Well in the morning you might catch a buck checking scrapes if your close to his bedding area catching him on the way back as far as the evening i have caught bucks checking scrapes rite at dark but i believe deer do most of thier scrape making and checking at night sometimes they can be productive but if you find some fresh scrapes i woould see which way he is going and find out his bedding area and set up as close as i could to it i usally will just use the scrapes as a calling card to let me know he is traveling thru there i try not to depend on scrapes to much unless they are super fresh but i have hunted them and they have been productive here is a tip i have found fresh scrapes and a rain come thru that day or the next if he is hitting them he will most likeky check them and clean them out it seems like they cant stand it because it rained well good luck.

I generally don't like to hunt where scrapes already exist...I like to hunt where I think a deer will make a scrape. Old logging roads where sapling branches overhang the road are great places to find bucks making early season scrapes and rubs. In some places, the rut is on, so it's just good to be in the woods.

Its a tough callas to when. I agree with bio guy hunt around where you think the scrapes will appear at next. I like to take a small pair of sticks and make an X in the old scrape. That way I can tell when Its been freshened up.

hunt a scrape all day