I have tried making mock scrapes for the last 3 or 4 seasons. Basically since I have had a trail cam. Nothing that I do seems to attract deer. Doesn't seem to scare them either. I find what I think is the right height branch and make a scrape with a stick. With no luck doing that I have, added evercalm to the branch, pissed in the scrape. Purchased at least 5 different brands of "mock scrape lure" or whatever it says on the package. I also purchased one of those scrape dripper things last year.