can calls
03-09-2007, 07:27 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: milwaukee
Posts: 153
can calls
what kind of results have you gotten from using a can call(estrous bleat)? Also when on stand how often do you use it and what time of year? I hunt in northern wisconsin and have been afraid to use it before november.
03-09-2007, 07:56 PM
#3
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Illinois
Posts: 978
RE: can calls
I have shot a couple nice deer using them. Just depends what kind of mood they are in. I shot a eight last year that came into the doe bleat. If I see a deer and it don't seem to be coming my way, I will bleat once. Then just watch it to see how it reacts. This year I had a small buck feeding about50 yrds out. I used the grunt and it just kept feeing and drifting my way. It was getting dark fast, so I hit the doe bleat and it was gonebefore the bleatsound stopped.
I never use it when the deer in looking in my direction.I use the doe bleat in early season. When the rut hit I use estrous and some times just the bleat. Just don't want to over use them.
crutch
I never use it when the deer in looking in my direction.I use the doe bleat in early season. When the rut hit I use estrous and some times just the bleat. Just don't want to over use them.crutch
03-09-2007, 07:59 PM
#4
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Plum, PA
Posts: 296
RE: can calls
I had a doe and faww come into it a few times but never close enough. I also had a 6 come running into to it in November. He was small but he came within 10 feet of my stand. I will use it again this year. I think i used it every half hour or so.
03-09-2007, 09:44 PM
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: RI
Posts: 3,073
RE: can calls
Ive never had the thing work for me. I hafta say though, when I know a deer is going to pass my stand, I don't make any calls. When I see them out of range and they do not look like they will pass my stand, I either grunt or use the can. Ive had the grunt work, but the can never has for me. Too many people say they work though, so I won't give up on it.