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Gutpile:
When I was a kid the old man across the street used to rattle deer a lot. He loved talking about it to the kids who hunted. I cannot seem to make it work though. I've never rattled up a deer. So to you experienced rattlers, school me. I usually hit them hard and really go to town for a few minutes and wait and watch then repeat every 1/2 hours or so. Should I just "tickle" them? I also only do it during late buck when they're rutting, is this correct?

Help me out.

Thanks.

PolarBear:
They probably winded you or picked up your movement.  Once you stop rattling, you have to be super still.  They will usually come at you from down wind.

runningboard:
the buck/doe ratio needs to be in synch for it to work very well. if they don't have to compete for does they tend not to respond. ditto on the wind/scent. when I rattled one in last year I knew this about the direction they'll come in and purposely blew my breath to check the wind (it was cold) and then I turned my head to follow my breath and when I did there he was 57 paces away downwind looking right at me.
I combined rattling with a grunt tube & the "can" estrus bleat, total sequence, about 45 seconds.

runningboard:
quoting myself from a way earlier post about my own success at rattling.

--- Quote ---I used the "can" estrus bleat twice, grunted once, the can once more & grunted once more. then I rattled with a bag for about 40-45 seconds and grunted once. I used my breath to check the wind (it was cold!) and looked downwind about thirty seconds after the last grunt and there was a whitetail at 57 paces (paced afterwards).
--- End quote ---

Bigshooter:
I have found it very hard to rattle in a bt buck.  I have rattled in a lot of bt does though.  I like to start with a 2 or 3 quit grunts and then 2 or 3 louder ones.  Wait about 30 seconds shake some brush and then lightly rattle the horns together for 30 seconds to 1 minute.  Do not bang the horns together.  Wait 1/2 hour and repeat.  This year I will start doing this around oct. 20th until the end of the early season.  Once the rut is in full swing the bucks just don't want to come in to rattling any more.  This year I am going to try and use the can in late buck season and see how it works.

If you are hunting over bait and having trouble with bucks coming in before dark, try rattling.  They will come in a little earlier.

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