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The latest dirt on scrapes
No matter how long you have deer hunted, we dare you to walk past a scrape without checking it out. How fresh is it? How big is it? Was it there last year? Did he tear up the overhanging branches? Is there a track in the scrape? Where is the entrance and exit routes? Every scrape is a story, a mystery, something that tweaks at the hunter within.
We are no different than the average hunter, because we also are intrigued by scrapes. We, like many of you, believed for years that a dominant buck would make a scrape and estrous does would visit it. If a lesser buck came near, he steered clear of the scrape. Then the big buck would come back periodically, wind check the scrape, and if a hot doe had been there, hed pick up her scent and catch up to her. Then the chase was on. It all made sense (sorry, a little play on words ...scents), but new studies on scrapes done in recent years gives us a different perspective on what happens there.
Scrapes have long been defined as a pawed area in the soil 3-4 feet beneath an overhanging branch. The first major scrape study was published in 1987 by Dr. Karl Miller and was based on work done on a penned deer herd at the University of Georgia. In those pens scraping was related to buck age (only mature dominant bucks did most of the scraping), testosterone level, and hierarchical position in the herd. They also found that sub-ordinate bucks can mark and lick the overhanging limb, but they rarely interact with the scrape itself (i.e. paw, urinate). Remember though, this was a pen study and we will learn that there can be biases associated with such studies. For example, being in a pen, the deer cant really move as much as they might in the wild. Also, the deer were only observed during the day. Still, this research was valuable and well done.
In the years after the Miller study we still did not know a whole lot about scrapes, who used them, when, etc., until the advent of remote-sensing cameras. Cameras opened up a whole new world, not only for hunters, but for researchers interested in the meaning of scrapes. And video cameras with night lighting opened up things even more. Do only the dominant bucks visit scrapes? When do they visit? What behaviors occur when bucks (and does) come to scrapes? These are just some of the questions that we will examine as we consider the latest dirt on scrapes.
Why do bucks make scrapes?
Scrapes are like rubs, signposts that have to do with olfactory and/or visual communication and to a lesser degree, with dominance in bucks. The Miller study mentioned above, and other research, showed that scrapes are places where does let bucks know whether they are ready to breed. Scrapes also probably tell members of the opposite sex that they were there. Bottom line, weve always believed that scrapes were used by mature bucks to locate does. New research indicates that this might not be the case.
One key element to a hot scrape is the presence of an overhanging limb. For a buck to use a scrape, there must be a limb hanging over the scrape. For at least ten years I (DS) have hunted near a scrape on some land in Ohio. That scrape is opened early and is continually hit by bucks. In fact I nailed a good buck near there several years ago with my bow. That scrape is located along an old grown-up road bed, now a barely visible trail. Three years ago a guy came through (illegally) on a tractor and plowed over the overhanging branch. My buddy, Denny Crabtree, went in and wired up a new overhanging limb. That scrape never missed a beat, and the bucks are still using it. Deer researcher, John Ozoga was right when he stated that the overhead limb is the most important part of the scrape.
Remember, about half of the bucks that come to scrapes dont do a thing. They are passive. Other bucks exhibit various behaviors at the scrapes (as do some does). Two common behaviors are marking the overhanging limb and rub-urination. Bucks that come to a hot scrape will often (1) smell the ground, then (2) stretch high to the overhanging branch and (a) lick it, and/or (b) thrash their antlers and the base of their horns in it (probably exposing the forehead gland andn the preorbital gland to the branch). Josh Braun, graduate student at Missouri State University, found that 57 percent of the interaction with the overhead limb involved rubbing the corner of the eye (preorbital gland), while 24 percent involved the forehead gland. Thus, it appears that the preorbital gland is very important in deer communication at the scrape.
Once that is done, he will probably paw the scrape and then bring the knee joints (the hocks) of his back legs together and urinate over them. In so doing he is urinating over the tarsal gland that is located on the inside of the knee joint. Often the buck will then lick the tarsal gland. This urinating behavior is called rub-urination and it is done by both sexes and can be seen all year round. But it is most prominently done by bucks at scrapes just prior to the peak of the rut.
Josh Braun found that the full marking sequence of marking the overhead limb, pawing the scrape, and rub-urinating in the scrape is done by bucks in less than 4 percent of their visits.
The why of rub-urination is all about odor. There are sebaceous glands under the tarsal hair producing lipids that cover the tarsal hair. These hairs then retain some of the components of urine and deer can then expose all these odors in response to encounters with other deer. It all sounds rather complicated, chemically, and it is. The key though is that rub-urination in bucks is tied to his testosterone levels and the does estrogen levels. In other words, its all about breeding. You can observe deer rub-urinating most anywhere, but it usually occurs at a scrape. Charles Alsheimer, Christian friend, and the best deer photographer in the country, has observed that mature bucks do not seem to rub-urinate at scrapes in October, but rather splay their legs as they urinate. Then come November, when the reproductive action really starts, the bucks will urinate using the rub-urination posture. Since the odors created by the combination of urine and sebaceous glands under the tarsal gland are very strong, his observations make sense. You would expect them to create these odors by rub-urinating more right before the peak of the rut.
Dr. Karl Miller also made an interesting observation in his breeding pens at the University of Georgia. He observed that subordinate bucks did not rub-urinate as frequently as dominant bucks did. When he removed the dominant buck, the younger bucks rub-urinated more frequently, but did not increase other activities at scrapes. When he put the big guy back, the little bucks stopped rub-urinating.
Dr. Grant Woods kept details on 63 deer observed in scrapes; 36 does, 18 bucks, 9 fawns (Table 1). Ten of 18 bucks smelled the overhanging branch, and four licked it. Interestingly 24 of 36 does seen in scrapes smelled the overhanging branch and 16 of them licked it, but only the bucks rubbed their preorbital or forehead gland on the overhanging branch. Most bucks and more than half the does smelled the ground. The fact that only five bucks actually pawed the ground when visiting the scrape may have a lot to do with the age of the visiting bucks. Subordinate bucks probably paw less than dominant older bucks.
Table 1. Behavior of 18 bucks, 36 does, and 9 fawns seen in scrapes.
Behavior Seen Bucks Does Fawns
Smell the limb 10 24 6
Lick the limb 4 16 3
Rub eye on limb 2 0 0
Rub forehead on limb 1 0 0
Smell scrape on ground 13 22 6
Paw the scrape 5 2 2
Urinate in the scrape 6 1 1
Auto-erotic behavior 2 0 0
Woods also found that lots of does visited the scrapes. Because so many does smelled or licked the overhanging limb, he concluded that does are actually depositing or detecting pheromone(s) on overhanging limbs. Note, they smell and lick the limb, but do not rub it with the preorbital or forehead gland.
I (BZ) also looked at behavior at scrapes. I took 96 deer photos on remote cameras placed at two scrapes (5 miles apart) from December to February in Texas. Seventy-seven of those photos showed bucks and 25 of those bucks actively interacted with the scrape (they stood over the scrape and pawed, rub-urinated, and/or rubbed their preorbital glands on an overhanging branch.) Fifty-two of the bucks in the photos were passive, showing no interest in the scrape.
The average age of the bucks (based on the appearance of 28 identifiable bucks in the photographs) was 5 years. Yes, a lot of mature bucks came to the scrapes. Of the bucks judged to be at least 4½ years, 16 of their visits (44 percent) were considered passive. Of the bucks judged to be 3½ years or younger, six of their visits (86 percent) were considered passive. OK, the sample size is small, but it appears that older bucks get more involved with the scrape than younger bucks. We should note that in this study area, there are a lot of older-age class bucks. However, as we shall see in a bit, in some other parts of the country, a lot of younger bucks come to scrapes.
