Early season calls

For all those whitetail hunters out there. What are some of your early season calling tactics? Do you call at all? What is your preferred call?

 

I don't call at all, I've tried never any luck. Grunt or bleat

 

I grunted in a really nice buck in Nebraska in the first week of September years ago on an Indian reservation. It was in a hay field and not coming my way. I had a grunt tube in my pack and nothing to lose. After making a fool of myself with it, he finally got so curious that he came to 20 yards just to see what was up. I also rattled a buck in that was leaving on October 17th in Iowa. You just never know. When you have nothing to lose, try something.

 

If you want to whack some yearlings a doe bleat in the early season brings em running.

 

I might have to give this a shot. Would rather have a mature buck but the freezer is running mighty low!

 

I've had luck with a fawn in distress call. Does will come looking for the fawn that is in trouble.

 

Never had any luck but ill always give a fawn in distress call when i first get in to try and relax any deer in the area with any noise i made.

 

yes fawn in distress and I've called a few bucks with light social grunts. Just loud enough for them to barely hear it. Never get carried away if they don't respond I just put it away.

 

I don't call at all until I see a little frisky activity on my cameras. I then begin light rattling. The week of Halloween, I'm banging antlers pretty aggressively. I've rattled in a lot of bucks, and some really good ones too. I do mix in a few grunts with my rattling by Halloween.

 

Very light contact grunts have worked for me in the past during the early season. I don't blind call this early however.

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My strategy is to take out my call. Go put back in my car. Then leave it there.

 

Fawn in distress and light grunting have worked in the past. I only use them if I see deer that are out of range.

 

I generally don't have any issue seeing does so I don't bother with any calling to attract them to me. I won't bring my grunt tubes or rattling antlers to the stand until the first of November usually.

 

I avoid calling until it's late October and there's a buck out of range.

 

In the same boat as you.