I have one nice buck, from 2 seasons ago, back from the taxidermist and on my wall- because I listened to you & did exactly what your talking about today, that spot never had mature bucks visit in the prior seasons, thanks Jeff. I actually have upped my game and can credit you for several of my buck mounts, picking prime weather high value days- Andy
@@philipkellerman9826 honestly it's one of the only acceptable excuses to use Instagram. That or the day ur girl has ur first kid. Can take one at the hospita,l that is acceptable.
This is amazing, put up my first mock vine scrape august 31st around 5pm. I have pictures of deer literally hitting it 2-3 hours later, on public land. Thanks guys!
Let's just say I'm a believer. Son and I copied your design and suggestions. Aug 24th we used a stick to make the scrape, cut a quick vine, and hung it at 2 pm with some twine I dug out of my truck. At 4.30 pm the deer were already using it. Have gotten some really great photos of a great buck who is also using it regularly. Can't thank you enough. Love your content. Wishing you a great season!
Just nailed my first buck ever using this set up down in NC. Buck walked within twenty yards of me in a ground stand straight into the scrape 10 minutes after I set down. I really appreciate you helping me getting my first buck!!
I have just made my first major purchase of 50 acres of completely vacant land in pa and have been binge watching your videos and learning a ton! It has great potential and I have been seeing some really nice bucks but I wish I had more time to prepare this year. I will be hunting it this year as is, and then rewatching probably all of these videos again next year when I am able to start working on it. Thank you for ALL of your Information you provide!!
Best scrape ever! Used this for the first time last year after finding your videos. I was shocked with the amount of activity and that deer went out of their way to hit it. This year I have young bucks, does and fawns already using it. Best thing ever, thank you for this!
Around the 15:00 mark you talk about identifying grape vines from poison ivy vines. Besides the "leaves three, let it be" method, another identifier is that POISON IVY vines are "hairy" looking.
Put 3 of these up 2 days ago. My one with the cell camera has had a doe hit it in 24 hours and 4 point hit it last night. And I did your recommendation of peeing in it also. I’m going out this weekend to check the 2 memory card only locations. Put up 3 on 125 acres in some what of a triangular formation spread across the property. You seriously have the best informational/educational videos out here. I put you on as a “podcast “ while I’m driving from job to job. I watch bodies multiple times, I seem to pick out more “points” or fully grasp your concepts doing that. Thanks for sharing your vast experience and knowledge!Seriously, thanks!
New subscriber, bowhunting in Manitoba on the open prarrie farmlands. Deer use farm yards as bedding areas and tree lines for travel routes. Set up licking branch on the end of a tree line near a creek. Had my first pictures 12 hours later. Thanks for the tip, hoping the bucks in area will come to love this licking branch. Setting up for muzzleloader next week.
You're the first person I've heard talking about moc scrapes. Most hunters around here focus on bait piles. I took your advice and hung one near my stand, I have several pictures on my trail cam of dear using it. Thanks for the info.
I love your hanging vine/branch idea. I've used mock scrapes for years, but it was always a major hassle finding a natural branch in the right location to use as a licking branch, and also be able to set up a stand close by. This ends all that! I followed your directions to make one last week using a one-inch sapling, and was able to set up a perfect scrape close to a great tree for my climbing stand. I do prefer however, to use a scrape dripper that only drips during daylight hours, and it was no problem adding that to your setup. I had a nice 8-point visit it the first night. In the past I've had raccoons pee in my mock scrapes, and also coyotes roll in them. The videos you get at these are always entertaining. Thanks for this great idea!
Best thing since sliced bread used them for first time last year and the more time passes the more abs more deer are on em. Best thing no need to go back with heavy bags of corn or anything find them movement and put it out they will do just like you said thanks brother
After watching many of these videos on making a cheap and easy rub vine I am eager to get down to my hunt lease and try this tactic. Again thanks for sharing your tactics that you have perfected on the yers.
Love my mock scrape. Ive gotten alot more bucks checking it than ive ever seen. Does use it too. Im in the middle of the city on less than 1/2 acre. Plan on making a water hole and a food plot. I have a 5 acre wood lot that is their bedding area nearby. Ive shot three does behind the house in the city with my bow over the years but this next year is game on.
I'm just trying this for the first time this year, year prior I just hung green surveyors tape. Found the deer go from tape to tape and I could change the path of the deers travel.
Thanks for the tips gonna set up a mock scrape right around the stand and out a camera on it. Thanks Jeff so awesome having someone with so much experience to help us whitetail hunters
Just made one today in my favorite spot with a camera on it. Don’t have many vines in my area so I used a white oak limb. Can’t wait to check my camera!
This works… bought 85 acres last Dec in mid-Michigan and saw 1 deer. Today checking the cameras, and had 6 deer at the same time around the mock scrape. Used a beech tree branch about 1”
Nice job on the video guys. I’ve got (4) up on my new property so far. Just put cameras up the other day and I’m looking forward to seeing what I have for deer activity.
When I first read about your system in your book I was skeptical but boy was I wrong. Every deer that came in had its face in that vine. Bucks does and fawns. Made for great pictures and videos! If you want a system that works try it!