Josh Braun monitored scrapes in Missouri with cameras and classified interactions as (a) no interaction, (b) interaction with marking, and (c) interaction without marking. He found that fawns were more likely to interact more, followed by bucks, then does. Does interacted about half as much as bucks. He also found that the younger the bucks the less likely they would interact with the scrape. For example, 40 percent of all yearling bucks marked the over hanging limb, while 50 percent of all 2½ year-old bucks, 52 percent of 3½ year olds, and 63 percent of all 4½ year-old bucks and older marked. Since we indicated above that rubbing the preorbital gland is done a lot at scrapes, then its obvious that the preorbital scent is very important for older bucks. Why? Dont know, but it is.
Alexy, in a Georgia study we will discuss in detail later in this chapter, monitored six scrapes with video cameras 24 hours a day for two breeding seasons. Thus, she was able to determine behavior at the scrapes. She observed that when looking at the times when bucks interacted at the scrape (and ignoring the times when they were passive) they almost always marked or licked the overhead branch. Again, from the above research, it becomes apparent that they are licking odor from the preorbital gland. In less than half of those active visits did they paw or urinate in the scrape. And when this pawing or urinating did occur it was more likely to be seen in late October and early November. She also saw many does marking the overhanging limb. All of these observations led her to conclude that the overhead branches are especially important for chemical signals. The fact that does also marked the overhanging branch led her to suggest that does receive information about bucks at the scrape and by interacting with the limb they give scent information as well.
Full scrape sequences involve licking the overhanging limb, pawing and urinating in the scrape. These sequences were only seen 22 times in the two years of her daily observations. Twice as many of these were done by older bucks than yearlings.
Are there different types of scrapes?
Years ago two bowhunters, as good as any deer hunters that ever carried bows, wrote classic books on hunting big bucks. Gene Wensel, from Montana at that time, wrote Bowhunting Rutting Whitetails. Roger Rothhaar, from Ohio at that time, wrote In Pursuit of Trophy Whitetails. (Interestingly both now live and bowhunt in Iowa, which tells you something about big bucks in Iowa). These books contained a ton of observational information on scrapes and I still go back and reread them every two years or so, because their observations are excellent relative to learning about scrapes.
They talked about several kinds of scrapes, especially primary and secondary scrapes. These books were written by bowhunters almost thirty years ago. They werent scientists, yet today we still talk about primary and secondary scrapes. Secondary scrapes can yield some good bucks because they are located along well used deer trails, and often lead into a good funnel. In other words, such scrapes are good indicators that a mature buck is in that area, and may be using the trail where the scrape was made. In fact, one can sometimes find a scrape line, with a series of scrapes along a trail that runs between bedding and feeding areas.
However, the scrapes that really mean something are the primary scrapes. Primary scrapes are like traditional rubs. They are made in the same spot year after year. Rothhaar noted that such scrapes were sometimes like the hub of a wheel. Instead of being made along a trail as most scrapes are, the trails come to the scrape. Because of this some outdoor writers use the term hub to define this type of scrape. Some hunters and outdoor writers call primary scrapes, hot scrapes, simply because lots of does come to them and lots of bucks can be seen in the vicinity, the two weeks prior to breeding. The Wensel and the Rothhaar books, now out of print I might add, go on to explain the importance of finding and hunting near such primary scrapes
There is a third category of scrapes. As you walk along an old logging trail, or along the edge of a field, you can find scrapes under overhanging branches. You may also find them near fields where trails intersect. These look like hot spots, and it is tempting to hunt over such scrapes, but usually these scrapes are visited at night so hunting there is fruitless. These scrapes only tell you that a buck walked by and pawed the ground. Usually such boundary scrapes are made by younger bucks and mean very little.
There are some writers and hunters who do not put much faith in categorizing scrapes. They simply note that scrapes may be active or inactive and go from there. We dont agree and what follows is the latest science on scrapes. Read on and then draw your own conclusions on what scrapes mean and how you might use them to your advantage.
When during the fall do bucks scrape?
You wont find many scrapes in September, but when you do they probably were made by a mature buck. Check out the primary scrapes in your area, and watch for early activity. That will give you a clue as to whether that big buck you hunted last year made it through the winter, spring, and summer. Yearling bucks tend to open scrapes in mid to late October, but the big guys may hit them earlier ... not often, but watch for early activity.
Research shows that the peak scraping time for the northern half of the country is the last week of October and the first week of November. For example, John Ozoga recorded the frequency of scraping in a 600-acre deer enclosure in northern Michigan. In the spring he located and tagged 26 scrapes scattered throughout his enclosure. They all had been pawed the previous fall. Starting October 7, he checked these scrapes every-other week until December 17. If the scrape was pawed, he put leaves on it except for a 10-inch circular area in the middle. All new scrapes found during his walks were also covered with leaves. Ozoga found that scraping jumped sharply the last week of October and peaked the first week of November. Eighty percent of all scraping occurred before the first female was bred in his enclosure (November 8).
In a second study, Ozoga walked a selected route within the enclosure. Twenty scrapes used the previous fall were marked and monitored from October 8 to November 12. Each week the ones that were pawed were recovered with leaves. Fifty-one new scrapes found while walking the route were also monitored. As you can see the peak scraping period in this enclosure was the first week of November, but the last week of October was also a busy one (Table 1).
Table 1. The number of old scrapes reopened each week and the number of new scrapes opened each week in an enclosure in northern Michigan.
Old Scrapes New Scrapes
Week Number Number Pawed Number Number Pawed
October 8-15 20 2 7 7
October 16-22 20 6 20 15
October 23-29 20 8 30 12
Oct 30-Nov 5 20 10 48 23
Nov 6-12 20 9 51 7
The most enlightening study ever done on scrapes was conducted by Karen Alexy, a graduate student at the University of Georgia. She used video cameras with infrared night lighting, placed at six scrapes in two northeastern Georgia counties. The areas studied had been under a quality deer management program (protect small bucks, shoot lots of does) for many years and the area had around 40 deer per square mile. Scrapes selected were ones that had been used in previous years. Four of the scrapes were along the edges of fields and two were in forests.
The results of this two-year study changed the thinking of many about scrapes. For example, she found that yearling buck visits to scrapes were highest from October 8-October 14. Wait a minute, yearling buck visits? Previously we believed that yearlings just didnt fool with hot scrapes. They may make some inconsequential scrapes, but they dont visit scrapes that are in the same spot year after year. Those are just for the big boys. Wrong.
Alexy learned that for bucks 2 1/2-years-old and older, the peak week was October 15-21, with October 8-14 in second and the first week of November third in number of buck visits per day at scrapes. (Note, the rut in this area is two-three weeks after mid-October). She also found rather heavy visitation rates the first two weeks of December. Most December visits were passive with little interaction at the scrape, but they did come to the scrapes.
The highest scrape visitation rates for does occurred in mid-October.
Where do bucks scrape?
The first scientific publication on where bucks scrape was in 1977. Those authors found scrapes where there was little understory vegetation, along game trails, old roads, or small openings. Most research since that time agrees that scrapes are usually placed in conspicuous locations, with little understory and on level ground. Since scrapes serve in deer communication, it makes sense that they need to be easily found by other deer. John Ozoga goes one step further and notes that scrapes are found where there is lots of deer activity.
