ricky racer
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Evidently we hunters are going about calling deer in the wrong way....
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A More Effective Form Of Deer Calling?
- Thread starter ricky racer
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My best tactic of calling deer is to just remain quiet and still
I only carry snd its very rare a grunt call when i know bucks are searching.
might be a mistake not to but its just how ive learned to be.
If i see a seeker i will hit the call softly a few times thats it.
i never blind call or blow into the call super loud.
bucks are not dumb and they learn quickly like turkeys do to become call shy.
I think calling can be effective when the sex ratio is more balanced because it bring competition for girls with bucks.
again just my opinion
I only carry snd its very rare a grunt call when i know bucks are searching.
might be a mistake not to but its just how ive learned to be.
If i see a seeker i will hit the call softly a few times thats it.
i never blind call or blow into the call super loud.
bucks are not dumb and they learn quickly like turkeys do to become call shy.
I think calling can be effective when the sex ratio is more balanced because it bring competition for girls with bucks.
again just my opinion
ricky racer
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Robert, did you watch the video?
Not once, but twice this year I had does come in to eat under the wild cherry trees I was set up amidst. After a half hour beyond legal shooting time I got impatient and started talking to the does trying to convince them to leave without directly giving up my spot. In a calm voice I kept saying "Alright ladies, its time to go home let me out of the tree." Both times, instead of leaving the does walked directly up to the tree I was in looking to see what was making that noise. . . . You may be on to something here @ricky racer.
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I did. Lmao. Its on tik tok too.
i was just telling my experience with calling.
One stick climbing. Swear that calls them in.
@boyne bowhunter I've done that before too, tried coyote howling and she just stared at me.
@boyne bowhunter I've done that before too, tried coyote howling and she just stared at me.
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I truly believe I called in a few curious deer when I used to use a Summit climber. That crunching of bark made them curious. It was an unhealthy curiosity, lol.
Sometimes after dark I coyote howl to run them off and sometimes I owl hoot really loud.
Sometimes after dark I coyote howl to run them off and sometimes I owl hoot really loud.
BowhunterXC
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Deer can be conditioned to respond to nearly anything. In Texas, where they use a lot of feeders on ranches, they also use an electronic caller that sounds like a mechanical feeder, when it turns on and spreads feed pellets.
Similarly, if you walk into an area and make a particular sound/noise, as you put out food for deer, they will get accustomed to you being there and see you as a food source. Befriending deer like this isn't good for the deer and can be dangerous for people.
In Texas, where they use a lot of feeders on ranches, they also use an electronic caller that sounds like a mechanical feeder, when it turns on and spreads feed pellets.Similarly, if you walk into an area and make a particular sound/noise, as you put out food for deer, they will get accustomed to you being there and see you as a food source. Befriending deer like this isn't good for the deer and can be dangerous for people.