I went out and made two of them the other day. I have no clue what kind of vine I used but I’m pretty shure it wasn’t poison ivy vine. Excited to see how it work. One of the nicer bucks that was growing got hit by a car the other night. I was pretty upset about that. A bald eagle was actually eating him, he had his brows growing and about half of the main beam
If it wasn’t for Jeff’s videos I wouldn’t have gotten my buck last year. My mock scrape was a total hot spot and plus it was nice getting to see all of the bucks come by and hit it year round
I've had just about every buck I've ever had on camera come up and check out the camera i'll just have pictures of their noses and it has never scared any of them off. They can hear the little click also when it snaps pictures sometimes. Makes for some great picture angles of each deer
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 I have killed nice size bucks the last 4 years I've owned this property. This year I'm after the biggest buck I've ever seen. I'm wondering if a boss buck feeder would scare him off? I put it out over a month ago. Haven't seen that particular buck yet on camera
I doubt you guys will read this but............. Holy Jesus!..... HOLY Jesus!!..... HOLY JESUS!!!............. You are right! I am 60yo and have been a average deer hunter all my life. This year I started watching your vids and one of the intriguing features you push are these mock scraps. After watching a 100 of your deer mark the vines..... I thought I'd give it a try. JUST tonight, I decided to take a hike out the back of my home in WV and up into the hills to set a mock scrape of my own. My hike would be about a 1/2 mile in...... I was literally 75 yards from my HOUSE and about 40 yards into the woods looking for a vine to cut. I spot one........ as I get closer..... LOW AND BOLD.... guess what. It was a mock scrape.... and it had a one inch grape vine danging into it with the tip of the vine just 5 inches off the ground and the scrape was 5 foot in length and nearly 3 feet wide. Don't be mad...... I cut that dude about 8 feet long, never touched the last 4 feet and hiked it up onto a ridge I want to hunt this year. It is now set on a clearing on a ridge between two hay fields. TIME will tell....... I'll report back. But DAMN it's true and I Thank You!!!!
I did this last year about this time of year ( late July) with a 5 ft vine. Scraped back the leaves and immediately had many bucks using it. They rubbed the bark off of it by September here in west KY. Thanks brother! I also used the small parcel less than 10 acre set up and had great success. I got permission to hunt a 60 acre plot of land yesterday. If you see this I would love to ask you a couple of questions. It's a great spot lots of deer but the fields are over grown between woods and fence rows. How would you approach the first year this late in the summer?
Hi Jeff ! I hunt canada (quebec) and create the perfect mock scrape like you teach......i follow all the steps.....The mock scrape was create last sunday guest what ? Two différents doe already came on the mock and i will see if bucks are coming..... Your perfect mock scrape is real deal !!! Thank you very much Jeff !!! Also i really want to subscrive your "rut" web class......but need to found money before ☺️🍂🍁🍃 Have a good deer hunting !!!
I agree with everything you said about using natural materials. I also think location is key I often make them on heavy trails that already have scrapes on them and I’ll find an elevation change or some where that I would expect there to already be a scrape and when I make it I use my own urine and I even spit my own human saliva on the “licking branch” and it works unbelievably well. The activity is immediate and aggressive where if I don’t use any scent at first and just make the scrape sometimes it doesn’t even get used.
Thanks for the video.i put out two mock scrape.one they walk around an will not use..the other they are using both are on different travel corridors between food plot's and bedding
Unfortunately not hit nearly as well as something natural like a branch or vine. Wrong weight, size, etc...after observing more than 10,000 mock scrapes in over 20 states.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Like I said, I've done both. Currently observing ropes on over 45 trail cameras. I don't see a noticeable difference in attraction. Does, fawns and bucks can't resist investigating and leaving scent.
Hi all, it is 1/3/2022 and I put out a licking branch today on an already established trail that is pretty well used but placed it where they should stop in a shooting lane I made. I did it just like you suggested with plenty of room for deer to move around it. I placed a camera on it and two hours later I already had both does and bucks investigating it. By the way I knocked the sides out of an old buck on 12/29 with 10 minutes left and I had more deer around my stand in the last 45 minutes that day than all season. FYI Huntwise gave me 5 buck day that entire day so it was definitely correct. I suspect it was the brutal cold and the snow we received. I have high hopes for new addition of the licking branch to have the big boys stopping in to use the mock scrape.
Right on Jeff thank for showing this video great details on your mock scrap set up I got three set up I hope I did it right pretty close from what just can’t wait to check the cameras out. Great work Jeff that you and Dylan do keep up the great work 👍👍👍👍👍
The place where I put my mock scrape I placed it under a cedar tree. What’s unique about this tree is that I call it the lonely cedar tree for the next 400-450 yards. I noticed many trails going to it and splits off. Another unique feature is that it’s very secluded, about 3/4 miles deep into the woods behind cover and brush. That’s when I knew that was my spot for a mock scrape. Yesterday (10-8-22) i had 2 does come in 5 mins after shooting time started that came to my scrape and left. I didn’t shoot it because it was very foggy barely 10 feet visibility so I never knew it was there. I was pissed after I had check my trail cam on how close they were.
I don’t have natural vines on my land but have had very good success using them from other properties. I think the scent absorbs into them pretty well. Never used any scents. Once one deer hits it you’re golden.
