RE: Antler rattleing
I'm not a big fan of rattling. I will grunt on occasion.
I heard from somewhere, maybe one of my old biology classes or something, that rattling is usualy on effective in areas where the buck-to-doe ratio was as close to 1:1 as possible.
They had a guy at my old hunting camp who swore that he had sat on the tailgate of his truck to eat some crackers, and the sound of the bag brought in a big buck. I've seen the buck, but i dont knowif his story is bs or not.