What time of day do deer visit scrapes?
One of the earliest studies that looked at the time bucks came to scrapes was done by Grant Woods on a wildlife management area in Missouri. He found that most visits were at night. However, of the daytime visits to scrapes, the top period was from 8:45 AM to 10:15 AM, and the next most active was 3:45-5:15 PM. A third weaker period was from 11:45 AM-1:15 PM. Woods felt that in the morning bucks were more likely to scent check the scrape from downwind, rather than actually come to the scrape. During the late afternoon peak, bucks often came to the scrape rather than stop downwind. They also noted more behavior, such as rub-urination, pawing, etc. in the late afternoon visits. We know of no other studies that recorded behavior at scrapes during different times of the day. We can only speculate why there was more activity in the late afternoon. Does continuously hazed by bucks during the night become reticent to leave protective cover during he warmer daylight temperatures, affording deer a respite from intense pursuit. In other words, when the does bed down, bucks do the same (possibly a method of conserving energy). Hence, daytime visits to scrapes are diminished.
The Alexy study previously mentioned also found that most buck visits were at night, in fact she found that 85 percent of buck visits and 75 percent of doe visits to scrapes were at night. Dr. James Kroll, in a mock scrape study in Texas, found that half of bucks 1½ and 2½-years-old and one-fourth of older bucks were photographed at the mock scrapes in the daylight. It appears that the older the buck, the less likely theyll visit scrapes during daylight. But wait.
I (RZ) took 48 deer photos with a remote camera at one scrape from Dec. 9, 1998, to Jan. 17, 1999, and found that 25 bucks visited that one scrape. Fourteen of those bucks were judged to be 4½-years-old or older and half of their visits were during the day. I also photographed deer at two scrapes about five miles apart from Dec. 6, 1999, to Feb. 12, 2000 and got 96 deer photos of which 77 showed bucks. Forty-five (58 percent) of those visits were at night. One very old buck was photographed at one scrape five times; four times at night and once during daylight.
Who comes to the scrapes?
For years we believed that a scrape generally represented the breeding season activity of one, probably older and bigger, buck. At the very least, we believed that hot scrapes, the good ones, were only pawed and visited by mature bucks. The advent of the remote camera has shown that these facts arent reality.
Karen Alexys camera study was the study that changed our thinking on this. She utilized motion-activated video cameras and red-lensed floodlights, to record deer visits to scrapes over 24-hour periods. Results showed that not only do mature bucks visit these hot scrapes, but yearlings do as well. In fact, yearlings did 42 percent of the scraping. Bucks 2½+ years marked at scrapes during 51 percent of visits. She also noted that females made more visits to scrapes than males, but the males interacted with scrapes more often.
Apparently dominant bucks do not control hot scrapes. Just as was seen in Texas, Alexy saw as many as 13 different bucks and as few as three using one scrape in one year. We also formerly believed that once a buck came to a scrape, he would return and remark the scrape. That might be true for some bucks, but Alexy found that only half of the bucks revisited a scrape. She did have several bucks that revisited the same scrape six or seven times. But for the most part, only a few bucks visited more than one of her monitored scrapes, even though there were two that were only 300 yards apart. In fact she recorded only one individual that came to both scrapes.
Other studies have had similar results. Dr. Krolls mock scrape study found no individual bucks revisiting a scrape during his research (which ran the last two weeks of October).
As mentioned above in the What time of day do deer visit scrapes section, I (RZ) had 48 deer photos taken at one scrape from Dec. 9 1998 to Jan 17 1999. The photos recorded 41 different deer at this single scrape of which 25 were bucks and ten of those were yearlings, one was middle-aged and 14 were mature, meaning they were at least 4 1/2-years-old. Data from two other scrapes located five miles apart showed that 10 of 28 identifiable bucks visited the scrapes more than once. Two bucks visited the same scrape more than twice. One buck visited the same scrape three times, and another visited the same scrape five times. So even though there were more mature bucks on this site than on the Georgia sites mentioned above, only 10 bucks visited scrapes more than twice. As previously mentioned, maybe bucks can wind check the scrapes without actually having to come to them.
I (RZ) found a much higher number of older bucks coming to scrapes on my Texas study areas than Alexy did on her Georgia study areas. The fact is that there are many mature bucks on our Texas study area, probably many more than found on the Georgia sites. The older age class structure may explain why some of my bucks visited scrapes several times, while this did not occur on the Georgia sites. One conclusion can be gotten from both the Georgia and the Texas study. A scrape does not belong to any one buck, but rather is communal property that is visited by several individuals for a variety of reasons. It also seems obvious that seeing a buck at a particular scrape is no guarantee that it will return. And if it does, theres a good chance around 50% or more that the visit will be at night. However, one other important conclusion from these studies ... hot scrapes attract lots of different bucks and does.
Grant Wood, in his masters thesis, stated At all of the monitored scrapes, younger and or smaller bucks (assumed to be subordinate) appeared to be as active in marking behavior as were the dominant bucks. On three occasions, bucks of different size or age classes were observed together in a scrape performing one or more of the scrape-associated behaviors.
Alexy had one other very interesting finding in her camera study of scrapes. Some bucks 3 ½ years and older did not visit the scrapes at all. She reached this conclusion because almost all of the 3 ½+ year-old-bucks harvested on her study areas were not videoed at the scrapes. In fact several older bucks were harvested quite close to monitored scrapes leading her to believe that these older bucks wind checked the scrapes without visiting them.
Then again maybe a few big bucks didnt visit scrapes at any time. My (DS) friend, Gene Wensel, told me several years ago that he was hunting a buck that for whatever reason, did not participate in the rut. In other words, Gene didnt find any rubs or scrapes made by this buck, never saw him make rubs or scrapes, and never saw him chasing does. Other whitetail specialists have also indicated a similar belief there are older whitetail bucks that dont seem to be interested in does. And in chapter 10 we discussed what bucks do the mating, and studies have shown that some older bucks just dont mate does. Hmmm.
Do Mock Scrapes Work?
Yep, they do. In the late 80's and early 90's there was a lot written about mock scrapes, but in recent years we dont hear as much, probably because guys tried them and they didnt work. Well, we are here to tell you that mock scrapes may not be a magic elixir, but they can attract bucks. In those early mock scrape days, what was written came from hunters. There was no science on mock scrapes. There still isnt much science out there, but what has been done shows that mock scrapes do attract deer.
Bob McGuire, a bowhunter from Tennessee, started the whole mock scrape idea. Bob went to great lengths to keep his human odor away from the scrapes he made. Bob Fratzke was another bowhunter, from Minnesota, who wrote a lot about making scrapes. Both hunters talked about the licking overhanging branch above their mock scrapes. Both noted the advantages of hunting near mock scrapes as opposed to hunting near the real ones.
When you build a mock scrape you can take advantage of wind, better cover, and you can create a licking overhead branch that works. The other advantage is that you can start them early. Some hunters, including Bob Fratzke, start them in late spring. Bob simply makes an overhanging branch, then scrapes the area under it. As he notes, when the first buck comes to that branch and scrape, that scrape goes from being a mock scrape to a real one. He believes that if the mock scrape isnt used, you built it in the wrong place. He also believes that you should make 3-4 mock scrapes close together as this attracts bucks better than just one scrape.
