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Rattling Whities... ??
« on: November 15, 2012, 09:07:23 AM »
Talk to me a little about your rattling success.

My buddy hiked into a spot yesterday, on a whim... no human prints at all... in the snow, so easy to tell.

He sat down and spotted a whitey buck about 500 yards off... so he pulled his horns out and started rattling... the buck gave a massive grunt that he heard from that far off then came at a dead run and didn't stop till he was 200 yards away. He catches movement off to the side and sees another buck coming in... then another from another way.... THEN... one more! All little four points. The first buck turned broadside and he dumped him....

This area has potential to have a big mature buck. Do you think if I went up there and pulled the same gig, 2 days later, I could rattle in a bigger deer if I was to let all those little ones walk? Or are smaller bucks more susceptible to rattling in???

I will likely be up there at O'Dark-thirty tomorrow morning...regardless!   :dunno:
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Re: Rattling Whities... ??
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2012, 11:44:32 AM »
No one??

Doesn't matter, I have to go home and clean my jeans anyhow after Doug posted up that fricken pig muley... Now I am not sure if I'm after a muley or whitey these last two weeks!!!!
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Re: Rattling Whities... ??
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2012, 12:02:41 PM »
I don't think it bothers them bucks too much right now. We have whitetail does and little bucks crawling all over our place and we were shooting at a coyote, the deer took off for about 20 minutes and then they all came back. Even a few new bucks came back with them.
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Re: Rattling Whities... ??
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2012, 12:05:13 PM »
I have not hunted them before so I am no use on this topic, wish I had some help.
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Re: Rattling Whities... ??
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2012, 12:15:46 PM »
I guess my main question, for anyone with experience, is... do the bigger bucks readily rattle in, or should I just still hunt the area??
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Re: Rattling Whities... ??
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2012, 12:20:44 PM »
THey come in, but usually takes longer and they just "appear".   Young ones usually come full speed "touch base" and hit the door running.

 


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