i have this deer coming in on a scrape line at 9:40. any suggestions on how to get him out during the day? also guess a score.
Hey Joey, do you know his travel route? Where he is bedding? Once the rut is in full swing it should pull him out of bed and his more nocturnal state, however, I've found the older ones like to stay near the cover of their bedding area during the day. Do you see him there regularly?
this scrape is 30 feet in the woods from a bean field and he has 3 more lined up deeper in the woods heading to my stand. i moved another camera deeper in the woods to see which he is coming to first, but from the picture he seems to be coming in from the field first. i hunted that evening and didn't see him.
there is no way to assure he will come in during daylight the only thing you have working for you is that the rut is kicking in and the big boys gotta move in the day in order to get the does so more than likely youll see him on their feet. the bad part is once chasing starts he wont visit that scrape until thanksgiving time. One thing you could do is purchase a dripper that only drips during the day to get the buck to check it out during daylight hours but at this point in the season i think it would be a waste of money and you should just hunt where he will cruise for a doe or run a doe past you. goodluck!
down here scrapes are just getting started in the last week. i think we are a little behind you guys up north. i did try a dripper and putting some dominate buck scent in the other scrapes.
I would dump a bottle of tink's in the nearest scape. After he finds it he may decide to come check it during the day. PS I did this on an 11 pointer that was in my area, The only scape he had and I knew it was him. Dump tink's in the scape and the next day my bother-in-law( non-hunter) seen him bedded down right next to it and called me. It was a Sunday afternoon about 1pm or so, crazy as I am, I grabbed all my hunting gear and jump in the car. A 2 hour ride, but figured he bed down until 3-4pm. Well short story I hit traffic and missed him by 10 minutes. Stayed for the night and hunted the next morning and seen him about 60 yards away, of coarse no shot. Needles to say I did get him the following Sunday. So, I swear by that stuff.
