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Mock Scrapes

Wanted to share an interesting observation i had this past Weds night when i harvested my doe off one of my small clover plots. I had started a mock scrape in that location in July and it was getting used right away. As not uncommon there are now three other scrapes established around that small plot. At 10 minutes to 5 the first deer in was a pretty decent prob 2.5 yr old 8 pointer, he fed there for about 45 minutes and never once investigated any of those scrapes. After he left, 6 does filtered into that plot and everyone of them hit at least one or more of those scrapes...makes me curious as to why he paid them no mind and seemed as though it were a priority to all those does? More competition among does for best feeding and breeding in my local herd? Any thoughts? Deer behavior like this intrigues me!

Chances are that buck was the last one to freshen that scrape. I’ve seen that before
If it smells like him most recently he will wait to get other deer scent on it before he needs to “freshen”


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