A portable, artificial scrape tree having a secured game camera is provided for use in buck hunting. A method for hunting is provided consisting of anchoring an artificial scrape tree to the ground at a first location adjacent to a doe's bedding area and primary food sources and a buck's bedding area and food sources. Also provided is a new method for surveying an area of land, consisting of allocating a plurality of artificial scrape trees on the area of land being surveyed, with each artificial scrape tree being outfitted with at least one game camera for recording buck activity near the artificial scrape tree.