I put in a new mock scrape on the 10th and within a week had multiple deer using it. Didn’t use any scent or urine. Just waiting to see the first mature buck use it. 🤞🏼
Love your channel I set a mock scrape and scent stick just as you said and 4 days later I have two deer using the stick.... I can’t wait for the season to start here in Maine but my stands with your scrape are seeing more activity and we still have a few months till rifle season. This has been invaluable when doing buck recon in an area as well.
in the northern big woods where my property is, if you make a scrape and hang a red pine branch over it, you'll have spike bucks on it within 90 minutes of your exit. Even the black bears will come through and check it out (which can be problematic).
Is it best to put the mock scrape along a field treeline or having it in the woods? Or, are both effective as long as you follow the basic setup guidelines as described in this video?
You have been so helpful. I love your videos. I’ve been hunting for years and have been doing things that I thought were right. I can’t wait to use these suggestions. Thank you.
Love the videos , I have a question . I have a good stand set on the edge of soy bean . How ever there is no place to hang a mock scrape except for a high brand over hanging tall weeds o the edge …. Will it work if I clean out an area .. it’s right beside of trails coming out .
So Jeff, if I use a jackpine branch, as a leaking branch. Are you saying I can put a jack pine branch hanging from a maple tree? Cuz that's my scrape tree. I've always just cut another maple branch and used plastic ties to make it work. Sorry for so many questions, putting in the time and early effort this year!
Great video, thanks for sharing! one quick question. I live in Georgia and my property is in Michigan. I was unable to get back home this summer and put up a mock scrape. I will be hunting for three weeks this fall, the last two weeks of October and the first week of November. Is it worth it to start a mock scrape with a licking stick when I get there at this time of the year? Thanks!
After watching you on this plots and much more then learning how to set my arrows watching ranch fairy I think all there is left is to pick BIG which is a 7 yr old 12 point or SNEAK which is our 5 yr old 14 point hmmm choices ... Thank you for the knowledge Jeff ever down in KY I know some major public land spots that have giants and plenty of cull bucks
I've recently purchased a new home on 5 acres, bordered by larger parcels of heavily forested and steep terrain. This is my first year of hunting quarry that can't shoot back, lol. I just found your channel this past week and am very impressed with your working knowledge and experience, which shows through very educational, and highly entertaining videos. I'm in northeast TN and bow season is currently underway. My question is this...would it be OK to put up a scrape right now? I don't have any food plots set up yet...just a couple preexisting feeders, but do have existing bedding areas and heavy deer activity both on and around my property. Also, all the trail cams I currently have require physically retrieving the SD cards. Flat land is minimal here, and I am constrained to within my own property lines. There are so many game trails that it's virtually impossible to not find one within 10 to 20 feet of each other. Activity as of late has dwindled to one fine buck that I catch on camera every single day, but his times of passage is very unpredictable. It sounds to me that I waited too long to do anything effective this season. What are your recommendations to improve my chances of harvesting deer this season? I'm hoping you have some good advice for me!!! Thanks.
So I stopped by to tell you all about my experience. I’ve been watching Jeff’s videos for a few years. Last year I finally got myself on some awesome private land and could really use some of his tactics. My first year, it was stand locations and food. But this year I wanted to try the mock scrapes and camera techniques. I also did a mineral site as he intended. This past week I set up my first “Sturgis Mock Scrape” vine and all. And literally that night 8 hours later, it got hit by 3 doe and 2 buck. They then hit my mineral site. Before that scrape I had very little activity on the minerals, and little pictures. The only thing I did different was I put some Wildlife Resource Management Active Scrape to fire off the ground.
Great video, thanks for sharing. One question: I have the availability and option for either a grape vine or a bittersweet vine. Which one would you recommend please?
I want to thank you for all the information, I have a 50 acre farm in SW PA below Pittsburgh, about 37 acres alternating corn soy crops but the border I have been using your techniques, the last 4 years I've harvested 4 respectable buck, to me the deer seem to like the cuisine of different forage, this year I'm doing the licking branches, can't wait to see the results, as far as cameras do you recomend video over stills ? Thank you for all you do.
We’ve implemented mock scrapes on our private property after taking your advice and it has drastically improved our hunting. We thank you for that. How would you suggest making mock scrapes on public ground where you can’t cut anything?
Hi Adam after observing 10s of thousands of scrapes it isn't even close...natural is always best. A rope scrape will at best get about 50% of the activity a natural vine or branch will receive. In some cases they will get no attention at all. Unfortunately you can sell natural tho, so folks try to reinvent the wheel to make a buck or because they don't want to follow along because it is someone else's idea. Because I have the leading online content about creating mock scrapes and have been doing it for the longest time online...you can bet if I could recommend a rope scrape I would sell them and make hundreds of thousands per year. But I can't because it wouldn't be morally right and I have enough experience know better 😉 The hunting industry can be very dishonest at times...you have to watch for folks that try to steal your dollars or just don't know enough to not push something they are pushing.
@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 first of thank you for the response. Secondly thank you for a well explained answer. I'll be looking for vines when I go to change batteries and SD cards today. Another question what do have to say about summer ground vs breeding grounds. Many say around this time they'll start venturing off to breeding grounds and may return to summer grounds and stay around till around till late September mid October then leave. I'm currently watching 2 bucks that seem to be on a 5-15 day cycle of showing up since late may.
