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<blockquote data-quote="hammer33" data-source="post: 5708446" data-attributes="member: 19900"><p>I have tapered it way off. Used to go at it like the tv shows. IMO 90% of the time aggressive rattling will spook 90% of the deer away. Especially on public land where every hunting show watching goober is banging away and slobbing a grunt call like a bud light drinker. How often have you heard bucks grunting and fighting in the woods? 1x a season? Where I hunt its more like 1x every 5-10 seasons or so. So its not that common for bucks to have knock down drag outs like you see on tv and are trying to replicate with your rattle sequence. And the mature buck who wants a fight to the death are fewer yet.</p><p></p><p>Once I toned it down and went for more of a couple middle school kids goofing off and shoving each other a little, my success rate went up. Lots more young bucks wandering around looking for "the guys" . Even had a few mature bucks peek around over the years. In 28 years of hunting I have had 2 mature bucks come to the rattle looking for a fight and both of those occasions were a more modest rattle sequence at the peak of the pre-rut cruising phase.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hammer33, post: 5708446, member: 19900"] I have tapered it way off. Used to go at it like the tv shows. IMO 90% of the time aggressive rattling will spook 90% of the deer away. Especially on public land where every hunting show watching goober is banging away and slobbing a grunt call like a bud light drinker. How often have you heard bucks grunting and fighting in the woods? 1x a season? Where I hunt its more like 1x every 5-10 seasons or so. So its not that common for bucks to have knock down drag outs like you see on tv and are trying to replicate with your rattle sequence. And the mature buck who wants a fight to the death are fewer yet. Once I toned it down and went for more of a couple middle school kids goofing off and shoving each other a little, my success rate went up. Lots more young bucks wandering around looking for "the guys" . Even had a few mature bucks peek around over the years. In 28 years of hunting I have had 2 mature bucks come to the rattle looking for a fight and both of those occasions were a more modest rattle sequence at the peak of the pre-rut cruising phase. [/QUOTE]
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