Blacktail

[Buck Rub Jr]

That 2X3 that my kids rattled up came in so hot that he almost ran over us.  I stopped him with a grunt at 20 feet!  I LOVE rattling in blacktails (whities too).

that's nuts! Sounds like a blast, we couldn't find a rattle bag anywhere recently, I wanted to try and rattle real bad! We were just south of porter in the Capitol Forest and only deer that we saw or even heard of were a little spike and forkey dead in a guys truck. Always got next year! Do you usually hunt the Capitol forest?

[PolarBear]

I have only hunted Capitol Forrest one time before and that was at least 15-16 years ago.  I went in practically blind. It seemed that the other folks were only interested in driving the roads and occasionally glassing.  We found and hiked in little overgrown spur roads that skirted reprod and big timber to do our rattling.  Most of the deer were on the South side of the unit.  A couple of the spikes were in the timber just up from the power lines on the Rock Candy side.  Talked to a couple of rigs and none of them had seen a single deer.  We sent an old timer in after the 2X3.

[Buck Rub Jr]

I have only hunted Capitol Forrest one time before and that was at least 15-16 years ago.  I went in practically blind. It seemed that the other folks were only interested in driving the roads and occasionally glassing.  We found and hiked in little overgrown spur roads that skirted reprod and big timber to do our rattling.  Most of the deer were on the South side of the unit.  A couple of the spikes were in the timber just up from the power lines on the Rock Candy side.  Talked to a couple of rigs and none of them had seen a single deer.  We sent an old timer in after the 2X3.

You must have the magic touch with your rattling! My pops and I made some pushes through some reprod down into a stand of old alders I think it was and tried to bleat and grunt but we had nothing come in. Maybe I need to be more patient because there was sign everywhere! Fresh rubs and nice trails. Do you usually head just into the timber to rattle and just hang in there for a bit?

[PolarBear]

I like to find a semi open spot where the timber and reprod meet and set up 30- 40 yards inside the timber.  I let things settle down for at least 15-20 minutes before calling.  I will start out with a doe bleat for a few minutes then let it calm down.  After a few times I break out the antlers.  Star out soft and gradually get more aggressive but not as much as you would with whitetails.  I also go light on the grunt tube.  Dig into the ground a little with the antlers and rake the brush.  I prefer real antlers to bags or fake ones. 

[Buck Rub Jr]

I like to find a semi open spot where the timber and reprod meet and set up 30- 40 yards inside the timber.  I let things settle down for at least 15-20 minutes before calling.  I will start out with a doe bleat for a few minutes then let it calm down.  After a few times I break out the antlers.  Star out soft and gradually get more aggressive but not as much as you would with whitetails.  I also go light on the grunt tube.  Dig into the ground a little with the antlers and rake the brush.  I prefer real antlers to bags or fake ones. 

awesome, I'll definitely give it a go next year. Thanks for the info and good luck for the rest of the season