Calls

[Idreamofdroptines]

Thanks for the info....I appreciate it! Trying to harvest my first deer with a bow so I am gonna shoot or (shoot at) haha anything bigger than a spike...lol

[setool]

On the 2nd last day of bow season in 2010, a pack of does passed about 120 yards from me. Approx. 5 minutes later, a single deer was on the same course. I thought this odd, but since season was virtually done, I made a grunt at him. To my surprise, he stopped and looked, then kept on walking. I grunted again, and he steered off his course, but not directly towards me. Lost sight, so I again grunted, but as stated in last post, a softer grunt... long story short, he finally committed, and I kept a very quiet grunt a couple more times (I shoved the call into my coat to muffle the volume). 15 yard shot, dbl lung, and my season came to an end 20 yards later.

Sometimes it pays to try.......

[blackbeard]

Calling advice- if you hunt a heavily hunted area or public, keep them in your pocket. If you hunt a lightly pressured area definitely do some grunt sequences every 15-20 minutes right now (pre-breeding). I don't like bleating but that's just me. Rattling, never had much luck either other than small bucks. But get that grunt tube out if you are hunting lightly pressured area for sure. In another 10 days or so the bucks won't much attention to anything unless you smell like an estrous doe.

[Idreamofdroptines]

Thanks black beard. Yes I will be on public ground. Thanks for the advice!