I have spent hundreds of days in stands over the years and I think stand placement and knowing your woods is more important than anything. I have rattled numerous bucks in though over the years and I have grunted them in too.I feel rattling is way more productive from my experience than grunting. Last year the 1st week in Nov I was in a stand and at noon it started raining; I decided to sit there and tough it out. I rattled a nice deer in the 150 class right up to the base of my tree. I didn't even know he was there till he was under neath me.I could have jumped on him.On Thanksgiving AM I always hunt and I have rattled several bucks up in the same AM doing this. It is all in timing. I have also found that REAL antlers work for rattling and the bag of dowel rods don't. Hunting funnels though is probably the best way to pick up bucks looking for does.
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