Rattling doesn' t work...............at least not as well as a sound more common to the woods.
Understanding why rattling would draw a buck in will make you instantly realize that your woods most likely is not the place to rattle. For bucks to be fighting over does to breed with the ratio of buck to doe has to be very low. Most any woods today not vigorously managed will have a very high doe to buck ratio and therefore enough chicks for every buck in the woods to get some........no matter how sad their genetics or racks are.
Rattling in the woods where bucks don' t have to compete for breeding is nothing more then a foreign noise..........they never hear it and even if they did why would they care enough to go fight when they can just go the other way and bone the 5 does in the next pine row??
I have been in the woods for 16 years and NEVER seen 2 bucks locked up in battle over breeding rights.........I do have footage of 2 bucks locked up in my back yard less then 40 yards off my deck and the clicks and cracks of their antlers could barely even be heard. Rattling loud enough for a deer up to 100 yards to hear is so unrealistic it is laughable.
I am assuming you are kidding, right?
Even in my home area where buck/doe ratio is far from desirable, buck fights are common. Some get pretty serious.
Some of the midwest areas I bowhunt...buckfights are downright scary.
Rattling loud enough to hear from 100yds is laughable?
I am pretty sure you are joking. Yep, no doubt.
I forgot the original question...Yep 3 step, I have had some excellant results from rattling.
Like catching big bass on a topwater...does not work every time, but when it does, it sure is exciting!