When do you guys start grunting, calling, rattling etc?? Obviously during the rut you would, but what about in the early season? Is it worth your time to do any of these things now?
Thanks
p.s. My buddy has a Monster 10 pt. blow by his stand at mach 10 this morning….It had 3 coyotes hot on his tail 
Slop, come @ the second week in Oct I like to, and have had a decent response with, light tinging of the tines along with some young buck grunts. I feel that smashing the horns together isn’t a natural sound to them until alot closer to the rut. The thing I want to learn to do like Eddie Salter is the Grunt, Snort, Wheez. Man the response you can get with that!! I’ve tried and they just look at me like “what in the heck?????” LOL just my $.02 Brad
Slop, come @ the second week in Oct I like to, and have had a decent response with, light tinging of the tines along with some young buck grunts. I feel that smashing the horns together isn’t a natural sound to them until alot closer to the rut. The thing I want to learn to do like Eddie Salter is the Grunt, Snort, Wheez. Man the response you can get with that!! I’ve tried and they just look at me like “what in the heck?????” LOL just my $.02 Brad
J they are coming to a sparring tickle of the antlers right now and I mean daily.
J they are coming to a sparring tickle of the antlers right now and I mean daily.
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J they are coming to a sparring tickle of the antlers right now and I mean daily.
Sparring tickle, Gregg???? 
Is that under the armpits or side of the ribs??? 
It was a beautiful morning to be in my ole reliable stand! 
Never even seen a squirrel lookin for nutz! 
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J they are coming to a sparring tickle of the antlers right now and I mean daily.
Sparring tickle, Gregg???? Is that under the armpits or side of the ribs???
It was a beautiful morning to be in my ole reliable stand! Never even seen a squirrel lookin for nutz!
Anytime from here on out Slop and the closer it gets to cold weather the better they respond. By the end of october thier rareing to go. Muskyman i use grunt snort wheeze and it really does work. Its the sounds of bucks facing off and standing thier territory and not joking around. Ive pulled in quite a few bucks like this and for me they come in alot closer than just grunting. I got a lessons tape of a guy doing this and i tried it, it wasen’t too many trips to the stand later and i had bucks coming. This technique is better than just grunting too me but im sure thiers times when they come to other calls better. I rely on it more than any other call though. Heres a trick i use to set deer at ease,,,while on your way to the stand or changing positions and a deers goes on alert but can’t make you out but knows theres something there, i use a turkey diaphram call that i keep in my mouth while walking to or leaving positions and it works. I’ve had deer go on aleart and i just yelped a few times and they go right back to what thier doing, it really does work. Plus while in the stand hunting if the woods fall asleep use it to wake the woods up and get it moving again, theres lazy days in the woods too when things aren’t moving much and things need to get going.. One late afternoon i tried this and a few minutes later a turkey on the ground flew up on a limb next to me about 10 ft. away. Diaphram calls are a must for me while walking. I know theres lots of guys who have spooked deer while walking, they go on alert and all i do is yelp a couple of times and they go right back to what they were doing befor.
Anytime from here on out Slop and the closer it gets to cold weather the better they respond. By the end of october thier rareing to go. Muskyman i use grunt snort wheeze and it really does work. Its the sounds of bucks facing off and standing thier territory and not joking around. Ive pulled in quite a few bucks like this and for me they come in alot closer than just grunting. I got a lessons tape of a guy doing this and i tried it, it wasen’t too many trips to the stand later and i had bucks coming. This technique is better than just grunting too me but im sure thiers times when they come to other calls better. I rely on it more than any other call though. Heres a trick i use to set deer at ease,,,while on your way to the stand or changing positions and a deers goes on alert but can’t make you out but knows theres something there, i use a turkey diaphram call that i keep in my mouth while walking to or leaving positions and it works. I’ve had deer go on aleart and i just yelped a few times and they go right back to what thier doing, it really does work. Plus while in the stand hunting if the woods fall asleep use it to wake the woods up and get it moving again, theres lazy days in the woods too when things aren’t moving much and things need to get going.. One late afternoon i tried this and a few minutes later a turkey on the ground flew up on a limb next to me about 10 ft. away. Diaphram calls are a must for me while walking. I know theres lots of guys who have spooked deer while walking, they go on alert and all i do is yelp a couple of times and they go right back to what they were doing befor.
Mossy, I agree with the turkey call ( altho I never thought of useing a turkey call tho) to settle a deers nerves. I have a buddy that can do a squirrel chatter just awesome with his own voice and that is what he does. To me it makes sense. I also have another buddy that swears, that during the rut he runs to his stand….for one he gets there quicker and two that is a very normal sound at that time of year! Both of them would seem to make sense to a deer and might not make them so uneasy. Actually anything that us hunters can take what we learn in the woods and use it to our benefit is helpful in our pursuit of the weary whitetail. Maybe some of you guys can chime in here of similar methods you use such as a turkey, squirrel calls or whatever works for you. Brad
Mossy, I agree with the turkey call ( altho I never thought of useing a turkey call tho) to settle a deers nerves. I have a buddy that can do a squirrel chatter just awesome with his own voice and that is what he does. To me it makes sense. I also have another buddy that swears, that during the rut he runs to his stand….for one he gets there quicker and two that is a very normal sound at that time of year! Both of them would seem to make sense to a deer and might not make them so uneasy. Actually anything that us hunters can take what we learn in the woods and use it to our benefit is helpful in our pursuit of the weary whitetail. Maybe some of you guys can chime in here of similar methods you use such as a turkey, squirrel calls or whatever works for you. Brad
Heard of both the turkey and squirrel calls being used for covering up unwanted sounds while traveling. Have personally used a faster walk (didn’t run) with a tending grunt when traveling to stand during the pre-rut and rut.
As far as the early season deer calling, everything is done more quiet and less aggressive. Mature bucks generaly do not respond to aggressive calling until late Oct.early Nov. …light is key whether it is the grunting or rattling. Certainly have seen the snort-wheeze call being used on videos haven’t used it myself. Had a friend seen a dominant buck use it while tending a scrape with a subordinant buck gettting too close to him. This was Friday evening. Haven’t personally heard while in the woods.
Heard of both the turkey and squirrel calls being used for covering up unwanted sounds while traveling. Have personally used a faster walk (didn’t run) with a tending grunt when traveling to stand during the pre-rut and rut.
As far as the early season deer calling, everything is done more quiet and less aggressive. Mature bucks generaly do not respond to aggressive calling until late Oct.early Nov. …light is key whether it is the grunting or rattling. Certainly have seen the snort-wheeze call being used on videos haven’t used it myself. Had a friend seen a dominant buck use it while tending a scrape with a subordinant buck gettting too close to him. This was Friday evening. Haven’t personally heard while in the woods.
had a very nice 130-140 class 10pt last night about 80yds away in a clear cut, I was 50 yds in the woods, gave a little grunt, he looked then went back to eating, about 10min later he was walking futher away so I got a little aggressive on the grunt and gave him 3 good snorts, looked my direction, looked the other way and took off blowing 
must not be quite right yet, oh well I would have passed on him anyway but it would have been cool to see him a little closer.
had a very nice 130-140 class 10pt last night about 80yds away in a clear cut, I was 50 yds in the woods, gave a little grunt, he looked then went back to eating, about 10min later he was walking futher away so I got a little aggressive on the grunt and gave him 3 good snorts, looked my direction, looked the other way and took off blowing
must not be quite right yet, oh well I would have passed on him anyway but it would have been cool to see him a little closer.
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