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Post by drfleck on Oct 20, 2018 20:31:30 GMT -5
I've never tried rattling and was wondering if tomorrow would be too early in the season to give it a try. What about a doe in heat bleat? Anyone had any success with either of these calls?
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Post by butlerj on Oct 20, 2018 20:49:16 GMT -5
I think a small amount of rattling would be ok just start softly,
Try and Let us know the results. I've messed around with rattling and calling but only with in 30 min of quitting time.
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Post by johnc911 on Oct 21, 2018 6:05:27 GMT -5
I've never tried rattling and was wondering if tomorrow would be too early in the season to give it a try. What about a doe in heat bleat? Anyone had any success with either of these calls? Light rattling right now would be fine. Every half hour or so. Don't be killing it yet !! |
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Post by drfleck on Oct 21, 2018 7:25:22 GMT -5
Decided to leave the horns at home for another week. However, grunt tube and bleat can are with me.
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Post by drfleck on Oct 21, 2018 7:36:44 GMT -5
I'm pumped! My cousin just text me...deer down. He's hunting about 300 yards away from me. He didn't get one last year and we don't get to hunt together much so I couldn't be more happy.
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Post by bowonlykindofguy1 on Oct 21, 2018 7:39:29 GMT -5
Good for you both. He got his deer and you were with him sounds like a good day to me
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Post by steiny on Oct 21, 2018 11:04:10 GMT -5
My opinion based on 45+ years of whitetail hunting is that the average hunter would be much better served to leave the grunt calls, rattling horns, scents, etc. at home and just get out there, play the wind, sit still and set up a good ambush. I think calling and scents are way over-used and mature deer wise up to this stuff pretty quickly.
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Post by barnettbuckbuster on Oct 21, 2018 11:08:11 GMT -5
Thursday i watched 2 little 6 pointers spar for a while and make some rubs and go at it again. Lol. So i think its safe to tickle the horns a little.
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Post by drfleck on Oct 21, 2018 16:19:41 GMT -5
My opinion based on 45+ years of whitetail hunting is that the average hunter would be much better served to leave the grunt calls, rattling horns, scents, etc. at home and just get out there, play the wind, sit still and set up a good ambush. I think calling and scents are way over-used and mature deer wise up to this stuff pretty quickly. I agree. I have a grunt tube and bleat can and I used them for the first time in about three years today. My thoughts were that it was such a good day weather wise with the post front conditions that maybe the deer would be more likely to respond. Sometimes you just gotta scratch the itch but now it's probably outta my system. However, rattling in particular intrigues me because I've spoken with so many old timers that are quick to dismiss it as a pointless novelty. I know it's not gonna work on every deer and not gonna work every time. But I just wanna see it bring one in one time. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2018 16:31:03 GMT -5
My opinion based on 45+ years of whitetail hunting is that the average hunter would be much better served to leave the grunt calls, rattling horns, scents, etc. at home and just get out there, play the wind, sit still and set up a good ambush. I think calling and scents are way over-used and mature deer wise up to this stuff pretty quickly. I agree. I have a grunt tube and bleat can and I used them for the first time in about three years today. My thoughts were that it was such a good day weather wise with the post front conditions that maybe the deer would be more likely to respond. Sometimes you just gotta scratch the itch but now it's probably outta my system. However, rattling in particular intrigues me because I've spoken with so many old timers that are quick to dismiss it as a pointless novelty. I know it's not gonna work on every deer and not gonna work every time. But I just wanna see it bring one in one time. I believe that scents and calls absolutely have a place in the deer hunters toolbox. I`ve personally seen at least 3 times when bucks came from downwind directly to doe in estrus urine. And when I killed my buck last Saturday, that buck came by me simply because I grunted at him. I killed a buck years ago during archery season that came in because of a bleat can I was using. Most times, I prefer to sit quietly and not let anything know I`m there, but there are times when it makes sense to use a scent or a call. |
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Oct 21, 2018 16:44:13 GMT -5
Reminds of the saying: you can fool some of the bucks all of the time and all of the bucks some of the time, but you can never fool all of the bucks all of the time. As long as you don’t get out of control with the calling I say give it a go. I’ve not had much luck with it, but have called in both bucks and does with different calls.
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 21, 2018 16:55:38 GMT -5
I have called bucks in with a grunt tube and “The Can”.
Does it work every time? Nooooo.. I’ve had as many, if not more, ignore my grunts and bleats as those who turned and came my way.
But.. if a buck is walking past out of range what do you have to lose? I very, very seldom blind call.
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Post by teenhunter00 on Oct 21, 2018 17:44:20 GMT -5
Personally I am not a fan of calling much unless I’m out way early like during youth season. I find that a fawn in distress normally does pretty good before the full pressure of hunting season starts. Since I hunt public land. Before I started to hike way back into the woods to set up my spot I always thought that other hunters around me use calls way too much, and that it doesn’t do anything to help their success. I have succes when I just let the deer go about their bussiness until I decide to shoot one of their buddies or when other hunters come in late and scare the deer towards me since I’m normally far enough back that nobody really hunts back there so the pressure is lighter. I like to think that my future 8 pointer that I’ll shoot this year didn’t make it this far by being stupid.
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