I started having success being aggressive grunting right around the rut. I started waiting till i was almost ready to go an would go back an forth between a doe an buck call..doing tending grunts
@@WeekendWoodsmen i blind called in 5 last year..one come running like a train thru the woods. It was my first year calling doing more than 3 short grunts every 15 min lol
I appreciate your self control. I know too many yahoos that would be flinging arrows at these monsters despite the distance, foliage, or quartering-to scenarios. So many times they're losing deer and complaining about it. The way I look at it, taking careful shots should almost never result in lost deer.
What!. Hit them and find them later. Most people lose their deer before the track even starts. They get out of there stand too loud in the deer wasn't far away and runs off like a bat out of hell. Track too early on bad shots. most important, get out of the stand as quiet as you can and back the hell out, unless you hear it crash. if you give them at least four hours you will always find them dead in their bed. Even marginal shots guts, intestines, liver, up his butt. Lol. You will find the deer if you don't get on tracking early.
Works well in heavy cover. Rattling does too. If the deer can’ see for a long distance it doesn’t seem to work as well for me. I rattle blind and in certain areas I’ll grunt blind also. Impressive how calling to deer in sight worked for you. I may adjust my grunt style a bit...
Thanks for the comment! We agree with your assessment of calling in cover. The advantage of being able to call to deer in sight is you can read their body language and adjust your calling as needed. So many times it is like they don’t see anything but their ears trump their eyes so they come check it out!
Nice to see grunting in action. I use grunts a lot and screw up sometimes. But they do work well. In hot spots I have gotten more Bucks than I’d thought. Often 3 at a time which ruins any chance to draw and shoot from a tree stand.
It definitely works! Many people do not deploy the tactic appropriately due to watching people grunting at unpressured deer trying to sell a call! Thank you for the comment and thanks for watching!
Glad you liked it! Grunting to deer you see is by far the most effective tactic we have found! They are more apt to come in a straight line to you, and you can watch their body language and learn from your mistakes
thank you! our goal was to "bring it to life" as much as we could. We are in NE Ohio. rut-cation starts this week so we are super excited to get back out there.
This was mostly during rut so that’s a big part of it. Pay attention to where does are, keep the wind in your face and not blowing into big portions of the woods as much as possible and get close to bedding and pinch points. Thanks for the comment and good luck!
Very helpful!! Like he said below, it was nice to get it into context.. I feel like when I call it doesn't work at all, calling blind as I see nothing but it is pretty heavy cover area on state land so they are probably around and see me before I see them... even with several minutes between a simple little grunt... so I have basically stopped trying to call and still see nothing.. not sure what to do
If you are on state land that gets a decent amount of pressure you are better off not calling, especially blind calling. Now, you call to a deer you see if he isn’t going to come to you otherwise, you have nothing to lose. Many times deer circle downwind of where the call is coming from, so if you do blind call you have to set up in an area where it will be difficult for them to swing downwind.
Weekend Woodsmen I have a small area behind our house I hinge cut for cover,feathered around a couple food plots and made hinge cuts to neighbors property to make a straight shot run there impossible.. see tons of deer and have a 10pt on cam but... 35yds from problem neighbor... I can call when I see them on neighbors and they come my way.. what you say makes sense.. thanks... finding my way in to areas of S/L that are so far out and steep Finger ridges so most humans will never step foot up there.. I see possibilities there.. I can back up to the ravine so they can't j hook to check my sent... then a occasional blind call.. for gun season I can get in more open area with some range with the savage to be able to see them to call them in..
Weekend Woodsmen thank you and good luck to you too!! Need a bit more luck with the bow...😁 first year bow hunting and had my first bow harvest end of last month!! It was also my first deer with actual antlers!🦌🏹😁.. so no more bucks till gun opens on the 17th Nov.. will keep you posted!!
we doe blind call. mixed results. we actually had a nice 2 year old come into grunt calls last week. we try every 30-45 minutes. so many deer could be traveling through the area that you never know when they'll be within earshot. also - the ones that are around could react after the 3rd or 4th time and it took them that long to get aggravated, energized for a fight or chase, etc.
I've stopped and killed several bucks calling to them like a doe bleat without a call and I've called a few closer with a grunt I love the feeling when it happens. However I stopped more from calling mehhhh most of which I killed
They used to be a doe that couldn't Walk by me without finding out exactly where I was as long as i didn't blink or move she would keep coming i meen get in my face that gets your heart thumping
I typically only grunt to deer I can see and I want to shoot, so that puts them in the 3.5 year old range. Age and dominance probably has something to do with responsiveness. Just remember, if you weren’t going to get a shot at it anyhow, you have nothing to lose.
Weekend Woodsmen very true. We don't see 3.5 year olds so that rules that out haha. I take what I can get. To pass up a buck or wait for a deer like those... it would be years before you would get a buck.
