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Used my rattling horns to bring this 8pt to me. Took this 8pt on New Year's Day at about 7:00am. He weighted about 175 lbs. and had an inside spread of about 17 in. Good G2 length also. Gonna make a great skull mount.
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The bucks on my property have been extra active the last week or so. The bachelor buck groups have broken up and they have become very territorial. A couple of buck fights have been seen and heard, so I decide to put on a moc fight of my own. Monday afternoon I rattled up a 6pt at high noon (12:00pm)...came straight to me looking for some action on high alert. This gave me confidence to try and rattled again the next morning (Tues morning, 1/1/08) in a little better area, near to where I know some bucks are bedding. Started rattling, grunting, shaking trees, & more rattling/grunting at about 6:50am. I stopped for about 5-6 min and I spotted this 8pt moving in some thick stuff. He came in all bristled-up and looked pissed off. Making his way around down wind of the fight, (I popped him before he got there), he was on high alert and was looking to kick some ass. I grunted a couple of times as he was walking in and this seemed to make his blood boil. Buck fever started to set in so I stopped toying with him and popped him with the ol' 30-06 at about 70yds.
My dad and I have 2000 acres about 10mi southeast of Evergreen, AL. I've heard people say before, that rattling doesn't work too well in this part of the country (southeast), and to be honest I wasn't sure myself. Well, any doubters now are dead wrong. This worked better than I could have imagined. I think it was the timing more than anything...right now, the bucks are very territorial and stand-offish. But, are not completely focus on chasing does yet. Try rattling too early in the season (Nov. or early Dec.) and you probably won't get a response, or will run everything off.
Try rattling now if you can, and see what happens. I can't promise anything, but it worked for me. And it was pretty damn fun! Has anybody else had any luck rattling...In The Southeast??? I know it works in Texas and other places...Just wondering.
Happy New Year Everybody!!!
The bucks on my property have been extra active the last week or so. The bachelor buck groups have broken up and they have become very territorial. A couple of buck fights have been seen and heard, so I decide to put on a moc fight of my own. Monday afternoon I rattled up a 6pt at high noon (12:00pm)...came straight to me looking for some action on high alert. This gave me confidence to try and rattled again the next morning (Tues morning, 1/1/08) in a little better area, near to where I know some bucks are bedding. Started rattling, grunting, shaking trees, & more rattling/grunting at about 6:50am. I stopped for about 5-6 min and I spotted this 8pt moving in some thick stuff. He came in all bristled-up and looked pissed off. Making his way around down wind of the fight, (I popped him before he got there), he was on high alert and was looking to kick some ass. I grunted a couple of times as he was walking in and this seemed to make his blood boil. Buck fever started to set in so I stopped toying with him and popped him with the ol' 30-06 at about 70yds.
My dad and I have 2000 acres about 10mi southeast of Evergreen, AL. I've heard people say before, that rattling doesn't work too well in this part of the country (southeast), and to be honest I wasn't sure myself. Well, any doubters now are dead wrong. This worked better than I could have imagined. I think it was the timing more than anything...right now, the bucks are very territorial and stand-offish. But, are not completely focus on chasing does yet. Try rattling too early in the season (Nov. or early Dec.) and you probably won't get a response, or will run everything off.
Try rattling now if you can, and see what happens. I can't promise anything, but it worked for me. And it was pretty damn fun! Has anybody else had any luck rattling...In The Southeast??? I know it works in Texas and other places...Just wondering.
Happy New Year Everybody!!!
