Boyscout
11-25-2015, 06:13 PM
I may have purchased my last deer call. It seems that I am constantly banging them on something in the stand, losing them or they freeze up, and become frustrated by watching deer ignore them or worse spook.
I have had quite a bit of sucess calling in deer using just my voice over the past 10 years. I have had some of the same reactions from deer but without the cost. It also appears to me that I am more sucessful calling bucks than does and I do better when they are at least 50 yards away in moderate to heavy cover. My assumption is they will not come into a sound when they can confirm visually that nothing is where they hear the sound coming from.
I think I learned some of those lessons from turkey hunting also. My reprotoire is limited to buck and doe grunts, estrous bleats, and distressed fawn bawls. I have called deer in with all of them. The best part is I can judge by the deer's reaction if I am doing the right thing. I called in a monster buck this year by grunting but was unable to take advantage of the opportunity. Anyone else have sucess with using their voice?
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Picture taken shortly after I called him in. Maybe next year.
I have had quite a bit of sucess calling in deer using just my voice over the past 10 years. I have had some of the same reactions from deer but without the cost. It also appears to me that I am more sucessful calling bucks than does and I do better when they are at least 50 yards away in moderate to heavy cover. My assumption is they will not come into a sound when they can confirm visually that nothing is where they hear the sound coming from.
I think I learned some of those lessons from turkey hunting also. My reprotoire is limited to buck and doe grunts, estrous bleats, and distressed fawn bawls. I have called deer in with all of them. The best part is I can judge by the deer's reaction if I am doing the right thing. I called in a monster buck this year by grunting but was unable to take advantage of the opportunity. Anyone else have sucess with using their voice?
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Picture taken shortly after I called him in. Maybe next year.