It’s still worth trying, but I would definitely start with contact grunts and work your way up if needed. Even if you hit them with multiple contact grunts it might peak their curiosity. Also try slightly higher pitched grunts, but not so high pitched it is a doe bleat
sometimes the butt out works great and other times it doesn't do the best job or we dont' have it with us etc,. the gloves help for easier/quicker clean up especially when we aren't close to home. Sometimes one guy in our group also gets really irritated skin after directly handling a deer so we believe there is a bit of an allergy there!
It all depends. At the end of the day, if a deer isn’t coming, what do you have to lose? I agree you have a much better chance of fooling them when they don’t have a clear line of sight into where the call is coming from. All I know is this has proven itself time and time again. Does it work every time? No, but it works way more often than doing nothing does! Check this video out: ua-cam.com/video/Q5rdQpuPHJo/v-deo.html
@@jasonnester9514 we will be pushing out a new video in the next few weeks where I grunt in a 4yr old 11 point and take him from the ground with my camx!
one deer down wind - hard to prevent being caught once in a while...these animals do survive by their nose, especially when we have 2 guys in the stand. It’s hard enough to cover one guys scent, let alone two.
Thanks for the comment. That’s is a risk of calling to deer. If you don’t get a shot at them before they get down wind of you, you are likely going to get winded. You also have to remember we have 2 people in the tree. It is very difficult to conceal 2 people’s scent enough to get away with a deer going down wind of you. Was have gotten away with it a number of times, but it also increases your chances of getting winded x2. Thanks and good luck!
@@WeekendWoodsmen couldn't agree more about the 2 people and covering scent and didn't consider that. . Have you tried ozonics. I haven't been busted in years using that. And I ozone my clothes with a log6 ozone machine. Another great tool is milkweed. 😁. Throw that cotton stuff and you will know exactly where The thermals are carrying your scent and see where the wind is taken it aswell.
We just got an ozonics this year. We haven’t had many down wind of us but unless the wind swirls (against the flow of the ozonics) we haven’t been busted. We have wind puffers too. Have you tried those? Does milkweed work better?
@@WeekendWoodsmen puffers are good for short range. That milk weed will tell the whole story. Swirling winds thermals. I think you'll be amazed if you throw out some milkweed.
This is a great video because it’s educational, shows examples, and it’s genuine and not trying to sell a product
thank you! we try to make it as real as possible and don't rely on sponsorships to do so!
Each time you did short grunts it turned them right around. Definitely trying this 👌
Thanks for the comment! Watch this one for those extra tricky bucks! ua-cam.com/video/Q5rdQpuPHJo/v-deo.html
Great video. Never tried a grunt call. I have got several deer w a bow but never a big buck. As I've gotten older i mainly enjoy just being out there.
we are starting to get more confident in using different calls when we are out there. You are right though, just being out in the woods is the best!
I started having success being aggressive grunting right around the rut. I started waiting till i was almost ready to go an would go back an forth between a doe an buck call..doing tending grunts
It’s a great time to be aggressive!
@@WeekendWoodsmen i blind called in 5 last year..one come running like a train thru the woods. It was my first year calling doing more than 3 short grunts every 15 min lol
@@StealthTRD I believe it! I always do some blind calling during the rut!
Best calling video out there, sweet to see it in action!
That’s what we were going for, and we agree 🤣 thanks for the comment!
The only way to teach calling, awesome video!
That’s what we were going for! Thanks and make sure to watch this one! ua-cam.com/video/Q5rdQpuPHJo/v-deo.html
I appreciate your self control. I know too many yahoos that would be flinging arrows at these monsters despite the distance, foliage, or quartering-to scenarios. So many times they're losing deer and complaining about it. The way I look at it, taking careful shots should almost never result in lost deer.
thank you. poor shots can happen to anyone and we do our best to limit those scenarios where they occur. thanks for the comment!
What!. Hit them and find them later. Most people lose their deer before the track even starts. They get out of there stand too loud in the deer wasn't far away and runs off like a bat out of hell. Track too early on bad shots. most important, get out of the stand as quiet as you can and back the hell out, unless you hear it crash. if you give them at least four hours you will always find them dead in their bed. Even marginal shots guts, intestines, liver, up his butt. Lol. You will find the deer if you don't get on tracking early.
Extremely good info! Def added this to my saved list to watch over and over so I can memorize it.
Glad you liked it and thanks for the comment! Here is another one for your watch list I call in a GIANT: ua-cam.com/video/Q5rdQpuPHJo/v-deo.html
Great video. First year bow hunter here. Learned something! Thanks
great to hear! welcome to the club
Works well in heavy cover. Rattling does too. If the deer can’ see for a long distance it doesn’t seem to work as well for me. I rattle blind and in certain areas I’ll grunt blind also.
