SO I have been hunting for about 10 years now and still not sure if I am doing this right. Can someone please explain to me how to call deer with a grunt tube. I have fawn bleat, doe call, young buck, and mature buck all in one tube. I don't think I have ever had anything respond to it. Now, I have used a rattle bag several times and got something in.
well grunting just depends on the person. some ppl only use a grunt to stop a deer in range. my self i like to grunt in hopes of calling 1 in but only at certain times of the year. iv had my best luck with a 3 grunt set ( tending grunt). 3 grunts about 1 second long a piece. i usually do this in conjunction with rattling. but with any form of calling your success ratio will be relatively low. im sure you will get lots of responses tho as there are many very knowledgable hunters on here. welcome to the forum
u can do some searching on the net or your local store and find some tapes/clips/dvds on how to do it but i mainly use short grunts, maybe a longer one mixed in. what i try and do is think of WHY the deer grunts, then immitate that situation... calling for a doe, challenging another buck etc. wouldnt play it like Satchmo but dont be afriad to get on that thing if a buck is a ways out. then u get into blind grunting or not (using it when u see or dont see deer) im sure others will chime in. errrup!
Thanks for the reply guys. I have never called anything in, I've always had better luck with scents but I am eager to put as many weapons in my arsonal of bowhunting. I will try to find some DVD's on the subject. Thanks again guys.
Burb, It's hit or miss a lot of places, right now an estrous doe is going to be HOT here in Ohio, and a tending buck brought a 100" buck running wild under my stand Sat. morning. The more "mature" the buck usually, the deeper the grunt, but that's not 100%, kind of like listening to Mike Tyson or Rampage Jackson talk and thinking that don't sound like a "tough guy" at all. My tending buck grunt I use is usually a serious of 4-5 quick grunts (maybe 1/2 second tops with a second of pause between), in various directions like he's chasing, following by a short longer grunt of maybe a second and a half. When using a rattling sequence, I use longer more aggressive grunts on TWO different tubes, and two DIFFERENT tones. Watching a buck tending a doe is worth a lifetime of lessons, as is watching a pair of bucks challenge each other. Having said all of that, if you don't have a good buck-to-doe ration, much of this is useless MOST of the time!!! As was said, watch a video, check youtube, and see what you can find, it may be quite helpful.
