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Re: Rattling Fool ..
« Reply #15 on: October 18, 2023, 03:56:45 PM »
If you are rattling for 5 minutes and only waiting 5 minutes there is where most of your problems lie. Try rattling for 30 seconds max this time of year and then waiting AT LEAST 20 minutes before even blinking. 30 minutes is better. If nothing shows relocate a couple hundred yards and try again.

Super helpfull. I have not been doing that lol

Remind me how does your late October rattling sequence go?
What would be your late season November sequence.
Asking for a friend,I swear. :chuckle:
Just so I have an idea .

You can probably find some good info from some of 3nails past threads…

https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,101693.30.html

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Re: Rattling Fool ..
« Reply #16 on: October 19, 2023, 05:04:24 AM »
That WAS a good rattling thread.  I'll be trying to rattle up some blackies soon

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Re: Rattling Fool ..
« Reply #17 on: October 23, 2023, 02:04:54 PM »
After 35 years of rattling blacktails, my best advice is Patience & Confidence.

I rattle hard for 30 seconds to a minute.  Then I wait for about 5 minutes, and rattle again for 20 seconds or so. If I"m confident there's bucks in the area I'll continue rattling occasionally for 25-30 before relocating.  I've had bucks walk in slowly while waiting and run in with their ears pinned back while I was rattling. 

If you get a bucks attention from quite a distance they sometimes start off running to the sound, then when you stop rattling they hit the brakes and listen and look for movement before walking to where the fight was coming from. Quite often they'll be fairly close when I start the second rattling sequence and coming charging in, catching me holding the antlers.

It doesn't always work, but with persistance bucks will respond.

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Re: Rattling Fool ..
« Reply #18 on: October 23, 2023, 02:20:42 PM »
I did look at that last thread from 3nails,good stuff in there for sure.
Tree killer great advise also.

I'll be using some of it. Had a hard weekend of walking.
My legs are fried,too many miles in the past three days.
So that's what I normally do,is trying to sit,call,or rattle,when my walking abilities are impaired.
Just to still get out and be actively hunting.

So keep it coming,any and all advise welcome.
I'll be most likely going to try rattling tomorrow.





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Re: Rattling Fool ..
« Reply #19 on: October 23, 2023, 03:07:16 PM »
Tree Killer is the real deal when it comes to rattling big blacktails in. You should see the photos he gets after season is over, rattling in the big ones.
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Re: Rattling Fool ..
« Reply #20 on: October 23, 2023, 03:57:14 PM »
Good thread.  Tree Killer, for blacktails and using a rifle...  Let's say you were in a unit with lots of clearcuts, reprod, mature stands, and typical alder stream buffer zones.  You've located active rubs. Where would you put yourself?  right on the edge? inside the clear cut to see as much real estate as you can? into the older stuff?   I know that deer are going to be where the deer are going to be...  But, how would you place yourself?

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Re: Rattling Fool ..
« Reply #21 on: October 24, 2023, 03:59:57 PM »
Good thread.  Tree Killer, for blacktails and using a rifle...  Let's say you were in a unit with lots of clearcuts, reprod, mature stands, and typical alder stream buffer zones.  You've located active rubs. Where would you put yourself?  right on the edge? inside the clear cut to see as much real estate as you can? into the older stuff?   I know that deer are going to be where the deer are going to be...  But, how would you place yourself?

I've never hunted in that particular scenario...but I'd want to be setup where there's good visibility and within shooting distance of bottom and the edge that has the wind coming towards me.  If nothing shows up I'd move into the timber, be it old growth or second growth.
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Re: Rattling Fool ..
« Reply #22 on: October 24, 2023, 05:31:44 PM »
Rattling and a little grunt, or raking a tree can go along way, at the right time of year. I love to rattle and rustle the brush for 20-30 seconds, then wait five min, another 15-20 seconds of rattling then a little victory grunt, wait five min and rub a small tree. I have had to dive out of the way on multiple occasions over the last 30 years. Good advice posted by some Blacktail killer above
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