Bucks create scrapes by using their hoofs to dig at the ground. Once the soil is stirred up, they urinate on the scrape. Bucks don’t pee the way we do. We try to keep it off of us. Bucks actually try to pee on their own legs. The object is to hit their tarsal glands in an effort to leave their scent on the scrape. Every deer has it’s own unique scent. The tarsal glands hold concentrated amounts of that scent.
Another thing scrapes have is a licking branch - a tree branch will hang above the cleared out soil. Bucks will rub their forehead glands on the stick and will also lick it with their tongue.
Scrapes serve much the same function in the whitetail world as a mailbox post or a fire hydrant does for dogs. Scrapes are meant to show dominance over a territory but are normally used by more than one buck.
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