Rattled in my first buck! (and shot him)

[topnotch]

sweet deer, way to go

[wt]

That's a great looking area and buck!,good job! I know what you mean about the ride out from behind the gate, I was about 6 miles behind a
gate chasing elk around and got way tired, and met a nice guy on a pilot/ rancher type quad and he gave me a lift out, I'm not sure he was supposed to be back there
but I was happy to see him. Again good job.

[pope]

nice job.  IT WORKS JUST NOT EVERY TIME. CONGRATS

I know, I hear you. I tried rattling for about 4 years before it worked for me. I learned a lot this year about what works and what doesn't.

Good work, nice buck and pretty awesome to take one up in the snow! Was this near Belfair? Also, do tell what you learned about rattling. Thanks in advance.

[WenHunter]

Great looking buck!!!!   

[julzzz]

 

[mdbuck5x5]

Good job...nice looking buck!

[carpsniperg2]

Congrats

[Arteman]

Great story and good buck, I was going to try the same thing last Saturday when i cut a fresh set of buck tracks in the snow, but I wanted to hurry to where i was going so didnt.  Regret I didnt try now, and glad it worked for you!

[KopperBuck]

Nice BT. Rattled a WT this year, makes it a lot of fun.

[Elkpiss]

Dam, did you shoot him in the face?

[doyourtime89]

Great looking buck   

[elkhuntindad]

great job, way to earn it 

[Skyvalhunter]

Congrats on a nice buck Sport!!

[True Sportsman]

nice job.  IT WORKS JUST NOT EVERY TIME. CONGRATS

I know, I hear you. I tried rattling for about 4 years before it worked for me. I learned a lot this year about what works and what doesn't.

Good work, nice buck and pretty awesome to take one up in the snow! Was this near Belfair? Also, do tell what you learned about rattling. Thanks in advance.

No not up in Dewatto. I shot him down by Morton. I love it down in Morton.

A couple things I learned about rattling this year. The deer I shot was by himself and was bedded about 100 yards from me down the hill (I found his bed later). I think you should assume something will come in on every set up. Get into the timber and rattle. So many times I tried to rattle in a clearcut thinking a deer would come out of the timber to me. I feel like a deer would be more likely to come in, when hearing rattling in the timber. If you cut some big buck tracks in the snow, try some rattling...

[ANDERWAGON]

Good work, thanks for the tips.