Ratting
09-30-2008, 05:34 AM
#4
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: chiefland Florida USA
Posts: 5,417
RE: Ratting
ORIGINAL: hunt75
Can someone tell me the best time to ratting and is early october to early.
Can someone tell me the best time to ratting and is early october to early.
early Oct. depends on the part of the country your in. I always rattle the last week in Oct. thats B/P season here.the bucks always come to the horns for me then.I have tried it earlier and later with less results.
every year in B/P season the wife or I always take a couple coming in to the horns.
thats just the way I find it here.I also don't beat them like ya see on the TV shows.I just tickle them enough that my wife can hear me at about 100 yards.
We set up about 100 yards apart,so we can see about 3 to 400 yard span.I have a little 6pt. set that I put handles on the burrs,(wooden dowels)that way I can hold them and not pinch my fingers.
just give it a try ; what ya got to lose?
09-30-2008, 05:46 AM
#6
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: May 2005
Location: One mile east of West Podunk Tx
Posts: 5,973
RE: Ratting
I got the latest copy of Bowhunter magazine last night. There is a very interesting article in there about rattling. To sum it up, most hunters don't rattle loud enough or long enough. Mornings are best, overcast days are good, pre-rut, rut, post rut all work. Pick up a copy and give it a read.
I did some light rattling this past weekend. I wish I had done more and will likely have the rack with me this coming weekend.
I did some light rattling this past weekend. I wish I had done more and will likely have the rack with me this coming weekend.
09-30-2008, 08:57 AM
#7
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 9,445
RE: Ratting
Can someone tell me the best time to rattling and is early October to early
