Sorry for my Late reply guys.....Im also the lead singer of the Band Fallen Within been really busy with band Stuff and my 3 kids....Im located in Walnut Ridge......i hunt alot around here on private land but do all my gun hunting up around smithville and lynn.....I usually take a trip down south on Casey Jones Wma,And Seven Devils Swamp Wma Down in drew county once a year..........
Well i did alot of Research with Bob Ramsey(Rattling goo Roo R.I.P) but my technics change with the Season.Most people i help or see Rattle take it all the wrong way thinking bucks are not necessarily stupid but dont pay attention or something...I rattle Pre-rut even in the begining of the year when deer are just feeding A few reasons why.Most bucks in the begining of the year run in pacts we all know this well the hardcore hunters but no one puts into play that bucks spar just like we like to hit each other wrestle around Ect.
And early season i lightly bang them around not hard nothing like a real fight just some simple bang and push and and do it in about 30 to 40 sec spots then stop for a few minutes do it again.....Most bucks even in early season know there herd so if they think some new bucks are moving in there going to check it out...Pre-rut i get a little more aggresive but i do more moch Scrapes and stuff in Pre-rut make them think of these new bucks are really taking over but still more of a fight type rattle but i have notice if you over rattle here you can really mess up but here i do more just horns hard pushes and Grunting alot in between.........
i do moch Scrapes way diffrent and ill bring that up some other time lol.......but RUT is were the fun begins and you want to Rattle Right at the begining of rut when there really mad and wanting to fight wanting to get to the girl first.....I change my style alot here Now you want to make as much noise as possable i mean Bushes Rattling hitting the horns as loud as you possably can and i think most people here are still worrying about oh well i cant be seen so if i move or make to much noise ill mess up well i get in a brush top make sure theres nothing blocking your down wind view and make sure to use alot of cover scent but i will beat bushes the leaves on the ground deer are very athletic and a fight most of the time determines whos stronger think about it are they worried about the bush they hit or the noise there making nope so why should you beat the ground hit the horns hard make a crap ton of noise...
but heres my Exact strategy i Rattle spacing the hits out but alot of noise on the ground for about 90 to 100 seconds stop then for about 5 minutes now next time i rattle i do it alot softer because you want the buck to think the fights still on and its moved a bit further away so hes going to come in stronger now And grunt alot..If you got a Roar use the snort and wheeze..But it usually will take a mature buck around 15 to 20 minutes to move in becuase he will 90% of the time Circle you so if you see the little bucks let them go that big buck isnt going to think anything but he got ran off not that he seen something he wasnt suppose to...But if you dont see anything for about 20 or 30 minutes or so i usually will move locations i will go over a hilltop or find another draw and do it all over again dont be affraid to rattle in the mid day hours also...If you got some friends get them to come out and spot for you..out of my research i have figured out that if a rattler brings in ten bucks he will see 2 of them so spotters can keep in touch and let you know whats coming in...
I hope this helps out these are just things that work for me Everyone might not have as much success with it......And another pointer if a buck comes in and runs off and its the Shooter dont be affraid to get out of your stand and sneak after him whats the Worst you can do Fail you might even get close enough to bag him
its his territory hes not leaving it cause a human scared him :
weeeeeee that was alot sorry for such a big reply and typos never was good at English
