Whitetail Hunting: Rubs & Scrapes

[@sarb6p55]

Everytime I watch these videos I learna little more lesson I appreciate you telling us about bucks behavior I was hunting 2 weeks ago and I seen a scrape which the following week it snowed and cover the scrape I came upon since I have watched this video I will pay more attention about rubs & scrapes from now on and I will keep rewatching this video until I have it brand in my brain thank you so very Much Sir.

[@MichiganGoneWild]

This guy is great! Love his work and his passion for Whitetails!

[@michealmorris2219]

This is my 9th hunting season and I feel like I know absolutely nothing.... I've sat in the woods for hours and hours on end to see nothing... I wish I knew this man and could spend at least a year in the woods with him...I think I could learn something from him... I didnt have a father to teach me as I was growing up and I have no friends or family that would want or be willing to take the time to teach me anything... My learning skills have always come from hands on experience and I'm a slow learner... I spend so much money on licenses fees each year to have nothing to show for it... I'm sure those in his family realize just how lucky they are to be able to gain the knowledge he has to pass along....

[@mtpocketswoodenickle2637]

Micheal Morris. Even growing up with my Dad at home, he preferred small game hunting. Only once in my life did he try deer hunting. In retrospect I believe it was the pure action that small game provided that appealed to Dad. (That and forest and fauna) Dad would hunt and hike for miles on end, identifying every tree, shrub, bushes, flower, weeds, grasses, geological overlays, riparian eco systems, natural springs, mineral sites, soil variations and all their symbiotic relationships to one another. Yes, my father was a walking, talking, science lab. Life was different in the 1960's. In Michigan, around farmland, whitetails were considered a pest, almost verminous as profit takers, crop, and forest destroyers! Hunters and trappers, literally had free reign over the countryside. They were looked upon as providers of a necessary and valuable service. I've learned a lot since my first archery season in 1972 as a 12 year old boy. Recurved bows, cedar shafted arrows that required waxing. Turkey feather fletchings and broadheads you sharpened with files and stropping. Hell, it wasn't even legal to hunt from trees or elevated positions/platforms. After years and years of observation and every mistake conceiveably known to man, I learned from each encounter. Looking back, filling my tags as a young boy was mostly luck and perseverance. Skill, came into play, later on, still though in my teens. Equipment improved, you could hunt elevated and mentor's began to emerge. The likes of Fred Bear, Miles Keller, Gene and Barry Wensel, Roger Rotharr, Roger Raglin, Charles Alsheimer, John Ozaga and my personal favorites, Mitch Rompola and John Eberhart! The shear amount of valuable and pertinent, free flow of information available at one's fingertips today, is mind boggling! Ones learning curve can easily be shortened by decades, if you follow the experience of those so willing to sacrifice and share. Good luck to you, and I hope your future endeavors come to fruition.

[@KeepinYouUp07]

Let me tell you, the satisfaction you get when you finally kill a deer on your own will be well worth it. Put the time in scouting, find the sign. Use trail cameras & keep learning. You don't need anyone. Watch The Hunting Public, whitetail habitat solutions, the hunting beast etc. Use hunting pressure to your advantage. Go to the places everyone else is too lazy to go, the deep thickets, the swamps, across rivers. You will be successful. Good luck & enjoy the hunt!

[@dans4270]

I'm restarting hunting ( bow ) this year. About 35-40 years ago I went a few times and have seen a few but ever caught anything. Watch as many KZbin videos on hunting BUT once you see someone talking about what they had for breakfast turn them off lol The ones that get right to the point are the ones you want to watch. So far since the 1st I've missed 2 does. Squirrel distracted me from the first. I turned to look behind me because it was close and when I turned around she 2as 15 yards away. Side note: when squirrels and chipmunks make a lot of noise it seems like they're trying to distract you from incoming deer, I think they are. All three I missed this year came in as or just after the critters were going nuts. Second one was 40 yards away, I shot, she ducked under. Last night I watched a 4 point from 50 yards away. I also had a third doe catch my scent and started stomping and dancing around me from 15 yard out. I made my blind better. It's inside brush between two trees. I'm using a $10 mossy oak burlap tarp as my shield between the trees. Tree stand is better but I don't have one. Plus I'm 55 and out of shape lol Hope this helps 👍🏿

[@dans4270]

@@mtpocketswoodenickle2637 my dad drank most his life. I thing I went fishingv3 time or so with him. So most of what I've learned was from watching videos and using what God gave me, a brain that sees things different than most. Fishing: I asked questions and watched those who were catching fish and copied what they did. I started catching a lot more fish. Now I'm trying hinting again and I'm pretty sure I'm going to kill my first and more this year.

[@ofthewoods137]

I don't sit for hours on in unless I am sleeping in the woods. I walk very slowly, mostly. I see so many more deer this way. I walk a little, sit a little. I make sure to hunt between 9 AM and 2 PM because that's when many hunters leave or arrive in the woods. Also, evenings have been my most successful times.

[@alexblair9047]

Ya i love hunting its been part of my life sence i was a kid but your never to old to learn new tricks very groovy clip enjoyed it alot keep up the great work......

[@joshberry2437]

very educated on white tailed deer. bowhunting is life here in WV. Thanks u definitely gave me a few tips and pointers.

[@cosimoagostino3227]

Peter knows what he's teaching this guy is as real as they come ..

