Northern Ontario and rattling?
- Thread starter HChammer
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Yes Yes and Yes..... I've learned a lot about rattling in the last couple years.
!. You never know where the interest in your rattling will come from so stay sharp 360 deg.
Try to set up where you can see incomming traffic
2. don't be too aggressive with your rattling at first
3. Real antlers produce better results
4. use two lefts or two rights and cut the tips off for easier handling
5. Rattling from ground works better than from a stand.
Good luck and keep at it.
!. You never know where the interest in your rattling will come from so stay sharp 360 deg.
Try to set up where you can see incomming traffic
2. don't be too aggressive with your rattling at first
3. Real antlers produce better results
4. use two lefts or two rights and cut the tips off for easier handling
5. Rattling from ground works better than from a stand.
Good luck and keep at it.
I've been rattling for 20 years and it works . Often brings in curious does also looking to see which boys are fighting over them . There is a way to rattle correctly and you have to be within hearing distance of a rutting buck . I've had friends try rattling only to declare that it doesn't work . I've went right to the same areas within a few days and filled my tag . There were no bucks within hearing range when they rattled and there were when I rattled in the same place a few days later . The bucks are moving , not standing around waiting for you to rattle .
Once the rut is on, you are LESS likely to be successful rattling... when the does are hot, bucks are following their noses or an actual doe more so than their ears... your best success will come pre-rut... the bucks are getting randy, but the does have not come into estrus yet. Going back over my experiences, in Ontario, I have had the most success rattling during the last few days of October and first few days of November.
I have rattled in a couple.... It works big time..... Early season is best but I have had some luck at start of rut when the bucks are honing in on estrous does..
One piece of advice I can give is don't be afraid to get too loud.... Start off slow, like you were a buck doing a bit of sizing up and sparring, then have at it.... Pause for a break now and then and start the cycle again....
One of my most frustrating hunting experience happened rattling.... I actually rattled in two and they found each other before they found me and went at it..... That's why I say don't be afraid to be too loud.... Sitting quiet in the woods, they sounded like a flatbed carrying a load of steel rebar down a bumpy dirt road....
One piece of advice I can give is don't be afraid to get too loud.... Start off slow, like you were a buck doing a bit of sizing up and sparring, then have at it.... Pause for a break now and then and start the cycle again....
One of my most frustrating hunting experience happened rattling.... I actually rattled in two and they found each other before they found me and went at it..... That's why I say don't be afraid to be too loud.... Sitting quiet in the woods, they sounded like a flatbed carrying a load of steel rebar down a bumpy dirt road....
