To grunt or not to grunt...that is the ?
#1

Hey guys just wondering.I live up in north western north carolina.Do bucks really come in to the grunt calls??I know they do on the TV shows just wondering if it is working for you guys that hunt close up to where i do.Do you grunt only when you see one??Or after you dont see anything for a while??What grunts work best?young deer,mature deer,tending grunt,etc...Thanks
#3

i grunt, if that dont work i rattle..if that dont work bleet..usually one he will respond too....thats if i see him, and he is leaving only though. he didnt come in range, but got ta 60 er so from me, but i think he busted me.
#4
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Rockingham NC
Posts: 203

Same here. I've tried it when I didn't see anything with no luck. That may be because they weren't near by. This is my first year trying it and When I see them I have rattled and grunted a couple within 40 yards that I know of but theres been a couple more that I'm not sure that they would've came my way without it. I still haven't seen them charging in like they do on tv but I think that it works with some. I've also had them to just keep going like nothing ever happend.
#9

Well I have learned that grunting works the best during the Pre-Rut. Once the big boy establishes his area a lot of the bucks will come in but once they get their butt kicked by the big boy they ignore the call and are very skidish. If the stud is in the area he will acknowledge the call and come in for the challange. Doesn't always work but trying doesn't hurt.