I always carry a grunt call with me when I' m hunting but I rarely use it unless I see deer and I don' t feel like they' re gonna come in close. There' s been several times that the deer responded to the grunt and came right in (In fact I took a nice 9 point that I called in with the grunt) but there' s also been numerous times when they just ignored the call. One thing I' ve never had any luck with is rattling horns. I' ve tried them several times but haven' t drawn any deer in (as far as I know).

Overall, I' ve had much more luck when I just sat there silent. If you' re in the right area and have done your scouting right then calling shouldn' t need to be done. JMO.