Best use of a call is to a deer you can see. Blind calling can bring in deer, but it can also drive them off (I have seen subordinate bucks slink off with their tails between their legs after hearing a low gutteral grunt like that made by a boss buck). Tune your grunter to a higher pitch of grunt, unless it is your intention to hunt only aggressive, dominant bucks, who tend to be quite rare. Calling also works best when deer are moving anyway ie, early morning, early evening, and all day during the rain.
Don't be afraid to call loud, particularly in windy or rainy conditions. I called in a spike buck with a grunt tube one time. I tried a number of times unsuccessfully to call to him, but had to blow it as hard as I could just to make him hear it in the rain a 100 yds away. When he heard it, he came in on a string, probably curious.




























