RE: Rattling technique
A little will go a long way. Alwaysremember.
It also depends on time of rut.
Early rut, rattle little. I like cycles of 30 sec on and 45min to and hour off. Tickle the horns, dont start crashing them.
Chase phase of rut. the hot rut. Rattle more agressive. Cycles of 30sec to 1 min on and about and hour off. rattle like two big deer getting after it. Stomp the ground and rake the bushes.
After that, dont bother. Remember to lay off. Over doing it will spook the deer. Ive had deer come in 45 min after rattleing. You can tell they are there looking for the fight. Sometimes it takes deer a while to get to where you are rattleing. Another thing, rattling is better with two people. The deer will try to approach the fight from down wind, which means he will smell you. You need to set up where they can not get behind you. With two people, set up where the deer can not wind you, and have your buddy setting cross wind.