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Rattling techniques

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DMcdonald

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Has anyone ever heard of dangling antlers on a string at ground level while setting up in tree and doing a rattling sequence? I heard about it on a episode of southern outdoorsman podcast. I would love to know how they do it exactly. Are there any YouTube video on it?
 
I think I read years ago where Larry Weishuhn did that in Texas

So the sound was coming down low where deer expect it and he had the elevation advantage from a ladder stand


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I do that out of a tree. One main line terminating into four leads with two different sets of antlers dangling. Just used paracord. Make it long enough where you can raise it up then crash into the ground and or into the tree you're sitting in.
 
This year was the first year I’ve done this and it worked on a good buck but he winded me. I clip my bow pull up rope (parachord) on the string I have my antlers tied together with and lower them to the ground. It makes good thrashing sounds too and rattles ok. I got the idea from the same podcast. I only tried it a few times this season but I will continue using it for sure.
 
Sounds good guys thanks for replying. I texted with my brother and he heard about using that technique also. My brother said he thought the guy on southern outdoor said he tied one antler higher up on cord so when you drop them from a foot or two up they crash together. Making rattling from ground level makes since to me. I don’t rattle very often cause I always worried about making noise up high.
 
DMcdonald said:
Sounds good guys thanks for replying. I texted with my brother and he heard about using that technique also. My brother said he thought the guy on southern outdoor said he tied one antler higher up on cord so when you drop them from a foot or two up they crash together. Making rattling from ground level makes since to me. I don’t rattle very often cause I always worried about making noise up high.
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I had to play with how close I had the antlers tied together a little but once I got that they started to sound good. About 12” of rope tying them together with a loop to clip on my lowering rope did it for me. I might have to try offsetting the loop to see if that helps like your brother said.
 
I am a new hunter. I did this technique last year and got a nice six pointer! This was my first year saddle and I let a buddy borrow my plastic antler this year. I have flex tone I think. I tie a string between the two antlers. Clip the bow tow to the string. It’s good to rustle some brush while bouncing those.
dont Rattle without a lot of cover around or place the ground antlers in a bush or thick stuff. If you call in a buck and he doesn’t see anything it’s usually all over. I
 
DMcdonald said:
Has anyone ever heard of dangling antlers on a string at ground level while setting up in tree and doing a rattling sequence? I heard about it on a episode of southern outdoorsman podcast. I would love to know how they do it exactly. Are there any YouTube video on it?
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That’s probably overthinking it. I don’t rattling would work when a deer is close enough to tell that the sound is 20’ off the ground. John Eberhart did a great video on rattling. Eberhart Outdoors on YouTube.
 
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