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Old 09-27-2007 | 09:36 PM
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Default RE: When to Grunt?

First off, you have bought the best buck call on the maket available today. It has such a variety of sounds you can use it for everything from fawn to doe contact to buck fighting during the rut. The simplest thing to learn is the contact call. It is about mid range on the bands. You don't want it too deep but you don't want to sound like a doe. Find the lowest tone and start backing off till you find a medium grunt. Put yourfirst two bands at that point for fast grunting. Drop down a little further and you will get a nice doe sound. Little higher pitch and put the third band. Finally lower your finger to find a high fawn pitch. And put the final band. OK now you have tuned the call.

Now a great way to start is by calling in the morning with the buck grunt. Double band. you can use this call any time during the season. When the sun rises in the morning and you start to hear the birds and squirrel moving about say 7:00 - 9:00 am, use this grunt. Blow on the call very soft at first, so you get the soft burr or grunt that should be heard within about 50 yards or so. Listen closely for an answer. If you don't get anything try it again a little louder. Soon you will get an answer. Hopefully it will be a little deeper than your sound. When you hear them answer, let them finish and pause about three seconds and answer them again. If they call back right away they know where you are and will usually start working their way your direction. Don't answer right away but just listen. They will call out again and it should be closer to you. Do a very short quiet grunt again just to confirm you are still there. But not long enough for them to identify you. Start watching . By this time, you may have two, three or four bucks (Deer) around you talking to each other. You want to remain in the center. So let them take over the conversation. They will talk for about thirty minutes and then stop, so pay close attention now. If you see a deer in the distance but he doesn't look like he is coming your way, give a light grunt to get his attention. If he doesn't react try again a little louder. Don't blow to hard. Too much is not good.
Good Luck!
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