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HERE ARE SOME RULES I GO BY. FIRST: BE CAREFUL OF PICKING YOUR SURROUNDINGS. JUST CAUSE YOU HAVE A GOOD TREESTAND THAT PRODUCES DOESN'T MEAN IT IS THE BEST CALLING SPOT. MOST DEER WANT TO SEE WHAT IS MAKING THE SOUND OR CIRCLE AROUND TO SMELL IT. IF THEY CAN'T SEE BECAUSE THE TREE'S ARE TOO THICK THEN THISCAN ACCUALLY BE AGOOD SITUATION TO SET UP BY. IF THEY COME IN AND CAN CLEARLY SEE THERE ARE'T ANY DEER THERE, THEY WILL FREAK 8 TIMES OUT OF 10. IT IS ALSO GOOD TO WATCH WHAT KIND OF STRUCTURE IS DOWN WIND, AS THE DEER NATURALLY WANT TO CIRCLE DOWN WIND FIRST, THIS HAPPENS MOST OF THE TIMES BUT NOT EVERY TIME. IN THE EARLY SEASON USING SOFT DOE OR FAWN CALLS IS MUCH BETTER THAN A BUCK GRUNT. IN THE EARLY SEASON THEY ARE VERY SOCIAL, I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT I HAVE WAY MORE SUCCESS WHEN I DOE BLEAT. LATE IN THE SEASON IN THE RUT, I TURN TO VERY AGGRESSIVE RATTLING, AND GRUNTING, THOUGH I ALWAYS HAVE A FAWN CALL OR DOE BLEAT HANDY UNLESS I SEE A DOE TOWING A BUCK BEHIND. THE