...thank you for sharing

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Re: Soaking scrapes
« Reply #35 on: October 04, 2018, 07:40:51 AM »
Gene,
Good info.  I have had success with just tearing up ground with a rake after they had dried.  I agree, they seem to smell the fresh earth.  That smell is caused by mold etc in the soil but also microscopic organisms called actinomycetes, I am not sure if I spelled correctly, but I think they smell it and check it out for curiosity sake.
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Re: Soaking scrapes
« Reply #36 on: October 04, 2018, 12:22:07 PM »
Due to his knowledge with whitetails is why I like to call him Geneeus.

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Re: Soaking scrapes
« Reply #37 on: October 04, 2018, 02:52:14 PM »
Can someone tell me how the rope wick trick works?
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Re: Soaking scrapes
« Reply #38 on: October 07, 2018, 09:07:23 AM »
Wow thanks for sharing that very cool

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Re: Soaking scrapes
« Reply #39 on: October 07, 2018, 11:52:20 PM »
If you open brothersofthebow.com website and go to the free reading section there should be a complete article addressing the technique. BW

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