Impressive how calling to deer in sight worked for you. I may adjust my grunt style a bit...
Thanks for the comment! We agree with your assessment of calling in cover. The advantage of being able to call to deer in sight is you can read their body language and adjust your calling as needed. So many times it is like they don’t see anything but their ears trump their eyes so they come check it out!
I’m definitely going to try your approach. Thanks!
@@steffenoutdoorswi sure thing!
Great info, thanks. Just got a Woodhaven Grunt tube and had no idea what to do with it in the woods. Now I don’t have to start from zero. Thanks.;)
Glad we could help! Thanks for the comment and good luck!
Love the video great tutorial and content
Thanks for the comment!
Nice to see grunting in action. I use grunts a lot and screw up sometimes.
But they do work well. In hot spots I have gotten more Bucks than I’d thought.
Often 3 at a time which ruins any chance to draw and shoot from a tree stand.
It definitely works! Many people do not deploy the tactic appropriately due to watching people grunting at unpressured deer trying to sell a call! Thank you for the comment and thanks for watching!
when do you use a doe bleet?
Typically only during the rut. Watch this video for an example: ua-cam.com/video/Q5rdQpuPHJo/v-deo.html
Great instructional video! I’ve not had much luck with either calls or rattling but want to try this season!
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Glad you liked it! Grunting to deer you see is by far the most effective tactic we have found! They are more apt to come in a straight line to you, and you can watch their body language and learn from your mistakes
Really great video, thanks for posting it!
thank yoU!
GREAT video sir the best one of yt hands down!!!! Also love those beautiful woods, what state?
thank you! our goal was to "bring it to life" as much as we could. We are in NE Ohio. rut-cation starts this week so we are super excited to get back out there.
@@WeekendWoodsmen that's awesome me too, North Carolina for me. Thanks for doing it right 🌎😁✌
Great video. I’m fairly new to deer hunting. Can you tell me what you are doing to just see the bucks? Are you using scent as an attractant? Thanks
This was mostly during rut so that’s a big part of it. Pay attention to where does are, keep the wind in your face and not blowing into big portions of the woods as much as possible and get close to bedding and pinch points. Thanks for the comment and good luck!
@@WeekendWoodsmen thanks for the reply. Good luck this season !
Great video, and nice that you tried it into real examples. Good luck.
Thank you! We are hoping that is a more useful video format than just being a “talking head” that you see so often!
Very helpful!! Like he said below, it was nice to get it into context.. I feel like when I call it doesn't work at all, calling blind as I see nothing but it is pretty heavy cover area on state land so they are probably around and see me before I see them... even with several minutes between a simple little grunt... so I have basically stopped trying to call and still see nothing.. not sure what to do
If you are on state land that gets a decent amount of pressure you are better off not calling, especially blind calling. Now, you call to a deer you see if he isn’t going to come to you otherwise, you have nothing to lose. Many times deer circle downwind of where the call is coming from, so if you do blind call you have to set up in an area where it will be difficult for them to swing downwind.
Weekend Woodsmen I have a small area behind our house I hinge cut for cover,feathered around a couple food plots and made hinge cuts to neighbors property to make a straight shot run there impossible.. see tons of deer and have a 10pt on cam but... 35yds from problem neighbor... I can call when I see them on neighbors and they come my way.. what you say makes sense.. thanks... finding my way in to areas of S/L that are so far out and steep Finger ridges so most humans will never step foot up there.. I see possibilities there.. I can back up to the ravine so they can't j hook to check my sent... then a occasional blind call.. for gun season I can get in more open area with some range with the savage to be able to see them to call them in..
Very nice! Sounds like you have options which is always helpful! Good luck to you, keep us posted! Thanks for the comments!
Weekend Woodsmen thank you and good luck to you too!! Need a bit more luck with the bow...😁 first year bow hunting and had my first bow harvest end of last month!! It was also my first deer with actual antlers!🦌🏹😁.. so no more bucks till gun opens on the 17th Nov.. will keep you posted!!
Do you blind call..or only when you see deer???? if you do blind call..how often...etc..
we doe blind call. mixed results. we actually had a nice 2 year old come into grunt calls last week. we try every 30-45 minutes. so many deer could be traveling through the area that you never know when they'll be within earshot. also - the ones that are around could react after the 3rd or 4th time and it took them that long to get aggravated, energized for a fight or chase, etc.
All season or only in the rut? Will grunts drive off doe outside the rut?
I've stopped and killed several bucks calling to them like a doe bleat without a call and I've called a few closer with a grunt I love the feeling when it happens. However I stopped more from calling mehhhh most of which I killed
Yup for sure! Thanks for the comment!
nice grunting, don't really know how many deer I've taken grunting. been doing it for years
like most things - sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't...when done right it can def. be a game changer!
