Now that October has rolled around, it is time to take the trail cameras off the trails and bait stations and put them on future scrape locations. How do I know where future scrapes are going to be? Well this is our 6th year leasing our current hunt club and based on past seasons, our deer like scraping at the same locations. These locations are also considered community scrapes where multiple bucks work them over during the rut. They are normally around popular feeding locations, well used trails, and bedding areas.
This is how I setup my cameras. First, I will work the ground over a little and spray some Buck Bomb doe pee; not estrus doe pee. Then, I will set my cameras up on this location. I have a few of these locations shown below in photos.
Shown below is a short video clip we caught with our trail camera last year of a buck smelling in one of these community scrapes. This is one of our favorite scrapes to a watch.
Now, we wait and see what bucks show up. This is a great way of discovering new bucks that might have avoided the camera during the summer and early fall. I will share the photos if I get any good bucks. Stay tuned…