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osage outlaw:
I very rarely make any calls. I like the deer to walk by relaxed and not looking for anything. Calling can also scare deer away.
bjrogg:
You got that right Osage. If they aren't looking for you or something else they won't scare or see you. If their on alert anything can make them run. Keep them relaxed or your chances go way down.
Bjrogg
Pat B:
I've had good and bad experiences with calls. A doe call can be calming to other deer. A buck call can bring other bucks in but a dominant call will scare most smaller deer off. In certain conditions a dominant call will bring in a wanna bow dominant buck but in most of my experiences dominant calls scare deer off.
I was sitting on the ground against a very large long leaf yellow pine and got out a fawn bleat and started wailing on it. I waited a few minutes and hit it again. After about 15 minutes nothing happened so I started t get up. All of a sudden the doe that was standing right behind me snorted. She was so close I could feel the snort on the back of my neck but I never heard her come in behind me. Needless to say it scared the crap out of me and I never had a chance for a shot. Bleat calls can be effective in the early season but if a doe hears it she will come in on point ready for a fight so it's hard to get a good, clean shot at her.
Pappy:
I always have my call but usually only do doe bleeps and only then when it is the last resort after the deer looks like it isn't going to give me a shot. I have had it work many time and they just turn and come right in, also some time pay no attention at all but have rarely seen it scare one off. It's like rattling horns, there is a time and place, sometimes it helps and sometime not. Nothing to really rely on but just another tool in your tool box that might give an edge from time to time. :)
Pappy
Urufu_Shinjiro:
--- Quote from: Pat B on October 19, 2016, 11:10:14 am ---After about 15 minutes nothing happened so I started t get up. All of a sudden the doe that was standing right behind me snorted. She was so close I could feel the snort on the back of my neck but I never heard her come in behind me. Needless to say it scared the crap out of me
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Now THAT'S funny, lol.
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