The two most common reasons a rattling sequence goes awry is that the deer caught the wind or saw the caller. A popular setup when using a caller and shooter duo is to have the shooter in a tree stand while the caller is posted on the ground. Since the caller is on the ground, it enables the caller to thrash branches, rustle leaves, and rattle aggressively. The elevated hunter will have a much better view allowing for more shot opportunities and a better view to get a bead on a whitetail buck.
Try to keep the rattling to a minimum during early season and increase your rattling rate as the season turns from pre-rut to peak rut. The best time for these tips to put a buck in the freezer or on the wall is the rut when their judgment are geared around breeding and being territorial.
Photo Credits: Flatline Whitetails. Want to see more articles like this? Join our insider team to receive more Exodus content. Discover how to rattle in more bucks this deer season with these 5 tips 1. Concentrate on Wind Direction The single most influential variable when it comes to deer hunting is the wind. Real Antlers Real antlers can clearly be one of the most realistic sounding tools when it comes to rattling in deer.
Rattle Bags Rattle bags are great to throw in a pocket or bag when heading the woods. Rattle Calls Although rattle calls are synthetic, they still offer a great sounding call that mimics the sound of real antlers clashing. Know the Right Time Knowing the importance of wind direction and learning what tool to use are two big steps toward success.
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View All. The Mossy Oak Store. Once a mature whitetail pairs with a hot doe, he will stay with her for several days and deer calls like rattling will be unlikely to draw him away. This is why as peak breeding hits, rattling is less effective than the days and weeks leading up to that time. Breeding cycles contribute to how successful you are at rattling in bucks, but hunting pressure is another factor that contributes to bringing in bucks.
The more pressure in an area the less likely a buck, especially a mature buck, is to come into a rattling session. In these situations, rattling may be more effective the week before the woods fill with hunters who are out for peak rut action or in states that open gun season during this time of the year.
By far , your location has the biggest impact on how successful rattling will be. Obviously, if there are no bucks where you are hunting then any deer calls including rattling will be a waste of time. But location is more than hunting where there are bucks. The doe-to-buck ratio has a big impact on how well rattling will be, regardless of the time of year or hunting pressure.
Rattling in areas with high doe numbers and fewer mature bucks make rattling inefficient. In areas with a high doe population, bucks do not have to compete as aggressively for breeding rights, which takes rattling out of the picture. This is one scenario where you should grunt for deer or try other calls such as a doe bleat instead.
Bonus rattling tip for deer hunting the rut — Target active scrapes for rattling. Areas like these have obvious rut signals , meaning bucks are looking for a challe nge. Rattling in bucks during the rut is one exciting way to close the distance on a mature whitetail. With rattling deer calls and a good understanding of the basics, chances are you might be able to entice that shooter buck close enough.
I have found a rattle bag works well. I have carried one for years and are inexpensive also less bulky than real. Along with taking wind direction into account, all of our experts agree that you have to keep in mind that deer have excellent hearing.
And wherever you set up, our experts stress that you must remain vigilant during the rattling process. Some bucks will race up to you as if their lives depended upon it, while others will tiptoe in. I thought that some of our experts might use synthetic antlers, or alternatives such as commercial rattling bags. Instead, they all prefer the real thing, agreeing that nothing beats them for sound. When it comes to size, their preferences vary.
As far as Shockey is concerned, large rattling antlers are not necessary to call in large bucks. Lintott agrees. Regarding the use of decoys to complement the rattling, there is agreement that decoys have value, but they seldom use them.
All of our experts stress the importance of getting to your rattling location as quietly as possible. Interestingly, Lintott, Shockey and Ongaro start by using a grunt call to mimic the sound of bucks confronting each other. Lintott starts with a couple of soft grunts before switching to a doe-in-heat call, while Ongaro sticks with the grunt call only. He then uses one of his rattling antlers to rake nearby trees as if only one buck has entered the arena and is displaying to an attending doe.
Two of our experts take this technique a step further by using their antler bases to pound the earth, mimicking the stomping hooves of an irate buck. Naturally, this tactic is reserved for those not in treestands. For many years, the prevailing wisdom was to start rattling with a light tickling of the antlers so as not to scare off any bucks that may be close by.
Our experts largely disagree with this approach, however. As such, he advocates rattling very aggressively right from the start, as do Shockey, Lintott and Ongaro. They continue this hard clashing of the antlers for 30 seconds up to a minute, interspersed with some forceful meshing of the antlers.
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