i bought a primos hand free buck and doe call mainly to get deer to stop because the last few ive shot were trotting a bit to fast to make a good shot on at the close ranges i hunt(20 yds or so) should i set it to grunt or bleat when i want a deer to stop? will it work almost every time? also i will might be hunting in a tree stand after noon till dark....its pretty thick but its home to a nice buck id like to get...do you think i can call him with my call? how should i do it...like how many of what call in a series....if you dont know the call does the following:esterus bleat, doe bleat, doe grunt, young buck grunt and trophy buck grunt...so how can i use my call to my advantage...this will be the firt and second day of rifle season starting dec 2nd(not sure when rut is i dont really hunt like that to care) so there may be a bunch of people in the woods so i thought maybe i can call him from hiding....so whats the best way to go at this ive never called in deer before...also do you think a rattling bag might work? i think it would be too late for that...
thanks alot

I read something last year which said that most deer will come to a fawn bleat. Thing is, a fawn bleat is very close, I've heard, to a doe in heat.

So, to test this, I set my Primos 5 -in-1 deer call, last year, to "estrous doe." On one drive, I was on watch, and lo! A doe comes through at close to full throttle. I blew on the deer call. The doe stopped in her tracks as if she hit a wall. Next thing I know, she's coming right at me, maybe 15-20 yard away. She looked right at me, but didn't see me--I was motionless. She got behind me, 12 yards away, and I shifted slightly. She trotted away, tail down.

I just wish it had been a buck . . . !

i bought the 3 pack with the lanyard and the free video. i liked the idea of having a " hands free " call while i had a bead on the big ole buck.
but the buck call ended up not working all the time and that it was not loud enough i thought.
last year i never called in anything. ( usually i do atleast a doe or a spike ).
so i went back to my favorite call. lohman's touchtone call. called in a 10 pointer and acouple other bucks with it. even though the reed ends up breaking by the end of the season.

mauser a grunt will stop any deer in it's tracks to get a shot.

If you are blind calling I would go with a doe bleat, this will attrack any buck looking for a lady friend.

If you can see a buck and he is a big boy then I might try a grunt, but if he is looking for a fight he will be coming quick.(I still would try a doe bleat first)

If you see a buck and you know he is not the biggest boy in the area go with a doe bleat, he will be looking for a girl friend, not a fight with a bigger buck. Grunts scare off little/inferior bucks, they are lovers not fighters.

One important note, once a deer is coming your way DO NOT call again unless he starts to head off in the opposite direction.

The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club