At the 3:00 mark, I will take and wrap my rope just a tad bit more with the electrical tape, and then I will cut through the MIDDLE of the rope. This kills two birds with one stone. You don't have to wrap the end of the rope again. I also add a zip tie near both ends to keep the rope tight. On the hanging end of the rope I will use Paracord, with a zip tie, as my "tie" string, keeping the end of my rope just a little lower than waist height, as I found that fawns like to "play" with these "mock scrapes" too. Another tip is that I will take a short piece of grape vine and zip tie it to my rope. This provides a bit of "stiffness" to the rope and keeps it from swinging wildly in the wind. One more tip for your viewers. I like to set my rope outside for a few weeks before hanging in a scrape site as this allows most human scent to disappear.
You could, although it's probably pointless. The rope is going to come from with a range if different smells if you get it from a farm supply store like I did, and I can almost guarantee that the guy handling and cutting it in the store will not be using gloves. Plus your scent will be on your trail camera near bye, the human scent factor is hard to control.
At the 3:00 mark, I will take and wrap my rope just a tad bit more with the electrical tape, and then I will cut through the MIDDLE of the rope. This kills two birds with one stone. You don't have to wrap the end of the rope again.
I also add a zip tie near both ends to keep the rope tight. On the hanging end of the rope I will use Paracord, with a zip tie, as my "tie" string, keeping the end of my rope just a little lower than waist height, as I found that fawns like to "play" with these "mock scrapes" too.
Another tip is that I will take a short piece of grape vine and zip tie it to my rope. This provides a bit of "stiffness" to the rope and keeps it from swinging wildly in the wind.
One more tip for your viewers. I like to set my rope outside for a few weeks before hanging in a scrape site as this allows most human scent to disappear.
Thats awesome Ethan, can't wait to see the footage of the trail cam
Thanks Mike, hopefully there is something good waiting.
Thanks. This was helpful and informative.
Glad I could help!
That's a great idea buddy!! Keep up the good work and Good luck with everything my friend!
Thanks Mark!
Nice video Ethan! Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
Good idea, eager to see the footage you get!
We should find out soon!
One thing Id do different is wear gloves while handing the rope
If the big buck don't show up , a mock will most certainly will .
What kind of rope are you using?
1 inch sisal rope
I might would use plastic gloves...????
You could, although it's probably pointless. The rope is going to come from with a range if different smells if you get it from a farm supply store like I did, and I can almost guarantee that the guy handling and cutting it in the store will not be using gloves. Plus your scent will be on your trail camera near bye, the human scent factor is hard to control.
Be nice if we can hear you better
Good video. Too long and I wanted to see the results.