Dukslayr
5 year old buck +
I’ve been deer hunting for about 30 years and while I’ve killed a lot of deer and fallen prey to about every deer hunting fad or trick I can think of, one thing I’ve never done is artificially create a licking branch/rope/post/etc. This year I’ve got several new tower blinds up a property I bought last year that I think might be in prime position to take advantage of such a setup. While handing some stands last weekend I took a look around the field edges and found plenty of trees I could potentially modify to make into a prime branch. All my tower blinds are placed in CRP fields looking back towards timber and prime bedding. The field edges are mostly downwind of doe bedding areas, secluded, and generally have good enough cover to allow bucks to feel comfortable cruising the field edges during daylight hours.
All of that being said, how many of you have created your own scrapes/community scent spots using either natural or artificial means? Ideally I’m talking about something that deer would use for years, and not your typical one-time mock scrape setup. Can you share your experiences, methods, pics, site selection suggestions, etc? Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you!
All of that being said, how many of you have created your own scrapes/community scent spots using either natural or artificial means? Ideally I’m talking about something that deer would use for years, and not your typical one-time mock scrape setup. Can you share your experiences, methods, pics, site selection suggestions, etc? Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you!