[@Maritime2020Outdoors]

at 3:20 this is exactly, to a T, what happened to me last hunting season. A small spike came in nd was rummaging around in front of me about 15 yards for 20 minutes or so. He put his legs together did his steps, urinated and made a small scrap 10 ish feet away and then buggered off. about 30 minutes later ( 9:20 AM ) a mature 9 pointer came in following 4 does at 40 yards, he must have caught wind of that smaller buck because he broke off and Bee lined it for where the spike urinated . he came in, sniffed about 45 seconds, turned broadside and is now hanging on my wall. i had a trail camera in the same area and i checked it a few days later. turns out in the 1.5 hours it took me to walk back to my truck and go get my 4wheeler to get that deer out, an even bigger 10 pointer came in and was actually still there minutes before i walked back by the camera. if i would have stayed 30 more minutes i could have filled both my tags in 1 day with 2 very nice mature bucks!

[@jondoe5002]

thanksfor makig these videos for us,,keep them comin,,

[@weaver358]

Def knows his stuff, how ever it seems a lot to think about , a lot to remember, and a lot that has to all come together. Basically it boils down to being in the right spot at the right time and a whole lotta luck . I hunt the Adirondacks and I know its the hardest place to hunt by far. See ya in the woods!

[@kennykite8748]

The main thing we need to put more effort in to is covering our own scent

[@jakefoster9494]

50% luck 50% skill

[@JoeHolt]

Wow. So much information.

[@jondoe5002]

love this guy,,,you can just tell he knows what the helis gong on,,,my grandfather passedaay befoe I was born,,and if I could have a grandpa I wouyld wish he was just like this guy,,lol,,

[@huntermikes5736]

Awesome stuff man!!!!!!!!

[@cha-ka8671]

OMG! The whole scrape story at the end. I screwed that up!!! He did come back twice but, I didn’t expect him to come so soon. I spooked him twice. I’m smashing my novice head into the ground right now over this.

[@sadhvacman7238]

I no longer use scent bombs because I've forgotten and left every single one of them hanging in trees as i left the stand.

[@JPsChannel.]

Good info, did you say estrus blot? Did you mean bleat?

[@scottalee1]

Peter... you speak about this big primary scrape and always being around cover, having a licking branch ect... can you share a little insight as to why and where it will usually be located... I.E... is it usually some where in an area that is frequented by the local doe and are these doe usually still in a to and from feeding pattern until they are ready for estrus???. Thank you

[@root2614]

I thought the same thing after watching this and while walking to my stand I found one. It showed up on nov 11. It is was on the main trail going from bed to feed. I put my camera there and that night two big 8 points and a doe visited it.

[@mikemarks6562]

I am in Georgia do you do any seminars here? Thanks hope to here from you

[@DirksOutdoors]

+Mike Marks No, Peter is generally on the road doing hunting trips for his show except for spring - he does shows but not on a regular basis.

[@Dr10Jeeps]

Great information. Thank you.

[@mikemarks6562]

Well I'd like to see him 1 day...when he does his seminars does he ever come to Georgia? I sent a message on Facebook but now I can't sign in I'm not shore why

[@bradwild1]

What call do you recommend for making snorts?

[@charlesmurray1220]

Excellent !

[@alinciobanu4726]

hi, I found a scrape line (on trees) passing close to a area filled with apple trees. should I hunt close to the scrapes or should I go further with the wind in my face. some people say that the bucks never come to scrapes without winding them from faraway. how do you think that the bucks approach the scrapes ?

[@paulcoenen7918]

A scrape is on the ground and a rub is on a tree , so you found a rubline and that's good , it tells you a buck is using that trail at least for food not necessarily for finding does. Scrapes in the open areas tend to be made at night. When the rut starts peaking those bucks start running their scrape line during the daylight hours but may tend to stay in the brush or thicker areas so as not to be shot too easy. They travel to the same areas that their rubline indicates only they are being more sneaky during the day. Dumb young bucks may have not learned to be sneaky yet so will travel in the open more until they learn or die. So yes bucks can and do often check scrapes from down wind during the daylight hours at peak rut but generally are checking their area in there loop. As bucks grow older and more dominant their loops will increase in size to a point.

[@syedmehdizaidi6447]

Come to Georgia please.

[@aarongreen39]

Darn I've hunted since being a toddler till now 28, and am ashamed at how little I knew in this video sadly I'm only like 3 and half minutes in.

[@DirksOutdoors]

No worries Aaron - we are all learning lessons about whitetail hunting all the time.

[@jondoe5002]

plzz come o gren bay and do a seminar,,,you wold get a good crowd I promise,,

[@skiiedude23]

This guy knows his shit

[@onewheelup]

hey guys,I'm not a deer hunter,i have other hobbies,i have a lot of deer tracks all over my land and i found and place out behind my house ,i live in a national forest,and while walking i found 3 scrapes all are 3 foot around and they are no further than 50 feet apart,lots of scrapes too,but can someone tell me,if its one or more bucks that did this.thanks.

[@DirksOutdoors]

+onewheelup It's hard to say but we know at least one buck! I've seen bucks make several scrapes along a trail in a few hours time....great sign though.

[@onewheelup]

haha thanks for the reply,better late than never only 2 yrs. haha well now i have a small magnolia tree in my back yard and a buck walked up out of the forest and rubbed on it,haha probably a small one,other than that,you should see what the hogs did down the rd,omg looks like grenades went off.take care.

[@markhall1169]

I'd say from experience most of the bucks within a half mile are using it. I've got most of my best trail cam footage on scrapes in july and August. I've got a lot of different bucks hitting the same scrape

[@olbigdik]

Your mom is a buck.

[@earlmassey8408]

This video got to go 7 years old come on man

[@DirksOutdoors]

Thanks for replying Earl - our view is that some advice is timeless and a lot of Pete's advice is just that. You take what you can use and move on. Hope you have a great hunting season!

[@Crayz919]

My grandma said ass aint a cuss word cause its in the bible 😂

[@malenaurunuelamoraga6067]

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