Hey guys im new to these forums and i have only been hunting for about 2 years...

we leased 1700 acres in alabama last year and this year we are doing the same.... last year we never saw a buck out of our whole hutning club ( only 10 members).... but this year I found a field no one has found so i bush hogged and put up my game cam.... i found plenty of bucks up there.... a few 8pnts. a 10pnt. and a few crooked horns( you know how its a defect and the antler is actuallycrooked to one side)along with plenty of does. I took a hog and bobcat the 1st weekend and last weekend i took a crooked horn 6pnt.

so i was wondering if i should begin to use calls, scents, and decoys. I know u dont really use scents until rut but what about use calls prior to rut?... do any of yall use calls right now... a month prior to rut.

any helpful advice would be greatly appreciated.

(PS. i included a pic of bucks we got on our game cam)