RE: When do you guys start rattling?
You can startdoing a little light rattling now in the early part of the season , once you have seen rubs on the trees thats a pretty good sign to start rattling.
If you use real sheds or a rattle bag just lightly click them together or move the bag in a back and forth motion and try to mimick two bucks sparring.
When the rut kicks in you'll want to get a little more intense and sound like a knock down all out brawl and don't forget to throw in a couple of gunts and snorts to make it sound more real .