Licking branch help

[Buckstopshere]

5 hours ago, Big Indian said:

Hey buckstopshere Can u link the article you wrote in NYON a while ago about this topic? I can't find my copy. TYVM

 

Here are a couple...ones I wrote back in 2010.

https://www.heartlandlodge.com/hunting-news/social-scrape-networking-for-whitetails/

 

http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.galesburg.com/article/20100104/news/301049974&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwjjxf7K3uLPAhWD4D4KHVw3BrAQFggUMAA&usg=AFQjCNF7t55NoA3emylWgoSUgtmdi_28lw

 

My next column in the New York Outdoor News, the upcoming one. Is all about...guess what? Licking branches...you are right! I call them in the article as the Rodney Dangerfield of deer sign because..."they get no respect." Everybody thinks big deer rubs and ground scrapes are the big deal. But the licking branch, the overhanging branch makes the scrape.

 

 

 

Edited October 17, 2016 by Buckstopshere

[bartman9]

Awesome info, Buckstopshere! - Thanks! 

[LET EM GROW]

I never thoght of using already used licking branches and setting them up in range of a stand. I like that idea! Wil be trying this for sure! Thanks bsh!

[turkeyfeathers]

On ‎10‎/‎18‎/‎2016 at 8:08 AM, LET EM GROW said:

I never thoght of using already used licking branches and setting them up in range of a stand. I like that idea! Wil be trying this for sure! Thanks bsh!

I snipped a licking branch yesterday from a new scrape near where we park. Bagged it, wearing gloves and zip tied to the mock scrape I made a few weeks ago. No real action at the mock so far so hoping this will help. Thinking about shoveling some of the dirt from real scrape and spreading it around the mock next time checking my cams.

[Buckstopshere]

5 hours ago, turkeyfeathers said:

I snipped a licking branch yesterday from a new scrape near where we park. Bagged it, wearing gloves and zip tied to the mock scrape I made a few weeks ago. No real action at the mock so far so hoping this will help. Thinking about shoveling some of the dirt from real scrape and spreading it around the mock next time checking my cams.

I don't think the soil is very important. But it is important to stay away...human scent seems to repress action at the scrape, especially older deer.