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.

Annual visits to outdoors shows reveal scores of new products each year – a testament to the hunting industry’s penchant for innovation, however, some of these products are hot for only a little while ...

The ability to spot rubs and scrapes is an acquired skill. They may be invisible to rookie hunters, but with a little bit of practice, spotting them becomes routine. Whitetails don’t have to work ...

As crazy as it may sound, midsummer is the perfect time to set a trap for a fall big-buck encounter by making mock scrapes. Most deer hunters associated scrapes with pre-rut hunting, but in my ...