I guess I'm going to have an excuse to drink a few beers in the process.....I'll cut the saplings first!:DI always figure about 32ozs about 30mins before you start your project.:D I am hoping I can put one in tomorrow.
That's what she said! :)Yep.
But I use what's close by as far as the tree goes. I try to get one with a 4" trunk, hand post hole dig about 2 - 3 feet. Get rid of all the low limbs and save a few at scrape height.
If you cut the branches of a cedar they hold up better but it takes longer for them to use it. In my experience.
This was a hybrid poplar I used last year. By November it was leaning. By spring it was on the ground.
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This is a cedar with old rope hanging. It's been here for about 5 years. They didn't touch it for a full year. Maybe the rope stunk? It came out of the loft of my old barn. After the first year of being ignored they play with it all the time.
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No need to apologize, great pics and great topic.sorry for all the multiple posts....this thread just got me digging back through last years scrape pics.
Haha that was a good time!A few years ago I invited a guy to hunt with me at one of our farms, so to hunt I put him to work. So one of the things we did was put in a Mock Scrape. I never took time to put them in much, but do it all the time at certain stand locations now, they work! Sorry Jordan, I posted your picture with your out authorization! LOL
I usually slap it around a bit, just to let it know who's boss, after that the deer keep it in line!Do you guys rough up the tree - or do you simply let the deer do it?
Ok, you know what I mean......anybody artificially create a rub on the tree?I usually slap it around a bit, just to let it know who's boss, after that the deer keep it in line!
Phil - This pic on post #30 is the first time I recall seeing in good light the surroundings at your spot. I love that brushy cover on the sidehill behind the buck. Sorry about the limb deflection of your arrow - he's a good buck in the dark pic on post #31.