What would you do if you dont have the trees to have a licking branch? From Tx panhandle and all we have is mesquite and cactus that doesnt get much taller then 5-6’ but its thick. Mostly mule deer very few whitetail on my spot. Any suggesstions are welcome. Closest water source is roughly a mile 26 acres only hunt about 1/2 of it due to steep cliff on the north side.
Love the videos, you have me already thinking about next year! Question: you talked about two different height vines, waist high and chest high, but I didn’t catch your logic on why and when to use one height versus another. Can you help me understand that?
If you tie your licking branch to an overhead branch that has a lot of leaves tie the branch so it hangs at lower waist height during the summer. Then in the fall, winter and spring the scent branch may very well rise up when the main branch loses its' load of leaves.
I am new to this, and it looks very promising! Only question is how often does the vine set off the camera when swinging in the wind? Seems like it might be an issue if the camera was too close.
If a mock scrape vine were to break during hunting season, would you replace it right away or wait until after season? If you replace it during season, when is the best time to do so?
Man I really appreciate all the tips and knowledge you put out! I'm going to put a mock scrape out. I'm in Texas is there any tips you have per area. Also I've had horrible luck with Cellular Trail cameras what do you like the best. I'm also diabetic so I loved the tips on staying warm. Thanks God Bless
Hand and feet warmers are life savers. Also sounds kind of not manly. But leggings and pantyhose are great insulators. As far as camera I currently am running 2 Spypoint Micro LTE cameras in the middle of bottomlands they hold battery life very well and surprisingly good on signal.
Hey Jeff I've been using your vine method for a few years now and no question it just works. I do have a question for you about hemp rope. I watched Don Higgins video and he uses a 3/4 to 1" hemp rope and frays the end about 6 inches up and hangs that from a limb. Have you ever tried this method and what are your thoughts on it?
Hi, great idea with the vine scrape. I've been binge watching your videos and put up my first 2 yesterday. Question, Do you have trouble with false triggers? I have 1 of the 2 vines in front of a Render and seem to get false triggers. I'm not sure if its the vine or something else. Let me know, thank you for all the great content you put out.
Awesome video never tried a mock scrap going to give it a try we hunt over corn here in North Carolina is it ok to put the mock scrap close to a corn pile
Two deer at the moch scrape I installed 27hrs ago following these instructions. This gentleman knows exactly what he is talking about.
Followed exactly. Made at 2:00p today, had an 8pt on camera at 6:00p.
I have one nice buck, from 2 seasons ago, back from the taxidermist and on my wall- because I listened to you & did exactly what your talking about today, that spot never had mature bucks visit in the prior seasons, thanks Jeff. I actually have upped my game and can credit you for several of my buck mounts, picking prime weather high value days- Andy
Andy...man, so happy for you!! Just love to hear it and CONGRATS!!
Literally shot my buck last year as it checked my mock scrape November 5th. Got it on trail cam video. Thanks for your help and tips Jeff 👍
Man that is so awesome Phillip!! I LOVE hearing that....but most of all, CONGRATS!! SO DANG COOL...
@@fml5910 thanks . Its the one and only thing that I have posted on Instagram. Lol
I found your IG just to watch that clip. Awesome!! Congrats
@@MidwestWhitetails thanks man.
Hoping to have a repeat this year.
Shoot straight or, shoot often.🙂
@@philipkellerman9826 honestly it's one of the only acceptable excuses to use Instagram. That or the day ur girl has ur first kid. Can take one at the hospita,l that is acceptable.
This is amazing, put up my first mock vine scrape august 31st around 5pm. I have pictures of deer literally hitting it 2-3 hours later, on public land. Thanks guys!
Let's just say I'm a believer. Son and I copied your design and suggestions. Aug 24th we used a stick to make the scrape, cut a quick vine, and hung it at 2 pm with some twine I dug out of my truck. At 4.30 pm the deer were already using it. Have gotten some really great photos of a great buck who is also using it regularly. Can't thank you enough. Love your content. Wishing you a great season!
Just nailed my first buck ever using this set up down in NC. Buck walked within twenty yards of me in a ground stand straight into the scrape 10 minutes after I set down. I really appreciate you helping me getting my first buck!!
Man I love to hear that...CONGRATS, so happy for you!!
I have just made my first major purchase of 50 acres of completely vacant land in pa and have been binge watching your videos and learning a ton! It has great potential and I have been seeing some really nice bucks but I wish I had more time to prepare this year. I will be hunting it this year as is, and then rewatching probably all of these videos again next year when I am able to start working on it. Thank you for ALL of your Information you provide!!
Still the best mock scrape masterclass around ⭐️
Thanks a lot 😊 Appreciate you watching
Mock scrapes are crazy. It’s hard to believe how good they work😂. Thanks for teaching us this man.
Best scrape ever! Used this for the first time last year after finding your videos. I was shocked with the amount of activity and that deer went out of their way to hit it. This year I have young bucks, does and fawns already using it. Best thing ever, thank you for this!
That's awesome Jeff and you are very welcome 😊 Love to hear it!!
Around the 15:00 mark you talk about identifying grape vines from poison ivy vines.
