Owen's Blog | Scrape Tree Experiment, Last Minute Preparations
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Owen's Blog | Scrape Tree Experiment, Last Minute Preparations
Owen heads down to one of his food plots on his farm in Southern Iowa where he hopes to catch up with a target buck during the upcoming season. He sets up an experimental mock scrape in front of his Redneck blind using branches from a grapevine, oak tree and cedar tree to take inventory of the deer using the area and to catch a glimpse of their preferred type of licking branch. He explains his method of setting up these types of mock scrapes and predicts which type of branch that he believes will attract the most activity.
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Definitely glad to see Owen return this season. I like his idea of hanging multiple licking branches. I’m looking forward to seeing the outcome
I’m looking foreword to that as well Nathan. Thanks for watching and commenting
Owen back at it! Niiicccce!
Thanks for watching Mike, I appreciate it.
I'm interested to see which one they like better. Good to see you back Owen!
Thank you mr Andrew I appreciate the comment
My guy Owen from my home State in the Mitt. Glad to see ya man
Jimbo slice inquiring minds want to know if that’s your real name? It sounds so much like kimbo slice I always wondered about that. Anyhow thanks for the comment and I’ll be back to the mitt before long, I need to get my oldest daughter a car.
@@owenreigler2842 lol. My names James but one day my buddy called me jimbo slice and it kinda stuck, definatly a play off kimbo slice tho.
Glad to see my favorite dude back in the mix if everyone acted like Owen this world would be sooo much better off. Such a great example of kindness 👍
Man is that ever a great comment to get… Much appreciated!
Good to see you back Owen. I wondered bout you all last season? Good luck this season 👍
Mr muncey it’s been awhile. It’s good to see you back as well. And good luck to you!
Literally almost every comment is glad Owen is back. Midwest whitetail views will increase no doubt. Great hunter. Relatable, like able. Good luck this year.
Brian, good to see you back in the comment section man. I appreciate the kind comment, it’s been humbling to see so many of these kind of comments. Super cool people on here, thanks again for taking the time to comment.
Glad to see you back on the show! From my experience in MN, cedar boughs are king. I'll go out of the way to bring them in from other properties if I can't find one nearby.
Good feedback Matt, we’ll see if that trend is the same down here. Thanks for watching sir
Awsome to have you back owen!! My moneys on the vines!! I have great luck with those!! Good luck this season!!
Thanks for the comment Pat. Vines are starting to win out in the comments section
Wow good to see you back!!!
Thanks Dusty. I appreciate the comment sir.
Pumped that Owen is back, can’t wait to follow his season!
Thanks madco whitetails, some days comments like yours keep us grinding when things aren’t going well. Thanks again for watching
@@owenreigler2842 👍 best of luck to you this season and thank you for doing the extra work to take us along on your hunts. It’s very appreciated by a lot more people then you think I can promise that.
Owen’s back! Glad to see your back!!
Just did the same thing on my food plot. Great to have you back brother! Good luck!
Hello mr Shawn. Good to hear from you again. Good luck to you as well.
Awesome to see you’re back Owen! Really looking forward to following you this season.
Thanks 12 mile. It’s really humbling to see the outpouring of support from everyone. Super cool.
i had something similar to this last year in my food plot, 150 class came to edge of field and stared at it and elected not to come out. Even though the past 5 evenings he did come into the field. I had added the post on Oct 1, so it was new that day. Not sure if the change in scenery was enough or what, anyways I took it down and never used them again. Also glad you are back Owen, love your content.
Thanks for the comment Jason. For me, these rubbing post are like a blind maybe. I want them out there at least 2 weeks before I plan to be hunting and preferably 2 months would be much better but I know how it goes, always a lot to get done and no time to do it.
Glad to see you back Owen. I'm glad your trying this experiment I've always wondered about which one they would prefer. Keep us updated. Good luck this season
Mark it’s good to see you back as well. I appreciate the comment
Good to see you back Owen, best of luck this year. Can't wait for Oct 1st.
Thanks Josh, Midwest Whitetail viewers are the best, feels like we’re all family. Super cool!
Great video Owen! I put 3 of those out 2 years ago and got great pics! I used treated 2" X 2" for the overhang and one of the 3 set ups broke. Pics showed the the does and fawns like to get on their hind legs and play around with the vine. That's why one of mine broke - the does pulled it down. Just an FYI. Good luck!
Good info Kevin thanks for the feedback
Good luck this year Owen.
Thanks Mitchell, much appreciated.
Owen is back? Oh win for everyone!!!!
Glad Owen is back. I really was wondering last fall how he was doing and really wanted to know the Picket Fence buck outcome.
Thanks timber ghost, glad to be back.
if you want to know or see about the grape vines look up Whitetail habitat solutions he'll teach you and show you all you ever wanted to know about vine scrapes.
🎯🦌Hello brother Owen...great to see you 👍😁
Whoa Perry you’re still around. I was starting to wonder where you’ve been. Good to hear from you again mr.
