Is my mock scrape hurting me?

[ApexerER]

I know making a mock scrape doesn't mean that a buck will come into it for sure. Week before last I had a nice 8 point on camera almost every night. I think he skipped two night out of the week. So after hunting on Saturday I went to Dicks and got a Magnum scent dripper and some golden scrape. When I was done hunting for the day on Sunday I made a mock scrape using a stick while wearing rubber gloves and hung the scent dripper. I put the little bit remaining from the bottle in the scrape. Fast forward to this weekend and the only buck I have on camera is a little fork horn smelling the scent dripper. I have twice as many does as I have in the past but no sign of the nice 8 pt I was getting a pic of almost every night. Did I screw something up? Hunting this weekend I saw a lot of doe. Yesterday I saw six together. 4 little guys and two bigger ones. I was surprised they were not separated yet. Is it possible the rut isn't fully kicked in yet. I am hunting just outside of Albany in East Greenbush. Did I scare the 8 off with the mock scrape. I have never made one before. Yesterday I freshened the scrape up and sprayed a little buck bomb in it. Am I doing everything I can do? Saturday starts rifle and I would really like a shot at that nice 8. Should I get down there one evening this week and do something else?

[Culvercreek hunt club]

The problem with this time of year is any doe can drag a buck along with it. Ones you have been watching all season can vanish and ones you have never seen will show up.  How much time have you spent over that scrape or going in to make/tend it and check cameras?

[Five Seasons]

My running rules have always been to leave well enough alone and only use scents, calls etc. if you're not getting them in to where you need them or not getting them at all. But generally I don't think a scrape hurts. Try to do them when it's wet and/or rainy though. I see doe hit scrapes all the time so it's not like it should scare anything away.

[ApexerER]

The problem with this time of year is any doe can drag a buck along with it. Ones you have been watching all season can vanish and ones you have never seen will show up.  How much time have you spent over that scrape or going in to make/tend it and check cameras?

I made the scrape on Sunday 11/2....I was not back in the area until Saturday morning 11/8. I freshened up the scrape and checked my camera on the way out. I hunted my stand yesterday morning but did not touch the scrape or the camera. I will be back there Saturday morning for rifle unless someone thinks I should do something else before then.