It is it too early in the season to grunt? If not what type of sound do you make this time of year. short grunts, long grunts, bellows etc...?

By the way I am in NY

I have been unsuccessful in light/short grunts and light rattling… I too would like input from others

I've had limited success with a grunt call but I can say that I never scared a deer with a grunt call. I usually grunt when it's apparent that the buck isn't going to pass anywhere near me. I onceshota nice 9-pointer that I grunted in on Oct. 10. I was using 3 short grunts in spaced sequence. I've had much better success with a bleat can.

I grunted in a small buck last Friday. Not a shooter but he was definitely interested. I saw a larger older deer the following night working an edge and I grunted at him. He was not interested at all. He looked a couple times but just kept going on about his way. I have a buck roar call that I use during the height of the rut. It will bring in multiple bucks if you use it right.

Here's a pic of that little buck from Friday. His right side is already broken off.

Had a near shooter 8 point walk under me night before last. I grunted to him and he never even twitched an ear. Two more weeks fella's....

I shot at a doe yesterday evening and shot right over her back (long story).. anyways she ran off blowing her head off. I blew right back at her and grunted, continued until she was gone. Less than 10 minutes later, had a buck gruntin at me thru the thicket, wasn't able to see because it got dark to quick.

I prefer now to snort wheeze and rattle. Simply do a grunt sequence then hit the wheeze twice. Wait 20-30 seconds and hit the horns HARD!! Do this every 15-20 min. now is the time bucks wil start getting pissed when other bucks are in "THEIR" area