@@owenreigler2842 youbetcha...im filming for my brother this year in Iowa...so ill keep you posted..🎯🦌😁👍
Jeff Sturgis from whitetail habitat solutions convinced me to put up mock scrapes this year using vines, and it worked the first night! Smack dab in the middle of heavy trails. Instead of bucks cruising past the camera, they actually stop and smell it or rub it. Giving myself more pics and a stopping point next to my stand to shoot at. Cheap and easy. Gl this year and let us know what u find on the results!
Thanks for watching sengx. I’ll keep you posted on my findings.
Glad to see you back … I would however suggest splitting them up into separate scrape branches… im having good success with the vine method but in past had a oak post next to a vine next to a real natural scrape and all got bypassed except for real scrape just food for thought … look forward to see what hits!
Thanks Mike. I appreciate the feedback
Plot looks great
Yeah that one is clean as a whistle. Sprayed for grass and mowed in late august and it looks perfect. Thanks for the comment
Science is cool!!!! Excited to see the results
Thank you sir. I appreciate the comment.
Go Blue !!!!
Heck yeah 👍
Yayyyyy. Owen’s back👍
Whoa it’s Ddbronco, one of the regulars that I used to chat with a lot. Thanks for commenting and good to hear from you.
Glad to see they brought Owen back. Great info, and awesome to see the stories he has with these bucks he chases.
Thanks Karson I appreciate the comment sir
think the oak is going to win !! i never had any luck in georgia or illionis with the vine but will be interesting to see
I’m with you Nelson, although several guys keep telling me the vine is going to win out so we’ll see.
I would’ve clipped about a foot or so off of each. ESP the vine. Cedar is king here. They’ll stand on their back legs to lick a cedar if a scrape is present
So far the cedar is getting killed, it’s dead even with the vine and oak way ahead of the cedar but there’s still time for the cedar to make a comeback
Definitely could’ve clipped the vine but I want all the deer in the herd to be able to reach them but you’re right better to have them a little too high than too low.
Experiments are the best way to find out new info!!! Can’t wait to see the results but my bet is going for the Oak limb. The vine seemed to be a tad low hanging for their liking unless you trimmed it up afterwards? Either way, can’t wait to see how it works out.
Great idea! I don't think the kind of limb matters as much as the positioning. Apparently you don't have beech trees in Iowa, here in the east I find 10X as many natural scrapes under beech as any other species where beech is common. I suspect that has more to do with them having tough limbs that hold their leaves a long time and that tend to hang at the right height than it does actual preference for the species.
Good feedback Josh. You’re right beech trees are very scarce in this area although I’ve been on a couple farms to the north that had quite a few so they’re here just kind of hit and miss I guess.
If scent is on oak I'm guessing that will win I do the vines in the woods works well for inventory. Good luck can't wait to see results
Hey Richard thanks for the comment sir. I didn’t end up using the branch that was an already established licking branch cuz it looked like it might break right where I needed to put the screw in it. Thanks for watching
@@owenreigler2842 Anytime I'm a avid whitetail hunter and watch all your guys shows. You, Mike, Jared good stuff I've learned alot from you guys and used it up here in Michigan. Apologies for confusion on branch.
I use white pine branches they seem to really enjoy working them maybe give that a try in future experiments
Absolutely, In Michigan there were always scrapes under white pine trees but where I’m located in southern Iowa there are basically zero white pine unless somebody planted them
@@owenreigler2842 I live in Illinois but one of the farms I hunt happens to be right across the road from a Christmas tree farm…so I tried it on two other farms I hunt and it worked great there too also had great luck with the grape vines as well
Im excited to watch this experiment unfold, Once again..Great to see ya back Owen. You got that hitlist ready???
Hey Bucky! Good to see you back on the comment board. The hitlist is ready. Monday’s show has a couple on it and I’ll probably do a blog to go over some of the others.
Welcome back brother 💪
Thank you sir!
sweet
Thanks for watching sir
Fantastic idea! Been researching to set up two sign posts on my new food plot to coax deer into bow range and can’t find anything on what branches deer prefer to lick and scrape from (plenty on what they prefer to rub). Did you get any sure winner on this? Also, impressive showing in the 2021 season; can’t wait to see what you wrap tags on in 2022!
Good to have Owen back.. didn’t he say that anything hanging below 4.5ft won’t work? Sure looks like that Vine he hung is lower than 4.5ft
Chad I was referring to the horizontal limbs being too low but with something hanging vertical like a vine they can tip their head into it at about any height so you can hang those lower and it seems to work fine. Thanks for the comment.
@@owenreigler2842 Ok thanks! Good luck this season
@@chadhouser973 thank you and good luck to you
really glad Owen is back. now if you can just get Bill to pop in from time to time
I believe the grape vine will win.
Thanks Tommy, so far mixed opinions of what will win out, I guess that’s the whole idea of the experiment. We shall see. Thanks for watching.
So what’s your final conclusion ?
Maybe you will tag out before you get to hunt this !!!!
The vine is too thick. 3/4 to one inch works best. They don’t use the big ones near as well.
Just an idea to maybe replace with a smaller one for better results.
The others are probably about like you describe, that was the thickest one in the bunch. Thanks for the feedback I’ll see how that plays out.