fawn bleats
09-16-2003, 01:34 PM
#2
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: South Central PA
Posts: 406
RE: fawn bleats
i have had great success in the summer, early fall. Many times have had deer run in and stop. As they walk away, bring them back in again.
Once the season rolls around - they can be used to stop a deer or get its attention but that' s about it from what I have seen.
Once the season rolls around - they can be used to stop a deer or get its attention but that' s about it from what I have seen.
09-16-2003, 01:39 PM
#3
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Claremore, OK. USA
Posts: 340
RE: fawn bleats
Bearlot,
Let' s think about this!?! I haven' t used fawn bleats as part of my arsenal, but I may this season after posting this reply. NOW....let' s think like a buck!!!!
Let' s also assume we are bowhunting in the pre-rut or rut.
1. Why would a fawn make a bleat? Answer: to find it' s momma or because it was in trouble and needed it' s momma
2. Why would a buck be interested in a fawn bleat and/or respond to a fawn bleat call? Answer: Because where there' s a fawn, typically, there' s a momma and momma' s are what bucks are looking for at this time.
I really haven' t given a fawn bleat much thought until I read your post, but, I must say that it may be worthy of a try! I don' t think it would be very affective outside of the pre-rut or rut, then again, I watched a 130" 10-point play with a buck fawn for 25 minutes a couple of nights ago in one of my food plots. Deer want to be with other deer, plain and simple!! Your cousin may be onto something.
Let' s think about this!?! I haven' t used fawn bleats as part of my arsenal, but I may this season after posting this reply. NOW....let' s think like a buck!!!!
Let' s also assume we are bowhunting in the pre-rut or rut.
1. Why would a fawn make a bleat? Answer: to find it' s momma or because it was in trouble and needed it' s momma
2. Why would a buck be interested in a fawn bleat and/or respond to a fawn bleat call? Answer: Because where there' s a fawn, typically, there' s a momma and momma' s are what bucks are looking for at this time.
I really haven' t given a fawn bleat much thought until I read your post, but, I must say that it may be worthy of a try! I don' t think it would be very affective outside of the pre-rut or rut, then again, I watched a 130" 10-point play with a buck fawn for 25 minutes a couple of nights ago in one of my food plots. Deer want to be with other deer, plain and simple!! Your cousin may be onto something.
09-16-2003, 03:14 PM
#4
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Vincennes, IN
Posts: 273
RE: fawn bleats
Well guys I guess it just depends on what you expect to happen
I don' t agree with Dale about the buck coming in
Not trying to rile you dale. If you are wanting to bring in does or yearlings I think it will work just fine. I attended a seminar held by Jim Strelec? of Knight & Hale and was verrrryyy impressed. He could take a fawn bleat and make you think the fawn was right there and being attacked. It was just awesome.
I don' t agree with Dale about the buck coming in Not trying to rile you dale. If you are wanting to bring in does or yearlings I think it will work just fine. I attended a seminar held by Jim Strelec? of Knight & Hale and was verrrryyy impressed. He could take a fawn bleat and make you think the fawn was right there and being attacked. It was just awesome.
09-17-2003, 01:26 PM
#7
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Canby, Minnesota USA
Posts: 174
RE: fawn bleats
it actually works pretty good if u use the bleat and work your way up to a ditress call.....i' ve had a nice buck, a doe and a fawn, a basket 6, and 2 does come in at different times...after each sequence... i do three different calls each getting louder and longer as the go....
09-17-2003, 03:23 PM
#10
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Cary, IL
Posts: 356
RE: fawn bleats
Last year it was the peak of the rut here in IL. I think somewhere around Nov 15th or so. Anyways - I was sitting at the very top of a large finger of woods that jutted out into a CRP field. The deer love traveling up and down this finger and then hopping in the next big block of woods. Especially the big bucks, since it provides them with the most cover.
In any case, it was an extremely foggy morning. Right about 8 am I catch a glimpse of a beautiful buck about 80 yards out into the CRP field, angling down into the finger. I bleated at him 2-3 times before he head it. His head immediately snapped up and he made a b-line straight for me. He passed through one shooting lane, came around the top of the woods, and got to within 8 yards of me.
Knowing something was up, he started back around the finger the way he had came - eventually stopping directly in the middle of my shooting lane. I drew back and........shot right over his back! [&o]
The moral of the story - doe/fawn bleats can and will bring in mature deer during the rut. I wouldn' t expect it during early or late season, but when they' re out cruising for does it just might spark their curiosity to come check things out.
Furthermore - if you are hunting a spot with a lot of pressure I' ve found that doe bleats work even better, considering that everyone in the woods is using a grunt tube and eventually the bucks are becoming weary of it. However, most people don' t bleat all that often.
In any case, it was an extremely foggy morning. Right about 8 am I catch a glimpse of a beautiful buck about 80 yards out into the CRP field, angling down into the finger. I bleated at him 2-3 times before he head it. His head immediately snapped up and he made a b-line straight for me. He passed through one shooting lane, came around the top of the woods, and got to within 8 yards of me.
Knowing something was up, he started back around the finger the way he had came - eventually stopping directly in the middle of my shooting lane. I drew back and........shot right over his back! [&o]
The moral of the story - doe/fawn bleats can and will bring in mature deer during the rut. I wouldn' t expect it during early or late season, but when they' re out cruising for does it just might spark their curiosity to come check things out.
Furthermore - if you are hunting a spot with a lot of pressure I' ve found that doe bleats work even better, considering that everyone in the woods is using a grunt tube and eventually the bucks are becoming weary of it. However, most people don' t bleat all that often.