Calling and Ratteling Blacktails

[smitty8202]

I just have a few questions abou said subject. What are some good tactics for calling and rattling blacktails. Also will a whitetail call work for bt? in the area i hunt the ruts starts a little earlier than most and i want to try this out. any tips will help thanks.

[smitty8202]

no one has any advice

[sirmissalot]

Your quesion has been up for an hour and a half.

I would tell you all I know but I've never done it succesfully.

[wormfood]

Love to help ya but I havent learned to speak blacktail yet.

[wormfood]

Have had some luck rattling though, blacktails seem to get pretty aggressive when you mess with heads. Have had a good bit of luck in late October with a rattle bag.

[kglacken]

I want to try it soon too. I have been seeing some signs of rut activity lately and I am going to give it a shot maybe sunday if not then i will next weekend. Im not going to get super aggressive yet  but if im having no luck I might try it out! 

[PolarBear]

Rattle and grunt lightly.  Do not get very agressive like you would with whitieseven during the pek of the rut.  Gonna take a buddy out next weekend to rattle him up a big. elusive blackie buck.  Last year I rattled up a little buck just by clinking an arrow against my bows riser. 

[smitty8202]

i have a rattle bag but do those work or should i try to aquire some shed antlers for a more natural sound. what are some of the rattling sequeneces you use.

[lokidog]

Rattle bags have good sound and are a lot more convenient to carry than a set of antlers....  They are nice because you can use the bag one-handed.  Haven't had any luck yet but will be trying it a bit this weekend.

[smitty8202]

i tried it a little bit last year but no luck. i went to wholesale sports and picked up a primos buck roar. has anyone tried this out on blacktails? will be in the woods tomorrow to try it out. so i will let you guys how it works if it does.

[deerslyr]

TreeKiller has it down to a fine science and kills some absolute monsters with traditional bow year after year. Havnt seen him on year lately but maybe he'll chime in. Also Rasbo has a very effective technique that I had never thought of, rattling while still hunting. Seems to have worked he nailed a good 2 point last year doing it. As for me, Ive never had much success doing it but I havnt tried it a whole lot 

[lokidog]

Last week at about 1:00 a.m. I heard rattling on the property north of me and a buck grunting on the road south of me.  That is only the second grunt I have ever heard in the woods.  I bought a grunt tube but it sounds really loud.  I think I will try rattling without the grunting first.

[smitty8202]

thanks for the advice guys i will put it to use

[big wood]

three years ago on 10/25 i rattled in a monster three point. I heard him in the brush circling trying to get wind of me. he came in real slow and right at dark he showed himself. scored 119 as a three point. I have been messing around with it for about 7 years and only had 4 bucks come in. I would say it works but not very productive.

[AKBowman]

Subject comes up multiple times every year. Bow4elk teaches classes on it. He is the best i have read

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