I am not sure ifeveryone got the issue of North American Whitetail this last month or not, but there was a very interesting read in there about a new rattling trick. I am not going to explain it intensely, but enough to understand.
It was a story about how a guy could onl get the bucks so close because he was high in a tree and in thick pines and brush, so he tried rattling a new way. He took his bowstring (the string you hoist your bow up with) and tied his antlers to them and dropped them to the ground and would pull them up and down, tapping them on the ground periodically. He said that he wouldnt get busted because the deer would be more curious because the sound would be from the ground instead of 20-30 ft in a tree [&:]. This is a pretty neat idea in my opinion, have you heard/ tried this? Logically, it should work better tha staying in the tree... Any opinions or thoughts about it?

That is the same method I use. I had a mature 10 pinter come within 60 yards of me on Mon. It adds realism to the rattling by ruffeling the leaves.

I know guys that use this technique with success. It works. You can crack them together plenty hard on the string.

I sawa thing on here (I think) that someone made for thier can call. It hooked onto a string and they could put the can in it on the ground and tip it from the tree. It was a good idea, but I can't remember where I saw it.

I am going to try that next time I rattle. I rattled in a nice buck last weds but the sound was traveling over a knob and he could not tell it was coming from the tree...

I like to try to slam the antlers into the cedar tree next to me also, adds some more realism to the whole senario. Throw in some grunts and you have a full fledged fight at ha=nd.

I read about that in the newest issue of Bowhunting Magazine. That might be where you saw it.

Yup, thats probably where it was. Thanks MO bow.

Rattling????? Around here....with our Buck/Doe ratio.......our boys had rather lay in the thicket and score with the 20 they have there......than get up and fight for ONE!

I don't care HOW cute she is!

Jeff