I found 3 scrapes in North Shelby County right around 12/16. I was out of town the week before Christmas, came home with the flu and haven't been in the woods until yesterday. The scrapes were in 2 different locations. Hwy 41 had 1 and Hwy 119 had 2 about 15 yards apart. They were fresh when I found them and don't look like they have been touched since. There was doe scat in 2 but it was old. Watched a yearling spike for about 20 min this a.m. near the 2 scrapes on 119. He kept looking past me up the hill nervously but kept doing his thing, milling around like he had no place in particular to go until he finally smelled something he didn't like and left. My first thought was that it was me he smelled, and it may have been, but I also had a doe estrous scent wick hanging from a limb not far away so I don't know if maybe that was it (he being a yearling maybe figured he might get in trouble for being there, I don't know). Anyway, my fear is that its over here and I missed it but for all I know it hasn't even started yet. Can anybody from this area confirm or deny?
