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Story of an amateur hunter #2

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lenador:

--- Quote from: archeryrob on October 30, 2023, 04:54:43 pm ---I called a buck in 2020 the day before Halloween. I grunted him and he was like "Nope" and turned a away. I changed the call to a Doe Bleat and he did a 180 and died shortly later. I've called bucks off a scrape line with a doe bleat. They are worth having from Middle of October through December here in Maryland. "The rut" is not just during firearms season, it is every time any doe comes in heat and the boys get crazy. It's one crazy month with warm up before and tail downs covering 2 to 2 1/2 months.

Now, I have to state, many times if a buck is not actively searching, or if he is following a fixed scent already. He will not give two craps about a grunt from your mouth or call. I would say 70% of the time I get next to nothing or no reaction. Other times it is like magic and he will come in like on a line straight to you. It works less than it does work, but when it does, you'll never go hunting without it again.

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I'll have to give it a try. As far as weekends we only have one weekend between Nov 17-decemer 10 that isn't a fire arm weekend. I'm trying to learn what I can and apply it and see how it works. I've had people tell me not to grunt this early and I've had others say what you are saying. I got skunked this past weekend soni need to change things up.

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