One of the most well-known deer calls is the doe bleat, especially the can call. Every hunter knows what it is; many have used one, but very few know how, or even if, it works. I am not one to use ...

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 ...

I use the bleat in several different ways. If the action is slow while I’m set up over a doe decoy and there’s no sign of deer in the area, I’ll give off a couple of bleats to see if I can attract a ...

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 ...

Most bowhunters now carry a deer call or two, but few use them on early season hunts. While it is true that calling is most effective during late pre-rut and the rut itself, if you go about it right, ...

Calling deer is much different than calling turkeys, ducks or other wildlife. Deer will usually not answer the call, but rather respond to it. The response can be positive or negative, depending on ...

It was blowing rain and getting dark in Otisco when R.J. Shaver, of Apulia Station, gave a few bleats on his doe call. With a great crashing sound, a big 8-pointer burst through the thick brush about ...

Veteran hunter Mike Joyner, of McGraw, had a fruitful opening day of deer hunting Sunday in the Southern Zone. He wrote: "Pair was taken 7:30 am Sunday-opening weekend on our property, McGraw NY. Buck ...