Besides the "leaves three, let it be" method, another identifier is that POISON IVY vines are "hairy" looking.
Thanks for taking the time to explain step by step how to create a mock scrape so it is done right the first time. Truly a great video !
Put 3 of these up 2 days ago.
My one with the cell camera has had a doe hit it in 24 hours and 4 point hit it last night. And I did your recommendation of peeing in it also. I’m going out this weekend to check the 2 memory card only locations.
Put up 3 on 125 acres in some what of a triangular formation spread across the property. You seriously have the best informational/educational videos out here. I put you on as a “podcast “ while I’m driving from job to job. I watch bodies multiple times, I seem to pick out more “points” or fully grasp your concepts doing that. Thanks for sharing your vast experience and knowledge!Seriously, thanks!
New subscriber, bowhunting in Manitoba on the open prarrie farmlands. Deer use farm yards as bedding areas and tree lines for travel routes. Set up licking branch on the end of a tree line near a creek. Had my first pictures 12 hours later. Thanks for the tip, hoping the bucks in area will come to love this licking branch. Setting up for muzzleloader next week.
Wow, this is gold, put a mock vine and 4 days later, does and bucks were hitting it. Thanks for the content and tips.
You're the first person I've heard talking about moc scrapes. Most hunters around here focus on bait piles. I took your advice and hung one near my stand, I have several pictures on my trail cam of dear using it. Thanks for the info.
Hung my first licking branch this year. Your video helped me do it right. Already have deer hitting this in one week.
I just did this. The licking branch. I pulled my card today
250 pictures in 30 days CRAZY. Bucks, does, fawns. Thanks for the info
I love your hanging vine/branch idea. I've used mock scrapes for years, but it was always a major hassle finding a natural branch in the right location to use as a licking branch, and also be able to set up a stand close by. This ends all that! I followed your directions to make one last week using a one-inch sapling, and was able to set up a perfect scrape close to a great tree for my climbing stand. I do prefer however, to use a scrape dripper that only drips during daylight hours, and it was no problem adding that to your setup. I had a nice 8-point visit it the first night. In the past I've had raccoons pee in my mock scrapes, and also coyotes roll in them. The videos you get at these are always entertaining. Thanks for this great idea!
Where did u put ur dripper? This is what I came to find out but he doesn't have 1 in the video
Setup a blind yesterday (unfortunately all had time for this year) and put a grapevine mock scrape. Walked at @3pm and had a hit on it at 7:30p.
Putting 2 out today with cams on them and adding antler gro to the browse in that area
Best thing since sliced bread used them for first time last year and the more time passes the more abs more deer are on em. Best thing no need to go back with heavy bags of corn or anything find them movement and put it out they will do just like you said thanks brother
Absolutely love this video because you show exactly how you do it and make it easy even for beginners. Awesome job!
After watching many of these videos on making a cheap and easy rub vine I am eager to get down to my hunt lease and try this tactic. Again thanks for sharing your tactics that you have perfected on the yers.
I made one Jim; it works like you said. Wish I could attach pix. TY
Love my mock scrape. Ive gotten alot more bucks checking it than ive ever seen. Does use it too. Im in the middle of the city on less than 1/2 acre. Plan on making a water hole and a food plot. I have a 5 acre wood lot that is their bedding area nearby. Ive shot three does behind the house in the city with my bow over the years but this next year is game on.
I'm just trying this for the first time this year, year prior I just hung green surveyors tape. Found the deer go from tape to tape and I could change the path of the deers travel.
Thanks for the tips gonna set up a mock scrape right around the stand and out a camera on it. Thanks Jeff so awesome having someone with so much experience to help us whitetail hunters
Big fan of these mock scrapesJeff! patterned a dandy buck on one and nearly closed the deal on him last November. Never get tired of these videos
Just made one today in my favorite spot with a camera on it. Don’t have many vines in my area so I used a white oak limb. Can’t wait to check my camera!
This works… bought 85 acres last Dec in mid-Michigan and saw 1 deer. Today checking the cameras, and had 6 deer at the same time around the mock scrape. Used a beech tree branch about 1”
You need any help hunting those 85 acres this season?😂😂😂
How far do you spread your licking branch apart… I got 84 acres here in Ohio
I just hung my very first mock scrape using your technique Jeff! Excited to see what comes to it!
That's awesome....lots of fun!
Nice job on the video guys. I’ve got (4) up on my new property so far. Just put cameras up the other day and I’m looking forward to seeing what I have for deer activity.
Do you use any urine
Hows that workin for ya?
When I first read about your system in your book I was skeptical but boy was I wrong. Every deer that came in had its face in that vine. Bucks does and fawns. Made for great pictures and videos! If you want a system that works try it!
I went out and made two of them the other day. I have no clue what kind of vine I used but I’m pretty shure it wasn’t poison ivy vine. Excited to see how it work. One of the nicer bucks that was growing got hit by a car the other night. I was pretty upset about that. A bald eagle was actually eating him, he had his brows growing and about half of the main beam
If it wasn’t for Jeff’s videos I wouldn’t have gotten my buck last year. My mock scrape was a total hot spot and plus it was nice getting to see all of the bucks come by and hit it year round
I've had just about every buck I've ever had on camera come up and check out the camera i'll just have pictures of their noses and it has never scared any of them off. They can hear the little click also when it snaps pictures sometimes. Makes for some great picture angles of each deer
You are very fortunate...thr majority boffins the time thr mature bucks never come back. 3 to 4 year-old + 😉
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 I have killed nice size bucks the last 4 years I've owned this property. This year I'm after the biggest buck I've ever seen. I'm wondering if a boss buck feeder would scare him off? I put it out over a month ago. Haven't seen that particular buck yet on camera
Great video my question is do you put any scent on the vine
I doubt you guys will read this but.............
