Curious about your sit.

[preachermantom]

How many sit quiet the whole time?

How many use grunts, rattle, bleets all the time?

How many use them occasionally?

 

[backyardtndeer]

I use my grunt and can call occasionally. I use the grunt more, especially right now. I do call blind as well as calling deer I see. Deer here are very vocal right now.

 

[thale51]

I typically just sit quiet the whole time. I've never had any luck rattling, but have had some younger, smaller bucks come in to a bleat can/buck grunt combo.

 

[ROVERBOY]

Rattling has never worked for me. I grunt and bleat at deer I see.

 

[swampbadger]

I use the doe bleat a lot almost season long. If I'm hunting a bedding area and suspect a buck is laid down close by, I remain silent and also do not use doe estrus or buck urine.

This time of year I also use a tending buck grunt

 

[UCStandSitter]

I play the sound of a bag of corn being poured out over a loudspeaker. Works every time. Believe neighboring property conditioned em

 

[.243 Deer]

I never use calls. Never had luck with them and in my area it seems to actually repel them away.

 

[TN Larry]

I sit quiet mostly. I may do a series of doe bleats and grunts once or twice during the hunt but don't like the thought of a big deer circling down wind and not seeing it.

I will bleat and grunt at a deer going the opposite direction. I bleated at 2 of my top 3 scoring deer as they appeared to be walking away. Not sure if that's what worked but both ended up at 40 yds.

 

[DMD]

How many sit quiet the whole time?

How many use grunts, rattle, bleets all the time?

How many use them occasionally?

I never sit quiet whole time. How much i rattle, grunt, bleat all depends on a lot of factors. Some of the factors are:

Time of year
Terrain feature I'm hunting
Is the spot a feed area or rut funnel
Deer movement in general
Weather
Hunting pressure

Movement has been slow to non-existent this season, but picking up now. I called most all morning. Every 15 minutes or so.