A mock scrape is a deliberately created scrape that imitates the bare-ground signposts whitetail bucks paw out under an overhanging branch — and when it’s built right, bucks usually start working it within 48 hours. The trick is not the dirt. It’s the licking branch above it. Get that branch at the wrong height, hang […]
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Trail camera placement rules that turn an empty SD card into a daylight buck inventory. 45-degree angle, height by terrain, summer scouting spots that work.