To make the overhanging limb, you can simply bend and wire a small sapling so that the top of it is 4-5 feet over the scrape. Or you can actually wire or nail a small sapling to a nearby tree so that the tip is over the scrape. Wear rubber gloves and never touch the end of the sapling where the deer will lick and smell. Deer researcher John Ozoga erected 40 artificial overhanging limbs in his large research pen and 24 of them became scrapes within 5 weeks. He then did another test where he created overhanging limbs, opened up the leaves, and also put doe in heat urine in some. Neither removing leaves or adding deer urine increased the rate at which bucks scraped beneath his artificial limbs.
There have been few scientific studies of mock scrapes. Dr. James Kroll and Ben Koerth conducted the most interesting mock study ever done. From October 11 to December 5, they put infrared-triggered cameras on mock scrapes with various scents placed in them. In 1998 they created four replications of mock scrapes; one set had nothing in them, one set had rutting buck urine, one set had doe-in-heat urine, and one set human urine. The results were interesting especially for those of you who believe that human urine scares deer.
Bucks visited scrapes with buck urine and human urine the most. Estrus doe urine and scrapes with no scent came in a close second. The researchers could not distinguish a statistical difference in visits to these scrapes, and they saw no difference in the age of bucks visiting these scrapes.
The next fall they made mock scrapes with buck urine, hot doe urine, no scent at all, and some with new car scent spray. Again the results were a bit unexpected. Bucks came to all four treatments. The fact that bucks came to new car scent spray, and to mock scrapes with no scent was attributed to curiosity. Dr. Kroll found that almost as many does and fawns came to the scrapes as bucks. Does came more to the doe estrus urine than the other treatments, while bucks seemed to favor the estrus urine and the buck urine. It appears then that a scrape can bring bucks to it based on visual signals (they came to a scrape with nothing in it), and scent signals. In addition, they obviously come out of curiosity (eg. new car scent spray).
Several other researchers have studied the use of mock scrapes in deer pens of various sizes. Again, they found that bucks often came to the scrapes. Some had no scent placed in them, others used hot doe urine. These studies tell us that we should at the very least, scrape out a mock scrape every time we get in a tree stand. Put it on a location where you will not have bucks wind you when they come in, and where you want to shoot when they see and/or smell the scrape.
Before ending this chapter, let me add something on preorbital glands and overhanging limbs. All the above research shows that the preorbital gland scent is important at scrapes. Some friends of mine from Pennsylvania have been using preorbital gland lure at primary scrapes and mock scrapes for the past few years. (Google preorbital gland lure to find where to buy this. It is expensive because it is collected from the preorbital gland of harvested bucks). They start applying the lure to overhanging limbs in August, and do it weekly through October. Their results have been nothing short of fantastic and I am now a believer. Theyve harvested some super bucks in Pennsylvania on or near such scrapes. My Ohio lease friends put it on two primary scrapes that are hot every year. Using preorbital gland lure made those scrapes hotter than ever, and we saw and photographed more bucks there this year than ever before.
There you have the latest scientific data on scrapes. Maybe that is more dirt on scrapes than you bargained for, but our advice is to store this information away and use it when you have a hunting situation where you need some answers.
........"This is a chapter of Dr. Samuel's book, Whitetail Advantage, published here with permission of published with permission of Krause Publications, 700 East State Steet, Iowa WI 54990. Copies available at most national bookstore chains such as Barnes and Noble, or at www.knowhunting.com.
Dr. David Samuel


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To accomplish this objective we have initiated the following:
1. our goal is for every student to place a Willy Shuman decal on his/her car to raise seatbelt awareness.
2. one of the rules for driving to school and parking in the school parking lot is that a student must wear a seatbelt. If a student is seen leaving the school without wearing a seatbelt, the result will be that the student will lose his/her parking permit for the remainder of the school year.
3. place a banner with the decal logo in the cafeteria or another suitable location.
4. place a sign with the decal logo at the football field/soccer field where permitted.
5. Place the wear a seatbelt decal logo on the school web site, if possible.
6. Place a Willy logo sign at school parking lot exits to remind students to buckle up.
7. to promote safety issues including, but not limited to seatbelts, form the Willy Club with-in the school, or incorporate saftey issues as a project of the student council.
THE WILLY FOUNDATION was founded in memory of Willy Shuman who was killed in an automobile crash on June 20, 2009, four days before he was to leave for the United States Air Force Academy. He was not wearing a seatbelt.
Although he always wore a seatbelt, he was not wearing one that night. Statistics reveal that only 60% of students actually wear seatbelts.
Willy was a 2009 graduate of George Washington High School. As a result, the school is interested in taking a role in improving student safety.
While this campaign is available free of charge, if your school would like to challenge a company or group to help raise money, it would be greatly appreciated. Another way to raise money for the campaign would be to accept donations for the car decals. At GW a bake sale was held. The sale not only raised money, but increased awareness of the campaign.
Contributions may be sent to:
The Willy Foundation
PO Box 11544
Charleston, WV 25339
Checks should be made out to The Willy Foundation and specified for the seatbelt campaign.
For further information you may contact The Willy Foundation at (304) 542-4621, or email@example.com
As a part of the campaign, the Willy Foundation will provide:
1. Wear a seatbelt decals to distribute to students and faculty.
2. Banner with logo for school
3. Sign for football/ soccer/baseball field.
4. Sign for parking lot exits.
5. Brochures on wearing seat belts
6. Public service like tv segment on the seatbelt campaign.
7. Information on how to start the Willy Club.
8. Speakers on driving safety and consequences of poor decisions.
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Neighbors 4 Neighbors' newest initiative, HelpingFeelsGood.org furthers the mission by providing an online platform for non-profit organizations to submit projects on behalf of their clients featuring needs that fall beyond their scope of services, and giving south floridians a unique way to give back to the community on their terms and their time, connecting them with the projects that best fit their areas of interest.
Originally created in 1992 in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew by WFOR-TV, CBS4, the relief effort "Rebuilding: Neighbors Helping Neighbors," consisted of a 15-line phone bank, staffed 18 hours daily with volunteers and station personnel. News reporters and anchors broadcasting live from the phone bank would tell viewers to call the phone bank if they were storm victims or if they simply wanted to help. Special reports profiling affected families and volunteer efforts also served to motivate viewers into action. The response was overwhelming and the phone bank quickly became a tool in assisting those in crisis. As South Florida recovered, CBS4 management opted to continue Neighbors as part of its community service program. Neighbors became an important resource for all individuals and families facing every-day crises.
With the power of television as one of its greatest assets, Neighbors 4 Neighbors quickly expanded its services beyond hurricane relief and evolved into one of the most effective vehicles for connecting those in need with those who can help, forging a strong relationship with community and business leaders willing to tackle difficult issues.
Research of local television viewers proves, year after year, that Neighbors 4 Neighbors is the most identifiable public service campaign in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale market. South Florida viewers know Neighbors 4 Neighbors, consider it important, and respond to it in a remarkable way. Here is a sampling of what Neighbors 4 Neighbors has done during the past twenty years:
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MacTavish and the sailboat
Our newly adopted Scottish Highland Terrier MacTavish, hit the lottery when he stumbled into our clan. This guy was caged twelve hours a day while his owners worked. The folks who owned him had to put him up for adoption—long story. Fortunately, this led him to a great foster family—these folks have 3 Scotties—and then finally, the fates brought him to us. His brother Sailor, who doesn't like to sail, welcomed his brother with open paws, ya know a "mi casa, su casa," thing. Sailor must've surely remembered, how well his late brother Mac treated him when we brought him home—doggie karma I guess.
