ORIGINAL: GMMAT
I've called to every buck I've seen (either playing with him/experimenting or attemptingto get him to come closer) since 10/22.
NOT ONE has committed to coming in. I've had every reaction from stopping to see where the call was coming from....then moving on.....to one buck taking off on a full trot in the other direction. Some ignored it (and I was close enough for them to hear it).
I still have my grunt/bleat call with me each hunt. Sometimes I wonder "why", though.
The first time it works then you'll know why you carry it. Its normal for the deer to not come to the calling the majority of the time.I do know that they seem to come in a lot more when I'm hunting in the super thick stuff. When the woods are open the need to get a visual(decoy).