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Easy3actual

Easy3actual

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I found two active scrapes on my property. They and under two tree islands in the middle of a cut ag field. Will the deer visit these during daylight? I'm not sure if they would since there isn't any close by cover to use to get to the scrape.
 
Without it being monitored you'll never know. I would guess they hit it every third day at 743 am and again at 417. Times are plus or minus 10.


Seriously. Cameras are the only way to know for sure. I would guess little bucks might hit them in the day and big bucks at night. Purely speculation on my part.
 
Like has been said. You never know until you use some type of surveillance. I know research says the majority of scrapes are worked at night. That being said I have seen several work them during daylight hours. I am sure many factors play into this such as pressure, rut, etc....
 
Possibly. People kill mature deer in fields quite often. At this time of year I think your better chance is one chasing or cruising around looking for a doe
 
No matter where a scrape is located, most scraping activity occurs at night. However, some scrapes are very night-activity oriented, and those are scrapes around the edges of large openings, like food plots and ag fields. Not that bucks won't work them in daylight, but that a very high percentage of visits occur at night.
 
Agree with BSK, don't hunt the spot just because there are 2 scrapes there. Now if it is a high traffic area with good cover on either side of the field, it may be worth hunting as a travel route.

When I hunt large fields, invariably there are scrapes all only the field edges. Occasionally I'll se a buck work them in daylight, but I'm not at hunting those spots because of the scrapes.
 
What Mega said. I'm a big fan of "hunting the hot sign," but at the same time, I don't often choose a stand location because a scrape is there. I choose my stand locations because they are common travel routes during the rut month, and scrapes in the area just means that location is a focal point of several bucks' travel patterns - a good thing but not an essential thing.
 
Easy3actual said:
That would be ideal, but i don't have cell camera. I also don't want to scent all over it putting a traditional trail camera out there.
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This is a scape I monitored last year with a traditional camera. Most all active was on it at night with the bigger bucks but it lets you know what is using it. This was on a 3 acre rye grass field that does love to eat and bed in at night.
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Consider yourself lucky to find a couple good ones. There are so many on our Ohio lease that i don't even pay attention to them.. Considering starting today there isn't a 2 year old in the woods safe in tennessee it isn't hard for me to understand why they aren't as plentiful here. Not enough competition for it to be a priority for bucks like it is there.
 

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