MacTavish rolled around the old Newport haunts that me and Mac the Scottie did back in the day: Fort Adams, Bannister's Wharf, Old Port Marine's office,( Meredith and Matt are dog people), and the sailboat. From my experience, Scottish Highland Terriers are tough hombres: tenacious, fearless and very curious, so checking out the sailboat was a breeze for this guy. As he hopped on board, he slid a bit on the deck, but he adjusted his footing on the quick. Within ten weeks, MacTavish went from a cage, to a family of 3 Scotties, to the cockpit of a sailboat in Newport Harbor. Whattacountry!
I got him down through the companionway and into the main cabin with no problem. Once below, he scouted around and hopped up onto the seetee and sat to watched me read for a bit; he seemed right at home. Later, after I messed around the boat checking my winter gear, I looked down below, and Master MacTavish was stretched out belly up and fast asleep. I'll go out on a boom here and say without hesitation, that this guy is going to love sailing like Mac did, this guy is adventurous and adaptable. It's the Highland way.


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School vouchers make a comeback, stir concerns about quality
Posted By Sarah Carr On August 21, 2012 @ 11:07 am In K-12,New Orleans,News | 4 Comments
NEW ORLEANS — As Louisiana debuts one of the nation's most extensive private-school voucher programs, deep divides persist over who should be accountable for ferreting out academic failure and financial abuse: the government or parents.
Across the country, vouchers have resurged in a big way over the last two years—both as a form of school choice and a political lightning rod. Republican governors in Louisiana, Indiana, New Jersey and other states have championed them as a solution to the challenges besetting public education. More recently, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney joined the chorus, saying he hopes to turn an eight-year-old voucher program in Washington, D.C. into a "national showcase [2]."
About 5,600 students and 119 private schools will participate in Louisiana's new statewide voucher program this fall.
Much of the debate over vouchers centers on whether they should exist at all (partly because the term is so combustible [3], many politicians have opted for the milder term "scholarship" to describe new programs). But in states like Louisiana and Wisconsin, where vouchers are already a fait accompli, policymakers are just as divided over how much government regulation participating private schools should face.
On one side are the free-market purists who argue that parents provide the best form of oversight. Under this mindset, families receiving school vouchers can and should be counted on to decide what constitutes a quality education for their children—even if that includes sending their kids to schools teaching that dragons are real, or that the Ku Klux Klan worked in the service of justice [4].
On the other side are those who argue that the government provides the best form of accountability, particularly when public tax dollars are involved. Under this mindset, only substantial advance vetting of participating voucher schools can prevent widespread fraud and abuse.
"Unfortunately, the political debate is still on ideological grounds: 'I believe in government,' or 'I believe in the market,' " said Jeffrey R. Henig [5], a professor of political science and education at Teachers College, Columbia University.
But Henig and others see more consensus in research and academic circles. There, even some of the most vociferous champions of vouchers now believe a free-market approach to schooling needs limits.
Howard Fuller, the founder and director of Marquette University's Institute for the Transformation of Learning [6] and a long-time voucher supporter, says he continues to believe in the importance of school choice for low-income families. But he no longer believes a free-market approach to accountability will safeguard taxpayer dollars and the well-being of children.
"Parent choice alone will not guarantee quality," he said.
'Tactical' privatization
Vouchers never completely died: Louisiana, Ohio and Wisconsin all created or significantly expanded programs between 2006 and 2011. However, the debate was far more muted in the final years of George W. Bush's presidency and the early years of the Obama administration. During that period, a group of moderate Democrats and Republicans coalesced around a vision of education reform that featured greater parental choice (usually in the form of charter schools) and stricter accountability provisions (usually in the form of testing) for public-school teachers and students.
That coalition still exists, and charters continue to dwarf vouchers in both growth and overall size. But over the last two years, several ambitious Republican politicians trying to make a name for themselves—and distinguish themselves from Democrats on education—have gravitated back to vouchers. In 2011, more than 30 states introduced school voucher bills [7], according to the National Conference of State Legislatures [8]. That was an increase of more than 300 percent from the previous year, when nine voucher bills were introduced.
Henig has identified three types of privatization: "pragmatic" privatization aims to force government to do a better job; "systemic" privatization represents a broad weakening or erosion in the government's role; and "tactical" privatization is designed to advance the political interest of a party or candidate. While voucher advocates may be motivated by all three goals, tactical privatization appears to be fueling at least some of the current efforts, he says.
"Because of broader battles, there's pressure on Republicans to more sharply differentiate themselves by aligning with pro-market, anti-government positions," said Henig. "It makes for a clearer, sharper story line."
Indeed, while the political confederacies surrounding vouchers have historically been complex—allying Democrats who view it as a social-justice issue with extreme right-wing politicians in some cases—recent debates have fallen along more traditional party lines.
Concerns about fraud
Accountability has long been an Achilles' heel for voucher advocates. For years, schools in a Milwaukee program could receive hundreds of thousands in public funds each year if they met a few very minimal standards. Up until 2005, the primary requirements were that schools have a building occupancy permit from the city and enrolled students. They also had to meet the state's definition of a non-public school, but that was "very nominal, and purposefully so," said Tony Evers [9], the Wisconsin state superintendent.
Many participants in the program were established Catholic and Lutheran schools, but a significant number emerged only after the voucher program started. "You had these well-intended operators who had absolutely no idea about running a school," said Evers.
In at least a few cases, the problems extended beyond naiveté. A convicted rapist founded one school, Alex's Academics of Excellence. Despite the founder's criminal record, Alex's managed to attract families for several years [10], continuing to do so even after numerous evictions and allegations of illegal drug use on campus. At a second school, Mandella School of Science and Math, the principal—who also founded the school—used proceeds from state voucher payments [11] to buy two Mercedes-Benz automobiles.
The state tightened up on accountability, requiring participating schools to earn pre-accreditation, among other changes. Between 2009 and 2012, a board within Howard Fuller's institute at Marquette vetted new applicants. The board set a high bar, with only 13 of 103 prospective school operators making it through the approval process over that time period, or about 13 percent.
The pre-accreditation process "kept out scores of schools that would have failed," said Evers.
Fuller and Evers believe low-income parents want what is best for their children. But they might still be enticed to a severely sub-par school by a slick marketing campaign—or out of desperation.
"A lot of the mom-and-pop school operators were reaching out to friends and relatives," said Evers. "The marketing is as local as it can get."
The future of vouchers in Louisiana
Louisiana's new voucher program relies more on back-end than front-end accountability, a source of contention for critics who argue that it has opened the door to financial abuse and academic failure.
Although most of the schools are run by established entities like local archdioceses, red flags have already been raised about a few operators: A blogger reported [12] that a self-proclaimed prophet and apostle is in line to receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in voucher payments for a school called Light City Christian Academy. The operator of another participating school, Conquering Word Christian Academy, is under investigation for FEMA fraud [13]. And it's unclear whether a third school, New Living Word, has enough teachers and space [14] to serve the dozens of students it plans to accept through the voucher program.
(Officials at Conquering Word and New Living Word did not return calls seeking comment for this story. And when a reporter visited Light City Christian Academy school last week, officials said they did not have time to talk and that no one would be available for a phone conversation.)
State Superintendent John White said Conquering Word will not be allowed to accept any new students through the program this year. But students who attended in previous years through a New Orleans-specific voucher program will still be eligible for scholarships. Light City will enroll 80 students through the program, and New Living Word will enroll 165 (about half of the seats that school leaders requested). In the latter case, the school signed a memorandum of understanding addressing facilities concerns and authorizing quarterly site visits by state officials.