Holy Jesus!..... HOLY Jesus!!..... HOLY JESUS!!!............. You are right! I am 60yo and have been a average deer hunter all my life. This year I started watching your vids and one of the intriguing features you push are these mock scraps. After watching a 100 of your deer mark the vines..... I thought I'd give it a try.
JUST tonight, I decided to take a hike out the back of my home in WV and up into the hills to set a mock scrape of my own. My hike would be about a 1/2 mile in...... I was literally 75 yards from my HOUSE and about 40 yards into the woods looking for a vine to cut. I spot one........ as I get closer..... LOW AND BOLD.... guess what. It was a mock scrape.... and it had a one inch grape vine danging into it with the tip of the vine just 5 inches off the ground and the scrape was 5 foot in length and nearly 3 feet wide. Don't be mad...... I cut that dude about 8 feet long, never touched the last 4 feet and hiked it up onto a ridge I want to hunt this year. It is now set on a clearing on a ridge between two hay fields. TIME will tell....... I'll report back. But DAMN it's true and I Thank You!!!!
I did this last year about this time of year ( late July) with a 5 ft vine. Scraped back the leaves and immediately had many bucks using it. They rubbed the bark off of it by September here in west KY. Thanks brother! I also used the small parcel less than 10 acre set up and had great success. I got permission to hunt a 60 acre plot of land yesterday. If you see this I would love to ask you a couple of questions. It's a great spot lots of deer but the fields are over grown between woods and fence rows. How would you approach the first year this late in the summer?
Hi Jeff ! I hunt canada (quebec) and create the perfect mock scrape like you teach......i follow all the steps.....The mock scrape was create last sunday
guest what ? Two différents doe already came on the mock and i will see if bucks are coming.....
Your perfect mock scrape is real deal !!!
Thank you very much Jeff !!!
Also i really want to subscrive your "rut" web class......but need to found money before ☺️🍂🍁🍃
Have a good deer hunting !!!
Just did the vines this year ,I always broke a branch and made it hang correct hight over scrape
This is my first year hunting, i just finished my hunters ed! i'm going to make a mock scrape today!
I agree with everything you said about using natural materials. I also think location is key I often make them on heavy trails that already have scrapes on them and I’ll find an elevation change or some where that I would expect there to already be a scrape and when I make it I use my own urine and I even spit my own human saliva on the “licking branch” and it works unbelievably well. The activity is immediate and aggressive where if I don’t use any scent at first and just make the scrape sometimes it doesn’t even get used.
Thanks for the advice on mock scrapes
Sure thing Jon, good luck!
Thanks for the video.i put out two mock scrape.one they walk around an will not use..the other they are using both are on different travel corridors between food plot's and bedding
I've done grapevines and polypropylene rope. Rope works great and it's easier to acquire and replace.
Unfortunately not hit nearly as well as something natural like a branch or vine. Wrong weight, size, etc...after observing more than 10,000 mock scrapes in over 20 states.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Like I said, I've done both. Currently observing ropes on over 45 trail cameras. I don't see a noticeable difference in attraction. Does, fawns and bucks can't resist investigating and leaving scent.
Hi all, it is 1/3/2022 and I put out a licking branch today on an already established trail that is pretty well used but placed it where they should stop in a shooting lane I made. I did it just like you suggested with plenty of room for deer to move around it. I placed a camera on it and two hours later I already had both does and bucks investigating it. By the way I knocked the sides out of an old buck on 12/29 with 10 minutes left and I had more deer around my stand in the last 45 minutes that day than all season. FYI Huntwise gave me 5 buck day that entire day so it was definitely correct. I suspect it was the brutal cold and the snow we received. I have high hopes for new addition of the licking branch to have the big boys stopping in to use the mock scrape.
Right on Jeff thank for showing this video great details on your mock scrap set up I got three set up I hope I did it right pretty close from what just can’t wait to check the cameras out. Great work Jeff that you and Dylan do keep up the great work 👍👍👍👍👍
I was so excited I couldn't do arithmetic. It was actually 21hrs ago.
Ha, that's awesome!!
The place where I put my mock scrape I placed it under a cedar tree. What’s unique about this tree is that I call it the lonely cedar tree for the next 400-450 yards. I noticed many trails going to it and splits off. Another unique feature is that it’s very secluded, about 3/4 miles deep into the woods behind cover and brush. That’s when I knew that was my spot for a mock scrape.
Yesterday (10-8-22) i had 2 does come in 5 mins after shooting time started that came to my scrape and left. I didn’t shoot it because it was very foggy barely 10 feet visibility so I never knew it was there. I was pissed after I had check my trail cam on how close they were.
I don’t have natural vines on my land but have had very good success using them from other properties. I think the scent absorbs into them pretty well. Never used any scents. Once one deer hits it you’re golden.
