Let’s clear up one thing right away: Deer scrapes are more than just a buck’s request for a hot date. Scrapes are the whitetail version of a social media network in the woods. What humans see as a ...

As we move from mid- to late-October, bucks are primed to go on a sign-making frenzy, which means that the number of fresh scrapes dotting your hunting grounds is about to explode. Depending on who ...

Along with buck rubs, the ubiquitous and mysterious woodland scrape signals to hunters that a whitetail buck has recently passed by. But that pawed up patch of woodland dirt means a lot more to deer.