GMan5465
5 year old buck +
Same here Foggy. I’m second guessing everything I’m doing!! Stay the course and we will be rewarded, that’s my plan now.
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S.T.Fanatic
5 year old buck +
Anybody have bucks bed in a a scrape?
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T-Max
5 year old buck +
Anybody have bucks bed in a a scrape?
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Pure dominance.
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PatinPA
5 year old buck +
I thought about that after the fact. they're probably range from 3/4" to 1/4" at the tip.
PatinPA
5 year old buck +
I just saw someone else post something like this on another site. I've seen them bed near scrapes but never in one.Anybody have bucks bed in a a scrape?
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I have seen this once. About 5 yrs ago, had a buddy who is an excellent bowhunter talk me into getting some Evercalm. He knew I wasn't a fan of using any types of scents, but he insisted, told me that deer had bedded down where he used it.
So I got some, put it on some branches. very first time, sure enough, I had a doe and fawn bed down near the scent. I used some the next couple seasons, had deer and hogs both bed down in shooting lanes, which were not bedding areas.
I made a mock scrape, I put a small amount of evercalm on a branch right above the licking branch to test what would happen. That evening, a basket rack 8 point came into the scrape, worked the licking branch, pawed it, peed in it, walked away all sprung up, high stepping, then came right back and laid down right on the scrape, and had me pinned down till after dark. Never saw another buck at that scrape, expect for some nighttime pics. It didn't work everytime, but I had enough pics and sightings to know it had some effect for sure.
Tried the same routine one other time with a mock scrap, with no success. They also had some doe in esterous stuff, and it was really expensive. Bought some of it, used it with no success that I could tell.
Like I said, I'm still not a foreign scent guy at all, and I'm not advertising the stuff. I haven't even used any the last couple of years cause of the hogs bedding down.
So I got some, put it on some branches. very first time, sure enough, I had a doe and fawn bed down near the scent. I used some the next couple seasons, had deer and hogs both bed down in shooting lanes, which were not bedding areas.
I made a mock scrape, I put a small amount of evercalm on a branch right above the licking branch to test what would happen. That evening, a basket rack 8 point came into the scrape, worked the licking branch, pawed it, peed in it, walked away all sprung up, high stepping, then came right back and laid down right on the scrape, and had me pinned down till after dark. Never saw another buck at that scrape, expect for some nighttime pics. It didn't work everytime, but I had enough pics and sightings to know it had some effect for sure.
Tried the same routine one other time with a mock scrap, with no success. They also had some doe in esterous stuff, and it was really expensive. Bought some of it, used it with no success that I could tell.
Like I said, I'm still not a foreign scent guy at all, and I'm not advertising the stuff. I haven't even used any the last couple of years cause of the hogs bedding down.
BenAllgood
5 year old buck +
Anybody have bucks bed in a a scrape?
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This little guy bedded for 3 hours in this scrape I made the day before.
Turkey Creek
5 year old buck +
It sucks that it has warmed up so much again, I am sure that it has slowed down daylight movement. We were helping a friend build a lean to on the side of her horse barn this afternoon and the horses were doing everything they could to get in the shade.Love the old guys!
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T-Max
5 year old buck +
His face looks 4” long. What a toad!
Hoytvectrix
5 year old buck +
I think certain bucks are just starting to get locked down with does too.
Turkey Creek
5 year old buck +
Maybe you can teach that big kitty to help deter your trespassers!
Turkey Creek
5 year old buck +
I would say only slightly younger than the dirt he is standing on! Sounds odd, but I would probably let him walk just because he has beat the odds for so long and I wouldn't want any bad karma from being the one to do him in. I had the same dilemma with a 3-legged buck that I had multiple years of history with (I never got the chance to arrow him after he reached 5 years old, the coyotes got to him 1st), I had a ton of respect for that buck being able to survive against the odds.
Bill
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Not to derail the thread. But is still made? I put it on a mock licking branch years ago and they went right to it.
356
5 year old buck +
It’s still made and can be ordered on Amazon. I’ve not tried it, but am intrigued by it.
