Homemade deer calls and how to use them......

[smokehouseman]

I was curious to see some homemade deer calls and the techniques in using them. I have made some out of scrap wood material with electrical tape as the reed and that seems to work satisfactorily. Prior to the foliage dropping here in Alaska I look for a leaf locally referred to as a "False Lilly", it's a broad thin leaf. By putting it between my lips and creating a sucking technique I get a high pitched call, this has worked well in the past. The problem associated with using deer calls in our area is that a bear will come to it as well. Seems like I ever get a lone buck to come to the call unless accompanied by a doe, doe's really get aggressive in responding to the call.

 

[rabjr]

:haha: I just use my mouth and do my best to mimic a couple of calls.

 

[longcruise]

I've made a couple using large rubber bands as the reed.

 

[Dave K]

I do the same as Swampy and it works very well. Learn to do all the deer language and you would be very surprised what you can do with nothing but what you were born with.

 

[rabjr]

Yep, can't tell ya how many I have stopped, turned and brought in by Grunting, weezing or, if a deer blows, blow back! My fawn bleat is kinda sick but it does seem to confuse em sometimes.

Hell one time I had one of those uncontrolable sneezing fits, that hit all of a sudden. Had a forkhorn come running in and shot him through watery eyes and trying to surpress another sneeze. :rotf:

 

[bigbore442001]

Deer calling can be tricky. I called in one buck using a doe bleat last year. Unfortunately I did not get him.

This year I spotted a large doe at 80 yards distant from my archery stand. I blew a couple of bleats on my call and she completely ignored the sound. Kept on walking to her destination.

I believe deer have to be in the mood of some sorts to respond to a call. Also I believe in heavy pressure areas they don't work as well and may warn deer of a danger.

 

[rabjr]

Tell me bigbore442001, whenever you've had a deer blow near you, do you just throw up your hands and figure you've been busted, or do you immediately blow back? I'm not being a smartass, it's a serious question. Most people don't realize it's very effective in calming deer down and easy to mimic. I do it every time a deer blows at me and seen many go right back to eating or doing whatever they were, calmly. Hung a few up by doing this one call. :thumbsup:

 

[smokehouseman]

I agree they've got to be in the mood when they respond to the call. Once I was at the alpine level and could see long distances at that elevation when I spotted a doe about 1/2 mile away. When I blew the call I could see through my binocs that I had her attention so I kept on calling while at the same time waving my baseball cap and on she came. She came right on in to about 20 yards at which time I stood up and let her be on her way. All the time I was blowing and waving she didn't make any response calls. Haven't had any luck with solo bucks even doing the antler rattle thing.

 

[rabjr]

I dug this up that I filmed in 06'. I was watching a Doe with twin fawns, filming them from a blind sometime in July. Something spooked them, the Doe and one fawn ran one way and the other fawn ran the opposite way. Well that one fawn came back bahhhing all the way. We had a bad year that year for deer flys and the poor bugger was being tortured by them as you can tell. Anyway his crying brought out a 9 point and I got this on film.
http://www.nimrodsplace.com/video/8pointandfawn.mpg

 

[Keppy]

:applause: :applause: :applause: Very good Thanks