Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!doug.cae.wisc.edu!osnome!hunting From: roa@davinci.acc.virginia.edu ("Robert O. Anderson Jr") Newsgroups: rec.hunting Subject: Re: Deer Calls Message-ID: <1991May3.064057.1808@doug.cae.wisc.edu> Date: 3 May 91 11:40:57 GMT Lines: 59 Approved: hunting@osnome.che.wisc.edu >Keith M. Boyd writes: > Hello, > I would like to open up a discussion concerning using grunt and >bleat calls to attract/distract deer mostly while hunting them but >other instances would apply also I think. Deer calls have gained Other stuff deleted..... I've got a couple of grunt (Haydel's & Lohman) calls.....really can't relate any tales about them, except to say that I have made some noise with 'em in the woods. I've also got a K'meer Deer call. I turned a spike buck around three times with it one afternoon. But each time he came back he was always just on the other side of some thick stuff. The third time he got a whiff of the scent gland I had hanging in a tree (my neighbor had killed an 8 pt. and I removed the glands from inside his hind legs). He smelled that and he laid his ears back turned and snuck away at a slow trot. Can't really say I've grunted one in, but I have rattled some in.... I got some competition from another hunter, one October afternoon, both trying to rattle in the same buck. I had to stop to make the shot (deer was about 30 yds.) and the buck(small 6 pt.) became interested in the other hunter who continued to rattle. That "other hunter" turned out to be a good size buck and there were 4 other smaller bucks with him. My buck turned and trotted up the hill with head held high and an attitude that he was going to whip everything up there. As he approached big boy they both put their heads down, I thought they were feeding on moss. When their faces were about 6" apart, I don't know where the power came from, but those two bucks hit with tremendous force. I don't think I can hit two antlers together and make as much noise as they did. With muscles bulging, ole big boy drove "my" buck back down the hill to me....when they got about 15 feet from my treestand, "my" buck spun off to the side and big boy just kinda looked at him with the "you are wasting my time" look, he turned and walked back up the hill...."mine" followed. "NOW I REMEMBER WHY I'M HERE!" I pulled back and put it on big boy and a tree gets in the way...I put it on the other buck...another tree. I'm going back 'n forth trying to get a decent shot as they walked back up the hill. It was just pitiful! They got up the hill and big boy told the other bucks to line up and take their turn. And they did. But I didn't see a fight that equaled the one with "my" buck. Then I remembered MY antlers. when I touched them together, all six bucks stopped and turned and looked at me. I couldn't move. As slow as I could, I hung up the antlers and picked up my bow and looked up to see several tails flicker back forth as the deer moved over the hill. Oh, well....It was exciting to watch. Bobby ======================================= bobby@virginia.edu (Internet) bobby@virginia (BITNET) =======================================