Any suggestions on why a deer would do this? This time of year.
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Not sure what this is? Deer Scrape?
Started by Landowner, Sep 03 2010 12:34 PM
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Posted 03 September 2010 - 12:34 PM
I found this scrape across the street from my house. This is about 2 1/2' wide and 3 inches deep. You can see one hoof mark in the top left of the bigger pic.
Any suggestions on why a deer would do this? This time of year.
Any suggestions on why a deer would do this? This time of year.
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Posted 03 September 2010 - 01:02 PM
did anyone drop attractant/feed there ? - like cmere deer or one of those type syrups ?
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Posted 03 September 2010 - 01:27 PM
Not that I know of. That is the first thing I thought of.
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Posted 03 September 2010 - 03:34 PM
Maybe salt pellets or something like that were put in there, thats what deer do when you put down minerals or salt, they dig out and eat the dirt.
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Posted 03 September 2010 - 06:00 PM
I have found early scrapes at this time of year. Last year there was one that was complete with a licking branch over head. It's not a super common thing to find this early, but it does occasionally happen. What does it mean? ........ I'm not sure. I don't know whether it is a buck that is a bit ahead of his time or what, but it just shows how little we really know about rut behavior, or scrape behavior.
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Posted 03 September 2010 - 06:24 PM
I have never seen a scrape that was about 3" deep. This about 30 yards from the road, so salt would'nt be their.
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Posted 03 September 2010 - 06:32 PM
That 3" depth is kind of weird. That does sound like they are digging for some kind of mineral or some natural or artificial attractant.
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Posted 03 September 2010 - 06:39 PM
Congratulations, your 1st Feral Hog sign. lol
Just kidding and I hope not for all of our sake!!!
Just kidding and I hope not for all of our sake!!!
Hunt safe, smart and ethical - but most of all have fun!!
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Posted 03 September 2010 - 06:41 PM
If so guess whats for dinner! HOG HOG and more HOG.
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Posted 04 September 2010 - 11:52 AM
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I have never seen a scrape that was about 3" deep. This about 30 yards from the road, so salt would'nt be their.
If someone put it there it could be. One trick is burying salt pellets that you buy for a water conditioning system. Once the rain starts getting the salt into the soil, the deer can smell it and they will eat the dirt to get the salt.
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Posted 04 September 2010 - 02:13 PM
This is my property. We do not have a water softener.
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Posted 04 September 2010 - 02:59 PM
trespassers/poachers? You dont need to own a water softener to buy salt pellets lol.
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Posted 04 September 2010 - 03:59 PM
put a trail cam on it
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Posted 05 September 2010 - 12:15 AM
Yeah, I agree that seems like some type of attractant (salt, minerals, etc...) was there for the deer to paw it down 3".
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Posted 06 September 2010 - 06:01 PM
See in another topic you figured out this actually was a scrape.
Must have been hitting it hard to make it so deep.
Must have been hitting it hard to make it so deep.
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Posted 06 September 2010 - 07:13 PM
I put the camera near it today. I hope its a monster!
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Posted 06 September 2010 - 09:42 PM
Thats crazy, hope you get some pics of whatever it is.
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Posted 07 September 2010 - 03:36 PM
In one night I got 21 pics of a DOE. Check it out. I will leave this camer for 1 week. I will update when I can.
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Posted 07 September 2010 - 04:46 PM
Can you set the cam to video mode? It would be great to see just what they are doing.
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Posted 07 September 2010 - 06:20 PM
There must be something down there
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