I put in a new mock scrape on the 10th and within a week had multiple deer using it. Didn’t use any scent or urine. Just waiting to see the first mature buck use it. 🤞🏼
Love your channel I set a mock scrape and scent stick just as you said and 4 days later I have two deer using the stick.... I can’t wait for the season to start here in Maine but my stands with your scrape are seeing more activity and we still have a few months till rifle season. This has been invaluable when doing buck recon in an area as well.
in the northern big woods where my property is, if you make a scrape and hang a red pine branch over it, you'll have spike bucks on it within 90 minutes of your exit. Even the black bears will come through and check it out (which can be problematic).
I live in north Carolina and vines are plentiful so I'm going to try this
What are you spraying with?.im going to try this this year. Even a water hole. Great info😃‼️
Love vertical mock scrapes with white oak from the property. My stands about 35 yards away from it.
That's awesome Jayden! Make sure you can easily shoot to it with your bow or crossbow 😊
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 absolutely thank you for all of the informative tips and tricks it has really helped the last few years.
I will give what I have seen here a try , Great Video I thank you so much.
Is it best to put the mock scrape along a field treeline or having it in the woods? Or, are both effective as long as you follow the basic setup guidelines as described in this video?
You have been so helpful. I love your videos. I’ve been hunting for years and have been doing things that I thought were right. I can’t wait to use these suggestions. Thank you.
Love the videos , I have a question . I have a good stand set on the edge of soy bean . How ever there is no place to hang a mock scrape except for a high brand over hanging tall weeds o the edge …. Will it work if I clean out an area .. it’s right beside of trails coming out .
Thanks guys for explaining the basics in mock scrapes
Such an informative video! So how long did it take for a deer to hit the vine?
Typically 2 to 3 days at most...
Great info as always really appreciate you taking time to create and give freely of your knowledge good luck this year can't wait to see Kermit
Jeff, what did you spray on the mock scrape to kill the vegetation? Loved the video, going to try this out. Very comprehensive video. Thx
I believe he used glyphosate
So Jeff, if I use a jackpine branch, as a leaking branch. Are you saying I can put a jack pine branch hanging from a maple tree? Cuz that's my scrape tree. I've always just cut another maple branch and used plastic ties to make it work. Sorry for so many questions, putting in the time and early effort this year!
Cedar branch work? They love to hook the trunks of our cedars here.
They sure do ..and Jack pine, white oak and others ..
Thanks for your videos, these have been so helpful. I’m brand new to deer hunting and your content has been great.
Great video, thanks for sharing! one quick question. I live in Georgia and my property is in Michigan. I was unable to get back home this summer and put up a mock scrape. I will be hunting for three weeks this fall, the last two weeks of October and the first week of November. Is it worth it to start a mock scrape with a licking stick when I get there at this time of the year? Thanks!
After watching you on this plots and much more then learning how to set my arrows watching ranch fairy I think all there is left is to pick BIG which is a 7 yr old 12 point or SNEAK which is our 5 yr old 14 point hmmm choices ... Thank you for the knowledge Jeff ever down in KY I know some major public land spots that have giants and plenty of cull bucks
I've NEVER thought to type such a lengthy comment without adding in PUNCTUATION ! NOT ONCE! IN THE ENTIRE RUN ON PARAGRAPH!
Do you need to put any type of set like the orbital gland on the vine or branch
We call them monkey vines because we used to swing from them when we were kids. They make great licking branches too!!
Just set one up on my 20 acres. I will be patiently awaiting the results...
A very rewarding process...enjoy!
I've recently purchased a new home on 5 acres, bordered by larger parcels of heavily forested and steep terrain. This is my first year of hunting quarry that can't shoot back, lol. I just found your channel this past week and am very impressed with your working knowledge and experience, which shows through very educational, and highly entertaining videos. I'm in northeast TN and bow season is currently underway. My question is this...would it be OK to put up a scrape right now? I don't have any food plots set up yet...just a couple preexisting feeders, but do have existing bedding areas and heavy deer activity both on and around my property. Also, all the trail cams I currently have require physically retrieving the SD cards. Flat land is minimal here, and I am constrained to within my own property lines. There are so many game trails that it's virtually impossible to not find one within 10 to 20 feet of each other. Activity as of late has dwindled to one fine buck that I catch on camera every single day, but his times of passage is very unpredictable. It sounds to me that I waited too long to do anything effective this season. What are your recommendations to improve my chances of harvesting deer this season? I'm hoping you have some good advice for me!!! Thanks.
@user-hq5yo3cj5f I just received a message saying I've been selected from shortlisted winners of previous giveaway...
So I stopped by to tell you all about my experience. I’ve been watching Jeff’s videos for a few years. Last year I finally got myself on some awesome private land and could really use some of his tactics. My first year, it was stand locations and food. But this year I wanted to try the mock scrapes and camera techniques.
I also did a mineral site as he intended. This past week I set up my first “Sturgis Mock Scrape” vine and all. And literally that night 8 hours later, it got hit by 3 doe and 2 buck. They then hit my mineral site. Before that scrape I had very little activity on the minerals, and little pictures.
The only thing I did different was I put some Wildlife Resource Management Active Scrape to fire off the ground.
