DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I am at home by myself, I like to scrape shavings off the top of a stick of butter, making the butter easier to spread. But I wonder if that is impolite. Should I, especially ...

Mock scrapes (a hunter-made version of a whitetail scrape used to attract deer) have been a part of hunting media and folklore for decades. Generations of deer hunters have given their anecdotes and ...