Not sure if anyone has tried this but thought I would share it. I have been busted in the past with Can Calls, tip the thing and out of nowhere a dang deer pops out and looks upwards instead of at my direction. I then had an extremely ghetto idea that I decided to try.

I took a can call, piece of baseboard trim, swivels and some old fishing line. I took the swivels and tied line through the top of the can and then tied off the bottom. Then I took 40 feet of fishing line and connected it to both sets of swivels. I cut small notches in the baseboard and got 25 feet up and calibrated it so that you can just tilt your wrist a quarter turn down and then back up and bahhhhhh she goes. I then covered the baseboard on camo tape. The rig works great, I have tested it with deer at 20 yards and they look at the base of the tree and not up in it. This might sound ghetto but I carry the crappy looking ghetto call on all my hunts in trees.

If you try this use mono and not braided, sometimes the rig spins and braided line doesn't allow it to tip of there is an abundance of spin due to line on line friction.

Wow! And to think I gave up on the can call two years ago since I never had a deer pay a lick of attn to it.

That stupid lil can works great up here as long as there is a deer close enough to hear the thing. I have three examples from the last two seasons in the upper left.

Hey thats a pretty neat idea



"The Ghetto Tip of the Day" should be a dialy thing on here lol

I'm a big fan of the can calls. In my experience, they are the only type of deer calls that work.... I'm sure if our buck:doe ratio was more like it is in the mid-west or Texas then rattling and grunting may produce better results... but in my part of the world.. you are just making noise. Can calls seem to work well when you have spotted the deer already and are just trying to steer them your way. I've had several deer come my direction to investigate.

the can calls are the only calls I have ever had any luck with. thanks for the idea, this should be a daily entry

never used a can, but I think if I do it will be the ghetto way!

sounds great now lets see who the first person is who makes it radio controlled

Radio controlled just wouldn't be ghetto! I'm not kidding, this call is GHETTO but it works. My hunting buddies all laugh at it, but they all live with the fact that it works and they are too lazy to make one. It is like a little Primos Puppet

hahah agreed!