Can any of you recommend a good grunt tube? I think I lost my old one. Thanks in advance!
Flextone Bone Collector
Agree!
I use the extinguisher great deer caller I recommend it.
I’m using a Woodhaven Classic. It’s amazing but it’s not cheap. $70. I’ve also got a 13$ Hunters Specialties True Talker that is a fine call.
Well done chap.
thank you!
They used to be a doe that couldn't Walk by me without finding out exactly where I was as long as i didn't blink or move she would keep coming i meen get in my face that gets your heart thumping
crazy how they know exactly where you are most of the time!
great video, thanks
thanks for the watch and the comment Jeff!
Sweet video. What is a good grunt tube?
Thank you! I am using (and like) the Flextone buck collector. I have also heard good things about the executioner call but haven’t ever tried it.
Weekend Woodsmen I have the executioner call and the one you said about but I have never called one in. I'm probably doing it all wrong too lol.
I typically only grunt to deer I can see and I want to shoot, so that puts them in the 3.5 year old range. Age and dominance probably has something to do with responsiveness. Just remember, if you weren’t going to get a shot at it anyhow, you have nothing to lose.
Weekend Woodsmen very true. We don't see 3.5 year olds so that rules that out haha. I take what I can get. To pass up a buck or wait for a deer like those... it would be years before you would get a buck.
It’s still worth trying, but I would definitely start with contact grunts and work your way up if needed. Even if you hit them with multiple contact grunts it might peak their curiosity. Also try slightly higher pitched grunts, but not so high pitched it is a doe bleat
Never used a butt out or gloves in my life. Guess it’s all on how you were taught.
sometimes the butt out works great and other times it doesn't do the best job or we dont' have it with us etc,. the gloves help for easier/quicker clean up especially when we aren't close to home. Sometimes one guy in our group also gets really irritated skin after directly handling a deer so we believe there is a bit of an allergy there!
Good info
Thank you!
I feel like I’m learning a bunch from your channel/
We try! Glad you are. If you like this video check out the one where I call in the biggest buck of my life! ua-cam.com/video/Q5rdQpuPHJo/v-deo.html
Gotta love Ohio am I right?
it's a great place for deer hunting that's for sure
No offense but some of these seem wrong. I've always been told not to grunt when a buck is looking your way. Etc.
It all depends. At the end of the day, if a deer isn’t coming, what do you have to lose? I agree you have a much better chance of fooling them when they don’t have a clear line of sight into where the call is coming from. All I know is this has proven itself time and time again. Does it work every time? No, but it works way more often than doing nothing does!
Check this video out: ua-cam.com/video/Q5rdQpuPHJo/v-deo.html
@@WeekendWoodsmen ok, cool
I’ve been hunting deer in Ohio for 21 years calling has not once worked for me
If one thing is for sure, nothing is a sure thing!
Weekend Woodsmen got that right
@@jasonnester9514 we will be pushing out a new video in the next few weeks where I grunt in a 4yr old 11 point and take him from the ground with my camx!
Weekend Woodsmen cool
Great calling, work on your scent control.
one deer down wind - hard to prevent being caught once in a while...these animals do survive by their nose, especially when we have 2 guys in the stand. It’s hard enough to cover one guys scent, let alone two.
Annnnnnd this is why I rifle hunt lol
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Some of us like a challenge that’s why we bow hunt
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You get winded a lot man!. What the hell?. Good video though. Good training tool for the new hunters. Good info man.
Thanks for the comment. That’s is a risk of calling to deer. If you don’t get a shot at them before they get down wind of you, you are likely going to get winded. You also have to remember we have 2 people in the tree. It is very difficult to conceal 2 people’s scent enough to get away with a deer going down wind of you. Was have gotten away with it a number of times, but it also increases your chances of getting winded x2. Thanks and good luck!
@@WeekendWoodsmen couldn't agree more about the 2 people and covering scent and didn't consider that. . Have you tried ozonics. I haven't been busted in years using that. And I ozone my clothes with a log6 ozone machine. Another great tool is milkweed. 😁. Throw that cotton stuff and you will know exactly where The thermals are carrying your scent and see where the wind is taken it aswell.
We just got an ozonics this year. We haven’t had many down wind of us but unless the wind swirls (against the flow of the ozonics) we haven’t been busted. We have wind puffers too. Have you tried those? Does milkweed work better?
@@WeekendWoodsmen puffers are good for short range. That milk weed will tell the whole story. Swirling winds thermals. I think you'll be amazed if you throw out some milkweed.
Thanks, now we just need to find some!
The last one would be the perfect shot for me because I rifle hunt
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once they are hanging on the wall you can pet them everyday!!