sep0667
Land of the Whitetail
Ok, I have a few stands up on my uncles farm down by Leighton, which is inbetween Pella and Oskaloosa. Since I go to ISU I have only been able to make it down there twice so far. We put up the stands in early September. I found a good spot on his property that had a few trails coming out. I put up a stand that is on the south end of and oval shaped cornfield with woods forming the oval shape and a good chunck of woods behind me with a creek going through the woods about 50 yards farther south. The oval shape make a funnel with the woods that form each side of the oval meeting the larger chunk behind me, so any deer going to or from the woods to either side of the oval or corn field will have to go by me. I made it out the opening weekend and there has a nice rubbing about 30 yards out in front of my stand that had not been there when we put it up. Then this past weekend we went out and the rubbing had been severely worked and there is a huge scrap at about 25 yards out that wasn't there last time, they are really hitting it hard.
My question is what would you do? Should I just leave it and let it be or i was thinking that once the rut is getting closer maybe set up a decoy near the scrap. I have never tried using a decoy or messed with scraps in any way or know much abou them. How many bucks typically will work a scrape? Thanks for for suggestions.
My question is what would you do? Should I just leave it and let it be or i was thinking that once the rut is getting closer maybe set up a decoy near the scrap. I have never tried using a decoy or messed with scraps in any way or know much abou them. How many bucks typically will work a scrape? Thanks for for suggestions.