White said the accountability provisions impose a "moderate screen" on new school applicants and "extremely swift back-end consequences" for private schools that underperform.
However, White has refused to provide records [15] on that screening process until after the school year is already under way. He said state officials rejected applications from 10 schools because they did not meet criteria laid down in the initial law. After developing additional regulations, they removed two others and reduced the number of seats available at several schools. With 119 private schools participating, that means the state approved about 90 percent of applicants—compared to 13 percent in Milwaukee, although in that city most participating schools were grandfathered in by the time the approval board was created.
Students receiving vouchers in Louisiana take the same standardized tests as public-school students. If a private school has at least 40 voucher students enrolled in tested grades (or at least 10 students per tested grade), the school's overall performance must meet a certain threshold—the same threshold that public schools must meet to avoid closure or reconstitution—for it to continue accepting new voucher students.
This year, however, only about a quarter of participating schools will enroll more than 40 voucher students in tested grades; those schools encompass about 65 percent of the program's enrollment. State officials say they anticipate the accountability provision will capture 85 percent of students by the program's fourth year.
That's too little, too late, some critics say. "The state needed to establish academic eligibility requirements [on] the front-end," said Peter Reichard, projects manager at the Bureau of Governmental Research [16], an independent research organization in New Orleans. In a statement, BGR officials said, "Short of no accountability standards at all, it is difficult to imagine a lower standard of performance than what the proposed system offers."
White argues that his oversight program relies on a healthy mixture of market forces and governmental oversight. "Responsible policy always tries to empower citizenry by not over-regulating, but at the same time by being unforgiving when it comes to failure," he said, adding that the plan is to "regulate failure by not accepting failure."
But in a sign that he might be bowing to pressure from skeptics, White said last week that he will likely seek to tighten requirements [17] for prospective private-school operators in the state—regardless of whether they accept voucher students.
In the meantime, future voucher policy (as well as Gov. Bobby Jindal's education legacy) may well be shaped by what happens on the ground in Louisiana this school year.
Henig said the issue will become more volatile for Jindal if "what comes in over the transom makes broad support of market principles and choice look irresponsible."
Sarah Carr, a contributing editor at The Hechinger Report [18], is the author of Hope Against Hope, which tells the story of the New Orleans public schools post-Katrina. The book will be released by Bloomsbury Press in February 2013.
This story also appeared on NBCNews.com [19].
4 Comments To "School vouchers make a comeback, stir concerns about quality"
#1 Comment By Bruce William Smith On August 23, 2012 @ 12:34 pm
Louisiana ought to look towards the independent school regulations in Great Britain, in particular England, if it wants to learn quickly how to regulate a vibrant independent school sector. The independent schools of England, such as those in the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and the Girls' Schools Association, are among the very best in the world, and families that could afford them have had the opportunity to give their children some of the best educations available. If combined sensibly with a state support system like Louisiana's vouchers, the citizens of the Bayou State could find their children very well supported indeed.
#2 Comment By CitizensArrest On August 24, 2012 @ 4:23 pm
Vouchers as they are currently manifested are a sham solution, existing primarily as one component of an agenda designed to burden and defund the public school system. [20]
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[2] national showcase: http://www.washingtonpost.com/nationall/education/mitt-romney-promotes-school-vouchers-in-attack-on-obamas-education-policy/2012/05/23/gJQAZN37kU_story.html
[3] because the term is so combustible: http://blog.nola.com/updates/2008/04/jindal_avoids_calling_it_vouch.html
[4] schools teaching that dragons are real, or that the Ku Klux Klan worked in the service of justice: http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2012/07/photos-evangelical-curricula-louisiana-tax-dollars
[5] Jeffrey R. Henig: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/academics/?facid=jh2192
[6] Institute for the Transformation of Learning: http://www.marquette.edu/education/centers_clinics/institute-for-the-transformation-of-learning.shtml
[7] more than 30 states introduced school voucher bills: http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2012/01/school_voucher_program_gets_fr.html
[8] National Conference of State Legislatures: http://www.ncsl.org/
[9] Tony Evers: http://dpi.state.wi.us/sprntdnt/index.html
[10] attract families for several years: http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/163336116.html
[11] proceeds from state voucher payments: http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/163337666.html
[12] blogger reported: http://cenlamar.com/2012/08/07/shocking-bobby-jindals-vouchers-will-provide-over-600000-per-year-to-school-led-by-prophet-apostle/
[13] under investigation for FEMA fraud: http://livepage.apple.com/
[14] enough teachers and space: http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20120725/NEWS01/207250314/New-Living-OK-d-165
[15] refused to provide records: http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2012/08/jindals_education_department_r.html
[16] Bureau of Governmental Research: http://www.bgr.org/
[17] tighten requirements: http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2012/08/spurred_by_voucher_program_sta.html
[18] The Hechinger Report: http://hechingerreport.org/
[19] appeared on NBCNews.com: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/21/13395335-school-vouchers-make-a-comeback-amid-concerns-about-quality?lite
[20] : http://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/2012/08/24/helicopters-can-improve-minority-college-attendance-other-misguided-policy-implications-comments-on-the-brookings-voucher-study/
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12 arrested in selling fake Justin Bieber, Luke Bryan merchandise
Published On: Jan 28 2013 04:57:27 PM EST
Updated On: Jan 28 2013 04:58:58 PM EST
Updated On: Jan 28 2013 04:58:58 PM EST
Members of the Orlando Police Department arrested at least a dozen accused of selling "bootleg" Justin Bieber and Luke Bryan, outside of the Amway Center and Citrus Bowl over the weekend.
Approximately 250 T-shirts were seized with a retail value of approximately $5,000, according to police. Police said 12 were charged with offering counterfeit goods for sale.
The following suspects were arrested:
- Soto, Louis Emilio, 21, from Alpharetta, GA-arrested on felony charges because of amount of goods.
- Alana, Jorge K, 20, from Bronx, New York-arrested on felony charges because of amount of goods.
- Todd, George, 64, from Brooklyn, New York
- Johnson, Kenneth Wayne II, from Hapeville, Georgia
- Watson, John F., 49, from Davenport, Florida
- Watkins, Kevin, 39, from Concord, North Carolina
- Watkins, Kiethon, 42, from Charlotte, NC
- Viera, Joseph, 23, from Bronx, New York
- Jones, Trenton, 19, from Bronx, New York
- Laomand, Omar, 22, from Bronx, New York
- Valdez, Alexander, 33, from Baltimore, Maryland
- McKay, David Shmuel, 24 from NY, New York
An additional subject not listed was not booked into jail and charges will be forwarded to the state attorney's office at a later date.
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A 17-year-old Batavia boy is charged with third degree grand larceny, a class D felony.
Nathan Crawford of Hutchins Street was arrested by City of Batavia Police following an investigation into the burglary of jewelry and electronics from a home on Jackson Street over a period from September to December of 2012. The items taken from the home exceeded $300,000 in value.
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"Pulling The Trigger" — Espada adjusts to life without Coach Jimmy Johnson, with Marty acting as kingmaker and king, and Jimmy T.'s protests grow a little too loud for the rest of the tribe. Brenda hands NayOnka the Hidden Immunity Idol on a silver platter, which only serves to emblazon the bully lording over Kelly.
