Comments on: Finding Whitetail Buck Scrapes http://www.buckmanager.com/2007/12/14/finding-whitetail-buck-scrapes/ Deer Hunting and Habitat Management Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lee Hankins http://www.buckmanager.com/2007/12/14/finding-whitetail-buck-scrapes/comment-page-1/#comment-1699 Lee Hankins Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:08:08 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2007/12/14/finding-whitetail-buck-scrapes/#comment-1699 Well, it is likely that these deer are nocturnal and it is hard to catch them anyhow. However there is hope, I would scout back in the wooded area and try to locate some suspect places for bedding not to far away from the scene of the crime. I find that wiser bucks tend to lay thought the day and move a bit at dusk and dark. I have also shot deer in the middle of the day. I would say that if the work is repetitous then they likely get use to the sound and comfortable enough to move during the day. Whitetail bucks might get up for water or just to stretch there legs, but they willl get up. Well, it is likely that these deer are nocturnal and it is hard to catch them anyhow. However there is hope, I would scout back in the wooded area and try to locate some suspect places for bedding not to far away from the scene of the crime. I find that wiser bucks tend to lay thought the day and move a bit at dusk and dark. I have also shot deer in the middle of the day. I would say that if the work is repetitous then they likely get use to the sound and comfortable enough to move during the day. Whitetail bucks might get up for water or just to stretch there legs, but they willl get up.

]]> By: Brad Vernon http://www.buckmanager.com/2007/12/14/finding-whitetail-buck-scrapes/comment-page-1/#comment-1031 Brad Vernon Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:49:59 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2007/12/14/finding-whitetail-buck-scrapes/#comment-1031 Last year I spotted two very large bucks in a field. Then this year they are cutting in some roads for a commercial devlopment so I thought to my self what could it hurt to just take a look around and see if I see any sign. The first place I went to was a field that has soybeans growing in it and I couldnt believe the scrapes in it. I have been hunting a long time and I've never seen so many scapes in onw place so close together and now I am in a delima! I'm not sure how to go about hunting this since the tractors move all day clearing the land between where I seen them last year and where all the sign is this year. Its only about 150 yards from where they where last year I cant decide if I should try hunting in the small field or if I should hunt the edge of the field where I think the deer are bedding down. Can anyone relate to this and maybe give me some input mind you there are not any woods close to this field -- only a small hedge row with a few scattered hardwoods on each side of the field. There is also a small patch of woods between the field they where in last year. These deer are at least 160 class deer so they have been around for sometime now. Thank you for any information that maybe helpful Last year I spotted two very large bucks in a field. Then this year they are cutting in some roads for a commercial devlopment so I thought to my self what could it hurt to just take a look around and see if I see any sign. The first place I went to was a field that has soybeans growing in it and I couldnt believe the scrapes in it. I have been hunting a long time and I’ve never seen so many scapes in onw place so close together and now I am in a delima!

I’m not sure how to go about hunting this since the tractors move all day clearing the land between where I seen them last year and where all the sign is this year. Its only about 150 yards from where they where last year I cant decide if I should try hunting in the small field or if I should hunt the edge of the field where I think the deer are bedding down. Can anyone relate to this and maybe give me some input mind you there are not any woods close to this field — only a small hedge row with a few scattered hardwoods on each side of the field. There is also a small patch of woods between the field they where in last year. These deer are at least 160 class deer so they have been around for sometime now. Thank you for any information that maybe helpful

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