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Author: James L. Bruner
I hear it quite often that a hunter doesn’t rattle for deer because it simply doesn’t work in their region. That’s completely false and personally I would like to see their research that they based this statement on. Rattling antlers for deer is nothing more than calling for deer and I doubt any hunter would challenge traditional forms of calling as a viable technique used in hunting. In fact if you are to bring this into technical terms rattling is a form of communication. It may not be an intended action of calling by the deer itself but it serves as communication to other deer that something is taking place that they may want to investigate or, perhaps, avoid.
I will give the benefit of the doubt to those who say that rattling doesn’t work in their area simply for the fact that this is not a tactic that provides a high percentage of results. In this respect it is like calling with a grunt tube or a doe bleat. You just don’t expect that a deer will come running although you have the expectations that a nice buck or a big doe is going to appear at any moment. You need to be diligent and persistent to achieve the reaction you are seeking from the buck.
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