grunting or rattling

[Bigralphy]

Is it to early yet to start grunting and/or rattling? I am fairly new to the sport so sorry for the dumb question.

[Top Dawg]

I am going too guess you are asking about deer but Yes it is too soon wait till the Deer are in rut about week 2 of Nov... Just my 2 cents..

[lightfoot]

I have taken lots of deer grunting and rattling and I think that right now you can do both just don't hunt the same stand day in day out. If you rattle and grunt in one area give it a break.The only difference is that the deer won't come charging in to you like they do in November they will usually sneek in and you have to really play the wind.

I sppoked 2 bucks a week ago and brought one back to me like he was on a string with a grunt tube. The only problem was he was head on.

Deer are curious but cautious.

[Bandit]

I grunted my 5x5 in last year on Sept 5, 2 days after the opening day with the same grunt tube and sequence as I use November. Grunting can be effective anytime, but I would agree with Lightfoot becareful as to how much and where.

Bandit

[pockets]

mid sept i seen 2 deer pushing each other around and you could hear thier antlers clacking together, you could rattle early and deer would come out of curiosity, but if you got too aggressive it would probably scare them.

[swamper]

Last night I watched a pair of 3 point mulies sparring. They weren't going at it too hard but it was fun to watch. Going to go back tomorrow with the vid cam to see if I can get some footage. There were 21 deer in the field but of course there was a huge NO HUNTING sign on the fence. I have permission to go in with the camera but not to hunt. They sure react to a fawn call. I had one literally run out of the bush to see what was happening.

[bogger]

hey swamper do you mean fawn in distress? i was waching a cyote video and they were calling them in with a fawn in distress call, and the mule deer left there own young and came running in. ive been trying the same for whitetail with no luck yet. thanks richard

[elkaholic]

I like to rattle the last two weeks of October and have had good success by mixing grunts in with my rattle sequences trying to mimic the excersion of two bucks pushing each other around. After each rattle sequence I'll also dominant grunt and throw the odd tending grunt call in as well.

My sequence starts as follows: dominant grunts followed by light rattling or tickling at first then build in intensity and speed (not an all out banging, just quick tickling mixed with excersion grunts) usually lasting as long as my arms will allow.

The most important part of this early season rattling is rattling in, or close to their "personal space". Find where the bucks or bachelor buck groups are and where their feeding or if your careful where they're bedding and setup,(wind dictating) somewhere close and get ready because the resident bucks are very curious and in most cases will not tolerate any new competition in their area.(usually their pecking order is figured out by now and their quick to check out any new rivals)This works in the morning or evening.

I’ve done some open country rattling where I been able to see the deer first and was amazed at how well they’ve respond. It’s neat to see their reaction right from the start of your rattle…. a real confidence booster. Once you get on to it there's nothing like it. Good luck!!!!