ONE GOOD INDICATION OF A SCRAPE’S VALUE — probably THE BEST indication — is the presence of an overhanging, slim, licking branch.
How valuable?
Bob notes, “I can tell you that when I create a mock scrape where I want it to be created, if there’s no natural licking branch in the right position, I’ll put one there. Deer lick these branches year ‘round.
Some of the trees in my hunting area have sprouted new branches quicker than Mother Nature ever could have imagined, and a length of wire can bend a sapling into a wonderful curve to just the right degree so one of its whippy branches