wildernessmaster
Lil-Rokslider
East coast, big woods WT action... What calls, rattles, etc do you carry out with you early to pre rut? Like to know...
Most of what you listed is done when they’re rutting. It sounds like the south is different in places but we don’t get rut activity until mid to late October. I don’t really pack calls very often but I do use a bleat can and have called a few deer in with that. Mostly around Veterans Day. You should check out hunting beast on YouTube. Idk much about early season but he’s done wellEast coast, big woods WT action... What calls, rattles, etc do you carry out with you early to pre rut? Like to know...
Early season I have called in young, curious deer - does and bucks - with a soft grunt. I have had a few deer come in to very light rattling (basically tickling the tines together) through the rut. But I stopped carrying calls a handful of years ago for a few reasons: 1) they just aren't that effective, especially early and late in the year, 2) I'd prefer to not have deer know where I am, and 3) my success increased when I stopped toting gadgets around in the woods and learned to sit still. Lots of folks love calling, I'm just not one of them anymore.