Who rattles for wt?

I use rattling occasionally, it will work better if the buck-doe ratio is low and it works better if the timing is right, either late pre-rut or early post rut. I have both a Lohman rattle box, as well as real rattle antlers. I think the sound of the antlers is better, but the rattle box is a whole lot more convenient. If you want to do it, you need to try it, wait about 20 minutes, move on, and try again. It won't work most of the time, and definitely won't work if you give up.

Here in New Brunswick our buck-doe ratio is not favourable so rattling is not terribly effective, nor is it very popular as a technique.
 
I have tried it once, Saw nothing that day. Not even a female. I didn't enjoy making all that noise. I'm not putting down rattleling. It's just not for my type of hunt. I like it quiet.
Now the guy that has the land next to our land, well this guy hunts one weekend of the season and he rattles every ten minutes. from sunrise to sunset. It's like he has his own band! He always complains that he doesn't see deer around his stand?
If you feel comfortable try it. What have you got to loose.
 
Keep Trying !!!

I rattle every year ,Oh what a rush when they come in!!! Right time right area you couldn't ask for a better tool.I have a 170 B.C & 188 BC & a 173 BC &4 other in between 148 & 168. says rattling works!!!
 
If a deer is within hearing distance he/she may or may not come in. I have never scared a deer rattling, called a few in and shot a few with the bow. Some came running making lots of noise(usually bigger bucks), some came in very quiet. Make sure if you rattle you do not start before legal light in case a deer is nearby and shows up while still dark. Its another method that can produce deer.
 
It is one of those things that if the timing is right it will work I have just used antlers so far but I going to add a rattle bag this year for portability. That and at least one grunt call (if it is multi tone)


If the buck to doe ratio is screwed ... shoot more does.
 
BUTCHJESSOP said:
I rattle every year ,Oh what a rush when they come in!!! Right time right area you couldn't ask for a better tool.I have a 170 B.C & 188 BC & a 173 BC &4 other in between 148 & 168. says rattling works!!!
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How about explaining when, where you rattle. Do you rattle in the bush, on field edges, sloughs, etc?
 
Here Ya go bigredd

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Its called scoutting and alot of it.Allot of time in the field, But its all ways the jealous ones first to criticize.Well get off your a$$ the big ones are not at your computer desk.More pics to come!!!Good luck to ya all that put the time in!!!
 
Been rattling deer for about 30 years now.
The best piece of advice i can give anybody wanting to stsrt, is to try and rattle where there is a high number of deer.
Doesn't do much good to call if you are in an area void of critters!:D


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Though my deer hunting experience is much greater in the east than in the west, what I have seen is that deer in the west are more susceptable to calling and rattling. I'm sure there are lots of factors which are responsible for this, but buck-doe ratio is definitely one of them. Our herd managers here in NB manage for maximum doe population, which doesn't stimulate competition among bucks. We do have buck fights here, and I have seen evidence of serious ones where one of the combatants was seriously or possibly fatally injured (Lots of blood). However those are very rare, and when a buck comes in here, it is largely curiousity.

In the very limited time I hunted out west in Alberta, I saw bucks fighting and lots of other evidence of spirited competition between bucks to breed. I'm sure Manitoba and Saskatchewan are similar. I have no doubt that rattling during the late pre-rut or early post-rut out there would be deadly, just like calling would be under the right circumstances. Really cold temps increases buck movement a lot, and I would speculate that it increases the buck's aggression level too, which would enhance the effectiveness of rattling. Our falls have been mild in NB lately, while out west there have still been some bone-chilling cold like in Butch's pics. When I was in Alberta last year the warmest day we hunted was a daytime high of -13 C before windchill:eek:. That will get deer on their feet, and sound travels pretty well in relatively open country on a cold day like that.
 
I do not know where horseshoes fit here. The guy lives in the middle of prime whitetail habitat obviously and spends time in the field.
If you have access to good country without intereference of the ignorant roadhunters then anybody living in Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta is going to get some big bucks. Like I met a guy the other day from Whitecourt and he has a 182 typical and a 216 Non-typical.

Good on ya' BUTCH.
 
Actually, Saskatchewan is probably one of the worst provinces for road hunters because of our grid road system. It's way too easy to amble around sipping coffee rather than busting your hump in the ravines.
 
Nice area Butch,nice deer also.I hunted the Ellice community pastues a couple of time.It is almost like the souris riverbend Wma not quite as wild though alot more pasture where you are.:)
 
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