Ok so last year I had very good success calling in deer with a can call. I believe I called in like 6 or 7 different deer. Good thing is they responded very well, bad thing is they would never come in closer than 40 yards. It is like they would come in to the general area and just stare trying to locate the deer that was making the call. When they would not see a deer they would eventually just walk off.
Saturday morning I am pretty sure I called in a deer, but just couldn't see it. I hit the can call hard for a series and a couple minutes later I heard something walk up behind me but never could see what it was due to it being thick. After a few minutes I heard it walk back off.
So here is what I am thinking. I am thinking the deer need a visual to make them close the distance. I have an old deer tail here at the house. I am thinking about putting some light test mono fishing line on it and tying it to my tree climber, and lowering it to the ground. Then every fifteen minutes or so, or after I hit the can call grabbing the line and pulling the deer tail a few feet off the ground a couple times. That way if a deer is close by and I can't see them maybe it would catch their eye and help them come on in.......
I would only do this in archery season. No way I would do it in a season when retards are out there with guns
Im not so sure about all the string and all that but your best bet would be a decoy. They are fairly light and you could put it out on your way to the stand. Another idea would be to do some rattling. Hit the can a few times then start a rattling session and switch off for a few minutes. These are just some idea's and thing's ive had work. Let me know what you decide and good luck! :gangsta
I think a decoy would work wonders, but it aint happenin with all them bafoons out there. This is public land, btw
Decoys on state land is probably a bad idea. You know that someone will shoot it 😆
Have you ever tried to make something to muffle the sound so the call might sound like its further away and the deer might keep coming in. Not too sure though. I never use calls. They always just seem to scare the deer for me
Last year I switched to the Primos mini-can. It has a higher pitch to it than others, and sounds like a fawn more than anything else. That is the best one I have had. Other than one I got in a store in S. carolina years back. It was a homemade deal that a local up there made. That thing was lights out.
