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Calling and Ratteling Blacktails
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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.
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no one has any advice
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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.
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Re: Calling and Ratteling Blacktails
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Love to help ya but I havent learned to speak blacktail yet.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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October 21, 2011, 12:44:22 PM »
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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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thanks for the advice guys i will put it to use
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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.
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Subject comes up multiple times every year. Bow4elk teaches classes on it. He is the best i have read
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,63061.msg784767.html#msg784767
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