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Re: Hunting over scrapes [Re: Posco] #7989271 11/08/23 08:11 AM 11/08/23 08:11 AM
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 9,602 Northern MN O Osky trapper
Osky trapper O Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 9,602 Northern MN	Originally Posted by Posco My situation is similar to yours, Osky, but there is some agricultural land near me. Not that they grow anything particularly palatable to deer. This is a big woods environment abutting some ag land. Harsh winters and loggers decimating yarding areas put a big ding in our herd. Lots of coyotes to boot. I usually hunt travel corridors and funnels when the wind is right but it's literally a needle in a haystack. I had two bucks on camera with very unique antlers that made them easily distinguishable. A buddy of mine caught one on his camera six miles away from where I did. The other was hit by a car last year. Same deal, about six miles away. I have what looks to be a decent eight hitting the scrape just after legal shooting hours yesterday. Another smaller buck hit it at 2:30 yesterday afternoon. I'm going to plunk myself down there later today. 20 years ago or so and farther back before the wolves got crazy the deer were much more “traditional” in behavior and I was running many cameras being the sd chip era had gotten more dependable. Saw many more bucks and more consistency in their behavior. I do not do any food plot type things so I’m at there whim so to speak. It was fun then knowing the odds were good if you let one pass you would see another. Quite the opposite now. Osky www.SureDockusa.com “ I said I don’t have much use for traps these days, never said I didn’t know how to use them.”

Re: Hunting over scrapes [Re: Posco] #7989272 11/08/23 08:14 AM 11/08/23 08:14 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 66,548 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 66,548 Minnesota	Sad deal Osky NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Hunting over scrapes [Re: Posco] #7989286 11/08/23 08:28 AM 11/08/23 08:28 AM
Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 11,539 Maine, Aroostook Posco OP trapper
Posco OP trapper Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 11,539 Maine, Aroostook	I'd love to have the deer herd I complained about as a kid. It was a big deal when someone shot a coyote back then. It would make the local paper as they were just coming into the region. We had stands of cedar the deer need for winter cover. Those have been decimated from logging. Hunters used to come up here from all over New England because this place had a reputation for monster bucks. There were decent numbers back then. Ten years ago you couldn't attract hunters this far north. Word got out there wasn't much to hunt. On a happier note, the herd does seem to be rebounding since they went to bucks only and limited doe permits.

Re: Hunting over scrapes [Re: Posco] #7989334 11/08/23 09:22 AM 11/08/23 09:22 AM
Joined: Dec 2022 Posts: 5,073 illinois J jalstat trapper
jalstat trapper J Joined: Dec 2022 Posts: 5,073 illinois	Deer are thick in Illinois in most counties but we don’t have the harsh winters and there is no shortage of feed

Re: Hunting over scrapes [Re: Posco] #7989341 11/08/23 09:36 AM 11/08/23 09:36 AM
Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 8,592 western mn B bucksnbears trapper
bucksnbears trapper B Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 8,592 western mn	Hunting over scrapes can be dynamite but it has to be the right scrape. There is one 150 yards out back I've hunted over for 20 plus years and have watched 100s of bucks use it. I sat for 2.5 hours 40 yards from it yesterday and seen 6_7 buck work it. swampgas chili and schmidt beer makes for a deadly combo You have to remember that 1 out of 3 Democratic Voters is just as dumb as the other two.

Re: Hunting over scrapes [Re: bucksnbears] #7989346 11/08/23 09:41 AM 11/08/23 09:41 AM
Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 11,539 Maine, Aroostook Posco OP trapper
Posco OP trapper Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 11,539 Maine, Aroostook	Originally Posted by bucksnbears Hunting over scrapes can be dynamite but it has to be the right scrape. There is one 150 yards out back I've hunted over for 20 plus years and have watched 100s of bucks use it. I sat for 2.5 hours 40 yards from it yesterday and seen 6_7 buck work it. That's encouraging. I've always enjoyed coming across scrapes but I never dedicated much time to them. I'm going to head out shortly and spend the afternoon downwind of the line I found.

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