Getting a buck to come in?

[Kc_Kracker]

Are bucks more inclined to come in on a doe or buck call? just curious what method most find works best.

[boneaddict]

Buck

[nwwanderer]

Agree, second might be unusual noise, curiosity. 

[Jonathan_S]

Definitely buck in my experience.  Especially for a buck older than 2.5 

As for "unusual noises" when calling.  If you hear a cracking stick - and it's been 5 minutes.  Probably a buck so don't get fidgety.

[Jonathan_S]

Seems like every time a dominant buck approaches a setup cautiously, he breaks a stick when he's 50-75 yards out and then holds up waiting.  Observations from an obsessed but average hunter.

[Kc_Kracker]

Ok so what would be a good "buck" call for BT?

[boneaddict]

havent put too much research into it. I just grab whats on the shelf at cabelas. Seems like its usually a Primos or something like that.   Blacktails and Muleys usually have one and whitetails have one.  Either will work for either species, but usually the whitetails have a faster "cadence" and not as deep.   Whitetails tend to respond more aggressively to a "call"

[cavemann]

for me in the past it has been the sound of my belt coming off to take care of business, the sound of my gun leaning against a tree to peel a layer or the rustling for my lunch with gun out of reach...  Seems they like all those sounds and then disappear!!

[Molon5labe]

Ok so what would be a good "buck" call for BT?

rattling?

[Kc_Kracker]

for me in the past it has been the sound of my belt coming off to take care of business, the sound of my gun leaning against a tree to peel a layer or the rustling for my lunch with gun out of reach...  Seems they like all those sounds and then disappear!!

of course, and if i want a fish to bite i just pee, drop a duece or start pouring coffee but the most effective way to get a bits is unzip for any reason

[Wetwoodshunter]

Apples and Wet COB 
I have heard of people using the grunt cans, but no luck for me with them.

Ok so what would be a good "buck" call for BT?

rattling?

[Kc_Kracker]

Ihave heard BT's wont come in on a WT call?

[Scuffy]

In my opinion it depends on what time of the season. Pre-rut a grunt will work best as mature bucks are establishing their territory. As it moves closer to peak time, doe bleat brings bucks crashing in. As it turns to peak time a combination of bleat and grunt imitates a buck and doe pairing up and brings out mature bucks to check out who is intruding their territory.

I’ve hunted whitetail my entire life, but have hunted blacktail one day in my life. It was late November 19-20ish and I called in two young bucks and a mature 4x4 with a Primos can doe bleat.

[fishnfur]

.... and a bleat can has never produced a BT buck for me, even after a few thousand calls.

Walmart carries a BT and Muley grunt call - or at least they used to.  The tube on the BT call seemed to be smaller diameter.  One member here has pretty good success working reprod units in areas of fresh rubs.  He detailed it last year.  I'll let you search the forum for the thread.  Search "grunt tubes" and see what that gets you.  Perhaps "calling Blacktails".  Rattling should also be in your playbook.  Good results on that one by searching the forum as well.

[Kc_Kracker]

i got a quality call today that pretty much covers all aspects, now to get it down decent.