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Title:The Hunting Notesfile
Notice:Registry #7, For Sale #15, Success #270
Moderator:SALEM::PAPPALARDO
Created:Wed Sep 02 1987
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1561
Total number of notes:17784

581.0. "WHATS THE BEST DEER CALL??" by WJOUSM::PAPPALARDO () Fri Dec 29 1989 13:46

    
    
    I was given a deer call this past hunting season, actually a
    Bleat-Call. I was told that if I jumped a deer to try and blow this
    thing 3 times softly of which the deer might come back to you.
    
    Well, being from the old North-Woods School i kinda laughed, but being
    open minded i brought it along with me on a hunt. Well to my amazement
    i had jumped a deer one morning on the way to my stand, so I blew this
    thing as i was told. Low an behold.. the deer came back to me, circled
    me went upwind to try and sniff me out, Well I'll be a suck-a** mule!!
    It worked. I did see the deer, but it was just getting light and i
    did'nt want to take a chance at poor placement of shot so I let it go.      
    You had to be there, a silhouette.
    Anyway. three days later i did drop a nice spike-horn.
    
    My question to you all is, Whats the best brand name,(money no object)
    call I should consider buying in a GRUNT CALL ?
    
    Who uses Deer Calls in the Northeast and what do you use? Any Success.
    
    Thanks,
    Rick   (Who, is still skeptical of all this stuff in N.H. and Maine!!)
    
    
    
                             
    
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581.1Bleet the BuggersLUDWIG::STEVENSSanta's Got A GunSat Dec 30 1989 05:0217
    
    
       I found that the Bleet Call works best.... The Grunt call
     works during the rut the best...  I had a deer last year on
    one side of some sapling bleeting it's butt off... Dammed if i could
    see em.....  The grunt is different by far.... I've grunted at does
    and they just keep going... I haven't had the chance to grunt a
    buck cause i'll shoot it before i'll blow my chance at getting it..
      
    
                   Stick with the Bleet....  If ya jump one, Stopmp
    your feet, It "Does" work on occasion...
    
                         
    
                       Jeff
         
581.2Yah, right !DNEAST::STEVENS_JIMTue Jan 02 1990 07:3911
    If you grunted at me, I'd run too...
    
    You said you couldn't grunt at any bucks because your too busy
    shooting.
    
    You forgot to add "and missing."
    
    Later, bro..
    
    Jim
    
581.3yeah-rightSTRATA::STEVENSSanta's Got A GunTue Jan 02 1990 08:055
    
       HA-HA
    
    
         Bro
581.4Ever hear of "Come here, deer"CSCOA5::HUFFSTETLERReckless AbandonerTue Jan 02 1990 15:4416
I saw something in K-mart the other day called "come here, deer" or 
something stupid like that.  They said it wasn't a distress bleat or grunt, 
but a social call that deer used.  There was a guy using it and he drew 
some does across a field from what looked to be about 500 yards away.
They didn't waste any time getting over to where the guy was, either.

The problems I had were 1)  the only thing that seemed to be attracted to 
it were does and 2)  How do you know that there wasn't some other attractor 
there.  I didn't look at the price, but judging from the "high" quality 
of the video (it looks like it was filmed by an epileptic drug addict with 
actors from the X-rated actors guild), I'd say it was pretty cheap.  It 
might be worth a $ or two just to try at the end of the season....

Just my 2� worth,

Scott