If it sounds like I am trying to sound like an expert I apologize........not what I intended. I don' t think for one second that I know everything about the woods. I have plenty to learn I am sure. I am however not clueless either.........and I believe the reasons I have given why I feel rattling is a foreign sound 99% of the time are good reasons based on facts and experience. Combine all that with the fact that rattling is also a difficult sound to master that the majority of hunters are not skilled at and you have more chance of keeping deer away then attracting them........IMO.

Skeeter it sounds like your rattling results speak for themselves.......I would say without a doubt you are in a extreme minority with results like that........good job never the less. Do you think your deer would have responded the same to grunts and/or the can as they did to your antler clicks??? Also, how much do you feel the rattling played in seeing those bucks......vs scouting, stand placement etc??