Related: The Best Deer Calls of 2024 While there are plenty of ways to call deer, in this story we’re primarily going to cover when and how to use a grunt call for bucks. That’s why we pulled together ...

Heading into the woods without a few deer calls isn’t a good plan. Deer use various sounds to communicate with each other from the early part of the season to its end. When you understand the sounds ...

As an obsessed spring gobbler hunter knows short of filling a tag the most satisfaction comes from having a prolonged dialog with a throaty bird doing its best to attract that hen who has got his ...

Deer calls won’t guarantee you that a Booner will run into your setup. But when used strategically, they can grab a deer’s attention. You can sometimes even call them—ever so cautiously—into range.

For many hunters, the only deer sound they’ve ever heard is the loud alarm snort deer make when they sense something is amiss. The resulting “blow” alerts deer near and far that there might be an ...

Deer calling is a skill that can elevate your hunting experience, but knowing when and how to call is as crucial as having the right equipment. It’s tempting to rely on frequent calls to lure deer, ...

An error has occurred. Please try again. With a The Portland Press Herald subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. It looks like you do not have any active ...

At this point in the Illinois archery deer season, hundreds of archers are setting forth to the woods to balance their skills against those of the wily white-tailed deer. The “rut” or breeding season ...