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A couple of days ago a tracklisting surfaced to the net, but according to Talib Kweli this is the final tracklsiting from his upcoming studio album. Features on Prisoner Of Conscious include Melanie Fiona, Nelly, Miguel, Curren$y, Kendrick Lamar, and more. Check out the tracklisting after the jump. Prisoner Of Conscious release date coming soon.
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1. Human Mic
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3. Ready Set Go (Feat. Melanie Fiona)
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5. High Life (Feat. Rubix & Bajah)
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195 Lord Cranborne, U.K. Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, to Sir Geoffrey Whiskard, U.K. High Commissioner in Australia
Circular cablegram Z350 LONDON, 7 November 1940
Please give the following message to the Prime Minister [1] for his most secret and personal information. BEGINS.
China. General Chiang Kai Shek [2] has proposed to His Majesty's Ambassador at Chungking [3] that expression of Anglo-American- Chinese collaboration which he desires keenly should take the following form. BEGINS.
(1) Joint declaration by China, Great Britain and United States:
(a) to reaffirm principles of the open door and maintenance of China's sovereignty and territorial and administrative integrity, contained in the Nine Power Treaty.
(b) to oppose Japan's attempt to establish 'a new order in East Asia' or 'greater East Asia'. China, Great Britain and United States are convinced that they should take above as their common position in order to carry out their obligations under the Nine Power Treaty and to guarantee peace in the Pacific.
(2) Joint declaration by Great Britain and United States: to declare that (a) and (b) above constitute their common position, that a free and independent China is a sine qua non not only for peace in Far East but also for establishing normal and orderly relationships in the whole Pacific and that therefore they (Great Britain and United States) will do their utmost to help China maintain her sovereignty and territorial and administrative integrity and to restore peaceful relations among the nations in the Far East.
(3) China and Great Britain to conclude a treaty of alliance and to invite adherence of United States; in the absence of such adherence to secure full approval and support of this alliance by the United States.
(4) Concrete measures for mutual assistance (to be agreed upon before issuance of declarations).
(a) Great Britain and United States to make a joint loan or separate loans to China with a view to maintaining China's foreign exchange and national currency: total amount of such loans to be between 200 million and 300 million United States dollars.
(b) United States to loan China each year from 500 to 1,000 fighting planes and to deliver to China from 200 to 300 such planes before end of this year.
(c) Governments of Great Britain and United States to send to China military, economic and communications missions to devise cooperative measures concerning Far East in conjunction with Chinese Government. Members of such delegations may be appointed by Chinese Government as advisers.
(d) In the event of hostilities between Great Britain or United States on the one hand and Japan on the other hand, whole of Chinese army will participate in these hostilities and all aerodromes in China will be placed at disposal of Allied forces.


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Buick LaCrosse Electrical/Lighting Problems
If the road is wet or slick with ice, but there's no falling precipitation, fog lamps should be used with discretion. Their extra downward light can help compensate for the tendency of water to "soak up" the light on the road from your headlamps. But, this extra downward light hitting a road surface shiny with water or ice will also create high levels of reflected glare for other drivers. Since we're all "other drivers" to everybody else on the road, it's well to think of roadway safety as a cooperative effort. In most driving situations, fog lamps are neither useful nor necessary, but more people use their fog lamps when the prevailing conditions don't call for their use, than use them when the conditions do call for their use. Nobody thinks your car is cool because it has fog lamps, and glare is dangerous, so do yourself and everyone a favor: choose them carefully, aim them properly, use them thoughtfully, and leave them off except when they're genuinely necessary.
abucko76 Posts: 1This was exactly what the problem was for me. 2005 Buick Allure, the low beams just stopped working but the high beams still worked. I called auto parts stores and the dealership who wanted $75 for the part (15016745). I went to an auto salvage and they gave me two of them for free! Put it in and the headlights work again. That part is used in 03-06 GMC Envoy and Chev Trailblazers as well if your local auto salvage doesn't have many Allures/Lacrosse. Thanks for posting this and saving me about $300!
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djlongstride Posts: 1Thanks for the great advice, spicoli2!
The low beams on my '05 Lacrosse wouldn't come on last night, either automatically or with the knob set to on, but the high beams worked fine. Both lamps had been replaced in the past couple of years, and I could see that the fuses were good.
I found your post and the positive feedback from others, and just got back from Advance Auto Parts with working low beams, thanks to you and a $35 replacement HDM relay module.
johnamac123 Posts: 1I just wanted to thank you for your solutions posting. The HDM was the issue and was easily replaced. Who knows how much money and trouble I saved attempting to replace a light bulb, (which I already know is a b#$%h to do) or getting raped by the stealorship. Thanks again, spicoli2!!!
The most likely occurance was that the headlights came on and switched the settings to night, controllable by the dimming switch. Then the ambient brightness went up and the headlights turned off putting the panel lights into the daytime brightness setting.
Look down through the windshield to find the little light sensor that controls the auto headlights. Sometimes people lay things on the dash over the sensor. Sometimes the sensor doesn't "see" sunlight because of the sun angle, heavy clouds, overpasses, tunnels, and turns on the night lights.
The 2007 Buick lacrosse cx is nothing but a black eye for Buick. Ours caught on fire in the fuse box. The person I talked to at gm said bring it to the dealer. It is their fault for having a lemon. But they want the owners to pay for their problems. It's only a matter of time before someone gets hurt or killed because of this danger. I hope it gets recalled before then. I am sure this is the last Buick we ever own.
My Dad left me his 2006 Buick Lacrosse. Beautiful car. But I had the problems with the low beams not working and had to use the high beams to get home. My son replaced the relay for me and it worked fine....for awhile. Then I had to have the relay replaced again (the car parts place kindly replaced it for me) ... it worked for a few months, then it FRIED ! Smoke was pouring out from my hood and the whole relay box melted. Now my car won't work at all ! I canot afford to take it to the dealer and I really need help. I would like to get it fixed so I can sell it and get a car easier to fix. (so sad, I did love this car that my Dad left to me...) any suggestions?
Hello rammy1946,
I am sorry to hear that you are experiencing these concerns with your LaCrosse. Have you taken it to your local Buick dealership to have it diagnosed? I would be happy to assist with setting that up for you if you would like to email me at email@example.com ATTN: Jonathan A.
I look forward to hearing from you,
Jonathan A. GM Customer Care
@rammy1946 said: 2005lacrosse dash lights. the mileage lights trip odometer @ radio info lights sometimes come on very dim when the car is started more often than not the work fine. what is causing this to occur?
I would suspect your car is initially starting up in night mode where the interior lamps are dimmer so that they aren't too bright relative to the outside lighting. I assume your car has a sensor on the dashtop somewhere for the overhead light from the sun. I notice mine sometimes doesn't sense the daylight even though the sky is light if the sun is at an oblique angle like at near dusk or near dawn.
Or you may have your wipers turned on which turns on the headlamps automatically. Does your car have the rain-sensing wipers which control the delay positions on the wiper switch? Make sure the wipers are OFF. If left in the lowest delay model in rain sense, the wipers should cycle one time when the key is turned to ON--that would indicate your rain sense wipers are in auto setting. That keeps headlamps on which may affect your day/night settings on the dash.
I am extrapolating how your 2005 may be based on my 2003 leSabre's settings. If it's the rain sense wipers are on in auto setting, don't feel bad. It took 2 visits to my Buick garage to figure out why my headlamps were staying on during long trips when the car was new.
