Best time to use grunt call
10-15-2014, 09:52 AM
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: MS
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Best time to use grunt call
Curious to know when a grunt call should be used. I've always hunted silent and waited for deer to walk through. I'd like to start this year calling, but am not educated on when the right time to call is. Anyone have any tips or tricks up their sleeves they could share to help me out?
Thanks
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10-16-2014, 04:36 AM
#3
Fork Horn
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Location: PA
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Same deal here. I'm sure someone will chime in & say we are doing it wrong, but doubt that's the case. It might work well in an area of high buck:doe ratios, but I don't hunt anywhere like that.
10-16-2014, 05:55 AM
#5
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: GA
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Not going to say anyone is doing it "wrong", but I will say what has worked for me..
I have had success grunting year round, even during the early bow season..
In the early bow season I only use very short soft grunts [doe's grunt too] as the rut approaches and during I get a little more aggressive..
I have had success grunting year round, even during the early bow season..
In the early bow season I only use very short soft grunts [doe's grunt too] as the rut approaches and during I get a little more aggressive..
Last edited by ojibwa; 10-16-2014 at 06:00 AM.
10-16-2014, 06:12 AM
#6
Fork Horn
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hehehe 
Never knew doe's grunt. Might have to give the soft grunt a try!
Not going to say anyone is doing it "wrong", but I will say what has worked for me..
I have had success grunting year round, even during the early bow season..
In the early bow season I only use very short soft grunts [doe's grunt too] as the rut approaches and during I get a little more aggressive..
I have had success grunting year round, even during the early bow season..
In the early bow season I only use very short soft grunts [doe's grunt too] as the rut approaches and during I get a little more aggressive..
10-16-2014, 07:29 AM
#8
Nontypical Buck
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When you see a buck you want to shoot and he is not going to give you a shot.
Also just because he doesn't turn and come straight to you doesn't mean it didn't work.
A mature buck will often circle and slip in with the wind in his favor. Sometimes even acting like he didn't even hear you.
Its tough to call in a mature buck without getting busted.
If it doesn't work its generally not because of the doe population but because hunters have already conditioned him to a grunt call.
Also just because he doesn't turn and come straight to you doesn't mean it didn't work.
A mature buck will often circle and slip in with the wind in his favor. Sometimes even acting like he didn't even hear you.
Its tough to call in a mature buck without getting busted.
If it doesn't work its generally not because of the doe population but because hunters have already conditioned him to a grunt call.
10-17-2014, 02:44 AM
#10
Spike
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 72
I Use to think the grunt call should be used only when the Pre-rut or Rut starts big mistake. deer are vocal all year round. I don't mean start grunting as if you were spring turkey hunting with a box call, but a soft grunt now and then won't hurt. If I see a buck I am interested in I will see were he is going to. If he is heading in my direction I don't grunt to him. If he turns and goes in another direction I will grunt to him. I always have my grunt call on my shoulder with a strap on it so all I have to do is turn my head and grunt into it. You will never know if a grunt call would of worked with a buck walking away from you with it sitting on a shelf waiting for the rut to begin.