If you read this, thank you Jeff. For making free content that is paramount to hunting success.
I just found a perfect naturally hanging vine and scrape on public land, put a camera on it, should be fun to check on
Great video, thanks for sharing.
One question: I have the availability and option for either a grape vine or a bittersweet vine. Which one would you recommend please?
Great vid brother keep it up season not far off
Do you recommend adding any scent to the scrape or just leave it fresh?
I want to thank you for all the information, I have a 50 acre farm in SW PA below Pittsburgh, about 37 acres alternating corn soy crops but the border I have been using your techniques, the last 4 years I've harvested 4 respectable buck, to me the deer seem to like the cuisine of different forage, this year I'm doing the licking branches, can't wait to see the results, as far as cameras do you recomend video over stills ? Thank you for all you do.
Yall need to make a video on what you need to take hunting because you know what you are talking about
We’ve implemented mock scrapes on our private property after taking your advice and it has drastically improved our hunting. We thank you for that. How would you suggest making mock scrapes on public ground where you can’t cut anything?
I would say cut one at ur house and take it in with you and use it that way I’m not sure
So...do you use any scent at all to get a scrape started?
Do you use the preorbital gland scent to start? Or none at all?
Absolutely none at all Joey...I don't like to cover up or taint the real scent!
Juat getting back into deer hunting. Can you explain the dont use rope only natural stuff. Ive read lots of stuff and they use ropes.
Hi Adam after observing 10s of thousands of scrapes it isn't even close...natural is always best. A rope scrape will at best get about 50% of the activity a natural vine or branch will receive. In some cases they will get no attention at all.
Unfortunately you can sell natural tho, so folks try to reinvent the wheel to make a buck or because they don't want to follow along because it is someone else's idea. Because I have the leading online content about creating mock scrapes and have been doing it for the longest time online...you can bet if I could recommend a rope scrape I would sell them and make hundreds of thousands per year. But I can't because it wouldn't be morally right and I have enough experience know better 😉
The hunting industry can be very dishonest at times...you have to watch for folks that try to steal your dollars or just don't know enough to not push something they are pushing.
@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 first of thank you for the response. Secondly thank you for a well explained answer. I'll be looking for vines when I go to change batteries and SD cards today. Another question what do have to say about summer ground vs breeding grounds. Many say around this time they'll start venturing off to breeding grounds and may return to summer grounds and stay around till around till late September mid October then leave. I'm currently watching 2 bucks that seem to be on a 5-15 day cycle of showing up since late may.
Once you establish a mock scrape, do you advise removing any other known parallel or legacy natural scrapes?
I was wondering the same thing
What would you do if you dont have the trees to have a licking branch? From Tx panhandle and all we have is mesquite and cactus that doesnt get much taller then 5-6’ but its thick. Mostly mule deer very few whitetail on my spot. Any suggesstions are welcome. Closest water source is roughly a mile 26 acres only hunt about 1/2 of it due to steep cliff on the north side.
Imissed what kind of spray do you use for the scrape?????? Thanks.
Absolutely ZERO scent...ever. Adding scent I believe can do more harm than good.
Love the videos, you have me already thinking about next year!
Question: you talked about two different height vines, waist high and chest high, but I didn’t catch your logic on why and when to use one height versus another. Can you help me understand that?
If you tie your licking branch to an overhead branch that has a lot of leaves tie the branch so it hangs at lower waist height during the summer. Then in the fall, winter and spring the scent branch may very well rise up when the main branch loses its' load of leaves.
Thanks for another great video. I really appreciate the effort you put in to help hunters like me 👍
6:24 what's that goiter on the bucks neck?
I am new to this, and it looks very promising! Only question is how often does the vine set off the camera when swinging in the wind? Seems like it might be an issue if the camera was too close.
If a mock scrape vine were to break during hunting season, would you replace it right away or wait until after season? If you replace it during season, when is the best time to do so?
What if you took the dirt from an existing active scrape .then hang vine in strategic location and place the urinated dirt from the previous scrape?
Man I really appreciate all the tips and knowledge you put out! I'm going to put a mock scrape out. I'm in Texas is there any tips you have per area. Also I've had horrible luck with Cellular Trail cameras what do you like the best. I'm also diabetic so I loved the tips on staying warm. Thanks God Bless
Hand and feet warmers are life savers. Also sounds kind of not manly. But leggings and pantyhose are great insulators. As far as camera I currently am running 2 Spypoint Micro LTE cameras in the middle of bottomlands they hold battery life very well and surprisingly good on signal.
Hey Jeff I've been using your vine method for a few years now and no question it just works. I do have a question for you about hemp rope. I watched Don Higgins video and he uses a 3/4 to 1" hemp rope and frays the end about 6 inches up and hangs that from a limb. Have you ever tried this method and what are your thoughts on it?
Hi, great idea with the vine scrape. I've been binge watching your videos and put up my first 2 yesterday. Question, Do you have trouble with false triggers? I have 1 of the 2 vines in front of a Render and seem to get false triggers. I'm not sure if its the vine or something else. Let me know, thank you for all the great content you put out.
Awesome video never tried a mock scrap going to give it a try we hunt over corn here in North Carolina is it ok to put the mock scrap close to a corn pile