12.11.2013 7 PM Returning home from dinner heads light would not TURN OFF Tried to turn off lights, drove car up & down street starting and stopping Then stopped in front of house Scott Reese (neighbor) came out, we tapped box under hood lights blinked on and off when off for minute I drove can back into the garage
12.11.2013 7:25 PM Buick fire started in garage Total lost
12.11.2013 Pushed car out and it hit the house across the street
Then rolled back to middle of street
@rch5 said: 12.11.2013 7 PM Returning home from dinner heads light would not TURN OFF Tried to turn off lights, drove car up & down street starting and stopping Then stopped in front of house Scott Reese (neighbor) came out, we tapped box under hood lights blinked on and off when off for minute I drove can back into the garage
12.11.2013 7:25 PM Buick fire started in garage Total lost
12.11.2013 Pushed car out and it hit the house across the street
Then rolled back to middle of street
Hello rch5,
We apologize that you experienced this with your vehicle. We would like to look further into this matter for you and reach out to the department within General Motors that is best fit to address this issue. Could you please private message me your full contact information, VIN and mileage? Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you.
Amber N. GM Customer Care
I see this thread has been going on for quite a while. Now it's 2014 and my 2006 Lacrosse has no low beam headlights. I did some research and thought that the Headlight Driver Module (HDM) sounded like the problem. I bought an R6100 from NAPA for $40. No help. i backed up and thought maybe two fuses went out at the same time (unlikely), The fuses tested good. I was making an appointment at the most convenient Buick dealership when the woman characterized the problem as I needed a new headlight. Two bulbs going out at the same time is also unlikely but I am in the middle of relocating and dropping off my car for service is really difficult. I went ahead and made an appoint for the day after tomorrow, but will check the bulbs before then. I really don't want to buy a body control module. :-(
Now for my other electrical problem on my 2006 Lacrosse - the cruise control. There is an on-off button on the left side of the steering wheel that gets depressed when on. It has a small orange light that lights up. When I press the set button on the other side of the steering wheel the orange light goes out and no cruise control. If I wait an undetermined number of minutes the orange light comes back on but trying to set the cruise turns it off again. Very rarely it works. I can press set, the orange light stays on, the round green indicator on the dash lights up and it holds the speed at the set point. Here are two clues that may help someone figure out what may be wrong. If I hold down the on-off button on the left, it works. I also noticed that the the light behind the set button is not on. There is a light behind the second button to control the cruise control, "RES +", is working. If the parts were easily available, I would replace the button module on the right which includes the set button. It would be aggravating to pay a ton of money for the module and install it only to find out the problem is somewhere else, Maybe its the body control module that;s also messing with my headlights. Any suggestions?
Since this thread will not be read by anyone I might as well talk to myself. My low beam problem turned out to be the bulbs, not the HDM or the BCM. It's illogical to have both bulbs go out at the same time, but apparently you can't always rely on logic to diagnose car problems.
lacrossesoaked Posts: 85
Replacing low beam headlight or side marker light on 2005 LaCrosse: had to replace the low beam but couldn't figure out how to do so. found a link which I contributed to at the end of the blog after I had successfully changed out the bulb. hope this helps others:
bamagrits84 Posts: 1I have a 2009 Buick Lacrosse. I will never buy another GM vehicle after what I experienced last night with it. My low beams would not go off. I opened the hood to pull the relay just to get them to go off. As soon as I opened the hood I smelled burning plastic. I opened the fuse box to find smoke coming out and my low beam relay melting. I immediately snatched it out. I am so glad I was parked when this happened and not driving with my children in the car. I'm scared to put another relay in and my car catch fire. There is clearly something wrong with the wiring. Buicks are not what they used to be.


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|This undated Florida Department of Corrections booking mug shows Griselda Blanco. Blanco, a convicted drug trafficker who was once known as the "Godmother" and the "Queen of Cocaine," has been shot to death by an unidentified gunman, police in Colombia said Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Florida Dept. of Corrections via The Miami Herald)
BOGOTA (AP) — Griselda Blanco, a convicted drug trafficker who was once known as the "Godmother" and the "Queen of Cocaine," has been shot to death by an unidentified gunman, police in Colombia said Tuesday.
Col. Mauricio Cartagena of Medellin's metropolitan police said Tuesday that the 69-year-old was killed at a butcher shop in the city on Monday.
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A family is hit with a grenade, a waitress has her children taken away, Dr. Price still has a pill problem and the Russians return to the scene, all on this episode of CSI: Miami.A hand grenade goes off in a crowded restaurant and the CSIs race to the scene. Horatio is first on the scene, rescuing one of the waitresses. The father celebrating his birthday with his family is dead, as is a female companion of the family. Jason Molina, the restaurant owner, says the victims are Warren Emerson, a lobbyist and Raquel Dominguez, who worked for Warren.The CSIs question Tanya Rush (Sprague Grayden) — the waitress who says her children Maggie and Aiden were taken away from her by Child Services a week ago — but she is hesitant to answer their questions. She said she left the kids with a nanny, Maria Lopez, but the children were found abandoned and no one could find Maria. Horatio goes to speak to the children, and Maggie says Maria had hair just like hers with braids.Ryan and Kyle are looking at Warren's body in the lab, and another grenade falls out of the body bag. Ryan dives with Kyle and they narrowly escape getting hurt. They find Dr. Price on the other side of the lab scrambling to pick up her Oxycodone pills. Ryan confronts her and tells her to kick the habit or he'll tell. She tells him she's fine.Horatio questions Steve Emerson and his mom. She said her ears were ringing after the blast and she looked up and saw a flash of yellow outside after the blast that could have been a car.Tanya and Horatio speak about how she met Maria. She tells him that she was at school trying to get a law degree and met her on campus one day when she had the kids. Maria offered to help her with the kids, and Tanya paid under the table.Ryan and Eric find an impression of a car license plate on the valet stand at the restaurant. In a MacGyver-esque move, they use a fellow officer's Taser to get the plate impression when they lost their imprint device.Tripp goes to the plate owner's home and shots are fired. He chases the boy down and cuffs him before backup arrives. Horatio and Calleigh find a roll of foil paper at the scene. Eric determines it was being used to make counterfeit credit cards. They question the kid — Ken Jarvitts — and he denies doing anything but the credit card counterfeiting. He apologizes for shooting at a cop and tells them where they can find the counterfeit warehouse. They go there and find Steve Emerson loading boxes. They find out the boys were lifting credit card numbers from Jason Molina's restaurant patrons. Steve was the target of the grenade, not his father.They question Tanya as to whether she knew about what Jason was up to at the restaurant. She says she didn't know, but gives Horatio the canceled checks he asked for to track down the fraudulent babysitter. Horatio goes to the store where they were cashed and gets a name. He calls Yvette and asks her about her babysitting services.Meanwhile, Calleigh traces the photo sent to Steve of himself, Jason and Ken at the restaurant to Cameron West, the paparazzi guy with the Russian ties. It turns out one of the Russians was a target of the credit card theft at the restaurant and wanted revenge. A piece of an old camera flashbulb was used to make the homemade grenade and they are able to pin it on Cameron. They tell him the Russians will be after him because his targets were still alive. We see shots of him getting dumped in the water later on.Horatio confronts Yvette about her lies regarding the kids. She says she used to be a waitress at another of Jason Molina's restaurant where she didn't declare all of her tips, and after she left, Jason Molina called her and forced her to watch Tanya's kids, leave and then report her. It was payback because Tanya wouldn't help him in his credit card scheme. He thought taking her kids away would make her want to keep her job more. Horatio says the insurance money from the restaurant is going to go to her.What did you think of the episode?
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