Call help

[CBMS]

So I have this brand new hobby to me, and am learning the basics from trial and error (because it seems no old duffers are willing to take on a newbie this year) and I am trying to figure out how to properly call in game. I have a deer and a bear call.
Does anyone have any good resources about this sort of thing?
Thank you!
CBMS

 

[canuck98k]

When I first got a doe bleat, a did a bit of googling and found many sights that let you listen to different calls. I sat there like an idiot, practicing, but come deer season, the little bugger sure gets their attention.

They probably think I'm a retarded deer, but they did respond to it.

 

[AR15]

Best advice i follow for deer calls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8QzVkQ5otQ

 

[sjemac]

So I have this brand new hobby to me, and am learning the basics from trial and error (because it seems no old duffers are willing to take on a newbie this year) and I am trying to figure out how to properly call in game. I have a deer and a bear call.
Does anyone have any good resources about this sort of thing?
Thank you!
CBMS

The good thing about being a newb is that you will learn things the duffers would never teach you because they don't know them. I taught myself and kill several deer every year -- many of them using techniques and methods the "veterans" never thought of or had dismissed as unworkable.

The first year hunting in big game country (originally from PEI) I got nothing. The next year I finally figured my buck out on the second last day. That was 12 years ago and I've killed well over 60 big game animals since then. I am now the unofficial guide for my Alberta born friends who have hunted all their lives.

Too many of the duffers hunt in a certain way because their Dad or Grandpa told them that was the way it should be. New and unique methods that don't fit what they were told are dismissed or ridiculed. You don't need an experienced hunter out with you, you just need to get out and get the experience.

For what it's worth though, ditch the calls and learn how to locate and track sign. If you find where the animals want to be, you don't need them and unless you're really good with them you'll likely drive more animals away than you attract.


Yeah what AR15 said.

 

[Duffy]

There are heaps of videos that show techniques for calling game. Find a place you can rent some and watch each a couple of times.

A very BIG consideration is your "set up" where you are calling from .

You don't want to call in an animal that you will not be able to get a shot at. You don't want to call in an animal that can approach you from down wind and identify you before you see it.

I would say the actual sounds you make are less important than the "set up".


A good strategy is to have two hunters. A caller and a shooter.