i tryed rattling for a couple years.... frust time was out in the open where i could see for over a mile... didn' t have anything come in that day... did have a buck mount a doe a little out of range of me though the day before... last year i started bowhunting... and i moved to a river that is really wooded in some spots... at the end of the season i found out i should have listened to my dad in the beginning of the season... its a 1x2 mile section and my dad told me to hunt as far into the middle as i had permission... well i only hunted a 1/4 mile from the road... didn' t see a single deer... then i got a tree stand for x-mas... thats what changed my opinion... with six days left i tryed it out as far in as i could go... where the oaks were straight and tall... first morning i saw deer along with that night and the morning and evenings of the next to... but i wasn' t careful and burnt it out quick.... after reading some of these stories and advice i think i' ll be rattling some of teh time i' m in my stand... i tryed it in the beginning of the season with no success.... but i think i' ll give it another try