Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
A buck makes a scrape in real time. Here's the thing about scrapes, it's not just that a whitetail buck paws the ground to mark territory ... it's about the licking branch as well.
Watch this deer run those branches into his glands; located in the corners of his eye.
For decades deer research has shown that the licking branch overhead is every bit as crucial as the scrape itself.
So if you're making a mock scrape make sure you're adding a licking branch.
Charlie Alsheimer, one of America's foremost deer researchers, found that he could take a piece of wire or string, zip tie a branch to it, and a whitetail buck would "reopen" the scrape more often if it had a "mock" branch overhead.
Great footage by the crew at Just Hunt Club. Check out more of their videos on Mossberg's YouTube Channel.
A buck makes a scrape in real time. Here's the thing about scrapes, it's not just that a whitetail buck paws the ground to mark territory ... it's about the licking branch as well.
Watch this deer run those branches into his glands; located in the corners of his eye.
For decades deer research has shown that the licking branch overhead is every bit as crucial as the scrape itself.
So if you're making a mock scrape make sure you're adding a licking branch.
Charlie Alsheimer, one of America's foremost deer researchers, found that he could take a piece of wire or string, zip tie a branch to it, and a whitetail buck would "reopen" the scrape more often if it had a "mock" branch overhead.
Great footage by the crew at Just Hunt Club. Check out more of their videos on Mossberg's YouTube Channel.
