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Using a grunt call and bleat can??
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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Belt" data-source="post: 3853090" data-attributes="member: 69"><p>I don't rattle a lot but I have called in a few bucks doing so...as well as called in a few when I was doing something else that they apparently thought was rattling. I like the sound of real antlers but they're a pain to carry with all my other stuff. Rattle boxes and bags just sound too "tinny" to me...but they'll work. A friend took an old hunting sock and filled it with cut up old pool sticks and it really sounds good.</p><p></p><p>I think rattling is more of a timing thing than grunting; primarily pre-rut, the initial stages of the rut, and post rut. The temperament of a buck has to be just right to get him to respond. Bucks are more prone to investigate a deer calling than they are to bucks fighting. It'll work but not as well here (for whatever reason?) than in some other states. That may be because our rut is more prolonged than in some other states??? Bucks that respond to rattling, particularly those higher dominate bucks, do so much more aggressively than to calling. It's really neat to rattle and one comes running in with hair standing on end, wild eyed, and looking for a fight. When I do rattle I'm not a passive, sparring kind of guy. I've heard too many fights between bucks before. I go at it like I'm trying to tear the woods down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Belt, post: 3853090, member: 69"] I don't rattle a lot but I have called in a few bucks doing so...as well as called in a few when I was doing something else that they apparently thought was rattling. I like the sound of real antlers but they're a pain to carry with all my other stuff. Rattle boxes and bags just sound too "tinny" to me...but they'll work. A friend took an old hunting sock and filled it with cut up old pool sticks and it really sounds good. I think rattling is more of a timing thing than grunting; primarily pre-rut, the initial stages of the rut, and post rut. The temperament of a buck has to be just right to get him to respond. Bucks are more prone to investigate a deer calling than they are to bucks fighting. It'll work but not as well here (for whatever reason?) than in some other states. That may be because our rut is more prolonged than in some other states??? Bucks that respond to rattling, particularly those higher dominate bucks, do so much more aggressively than to calling. It's really neat to rattle and one comes running in with hair standing on end, wild eyed, and looking for a fight. When I do rattle I'm not a passive, sparring kind of guy. I've heard too many fights between bucks before. I go at it like I'm trying to tear the woods down. [/QUOTE]
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