Hunting Washington Forum

Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: nategood21 on December 20, 2013, 01:35:35 PM

Title: Rattling question
Post by: nategood21 on December 20, 2013, 01:35:35 PM: Are mule deer able to be rattled in like whitetail are?

Sent from my C771 using Tapatalk 2
Title: Re: Rattling question
Post by: bobcat on December 20, 2013, 01:58:08 PM: I'm sure it would work if the timing was right. What time of the year are we talking about?
Title: Re: Rattling question
Post by: boneaddict on December 20, 2013, 01:59:23 PM: Not nearly as effective, but yes.
Title: Re: Rattling question
Post by: nategood21 on December 20, 2013, 02:19:45 PM: I'm thinking about switching to archery next year and was curious if rattling would work for mule deer. So during archery regular and late seasons time frame

Sent from my C771 using Tapatalk 2
Title: Re: Rattling question
Post by: boneaddict on December 20, 2013, 02:21:35 PM: All the success I have had has been late season, mostly second rut.
Title: Re: Rattling question
Post by: nategood21 on December 20, 2013, 02:25:35 PM: How aggressively do you rattle when you do get a response?

Sent from my C771 using Tapatalk 2
Title: Re: Rattling question
Post by: boneaddict on December 20, 2013, 02:27:53 PM: Way less than whitetails, and it takes longer. I've experimented while watching bucks and their reactions. MUST be more patient than with whitetails.
Title: Re: Rattling question
Post by: nategood21 on December 20, 2013, 02:31:14 PM: Next year's deer season will be my first trying to rattle in a buck trying to learn as much about it as I can

Sent from my C771 using Tapatalk 2
Title: Re: Rattling question
Post by: boneaddict on December 20, 2013, 02:35:09 PM: Just remember that in Washington woods, you will probably rattle in more hunters than deer.
Title: Re: Rattling question
Post by: nategood21 on December 20, 2013, 08:39:18 PM: I know -.- that's why I'm switching to archery. Hearing machine gun like fire for one deer over and over again this season and hunters everywhere was the last straw this year. Might as well have been up colockum during opening elk

Sent from my C771 using Tapatalk 2