Mock scrapes (a hunter-made version of a whitetail scrape used to attract deer) have been a part of hunting media and folklore for decades. Generations of deer hunters have given their anecdotes and ...

As crazy as it may sound, midsummer is the perfect time to set a trap for a fall big-buck encounter by making mock scrapes. Most deer hunters associated scrapes with pre-rut hunting, but in my ...

As the calendar page turns from October to November, daylight wanes and temperatures drop, reassuring bowhunters the best days of archery deer season are still to come. The action is just picking up ...

After the first few weeks of bow season, a buck’s predictability factor typically diminishes. Changing food sources coupled with sudden hunting pressure and newly disbanded bachelor groups can often ...

Imagine you’ve got two deer properties. Each has a mock scrape on it, which looks like most scrapes — except for one small difference. Instead of carefully breaking branches to create a licking branch ...

If you aren't lucky enough to have a real scrape near your tree, Mark Kayser takes you through all the steps to a successful mock scrape. He points out travel routes and includes a scrape dripper, ...

Our rut may be about over, but this is a great question I got from a young hunter. There is still a little time to use this technique for the rut, but you can use the basic concept to attract deer ...

As the calendar page turns from October to November, daylight wanes and temperatures drop, reassuring bowhunters the best days of archery deer season are still to come. The action is just picking up ...