RE: bowhunting and rattling??
I rattle with a rattle bag during bow hunting.I start out with sparring type noise early in the season,and get more aggressive from there.I rely on buck activity viewed while shinning deer,as well as gut instinct as to how agressive to be.I have rattled in several deer,but learned to not rattle until your absolutely ready to shoot.More than once I have rolled the bag before sun up,only to have deer come straight to my stand before I could shoot.They never hang around long enough doing that!
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