I hunt in west central illinois and have had success on acouple ofoccasions. The buck to doe ratio on my ground seems to be very low, about 2/10 or 2/12. But if used at the right time, early to mid november, my rattling has seemed to be successful. I have rattled in and harvested two bucks in the last 3 years. Needless to say, the two bucks combined maybe scored 250, but rattling still worked.