What is your process

Carry the horns in to my tree and then don't touch them again until I'm leaving. Every year I think I'm going to start being more aggressive with calling but have yet to do it. I've tried it a few times with no success.

any buck you see from the stand that is passing by out of range or too quick..hit the grunt call a couple of times. No response hit the horns together for ten seconds and put em down. Have a predetermined plan to put em down. You do not want to be standing there with the horns in yer hand instead of a gun.

Blind rattling I start soft and slow wait several minutes and hit em a lil harder and put em down. See above. I do this every hour or so.

I've killed good bucks at all times of the season in several different counties. It can work

I’ve only had it work in Alabama a handful of times and even then it was mostly does wanting to know what the hell was going on. Can only remember two times I rattled in a buck. There were two other times I had deer crash in and I never put eyes on them. It just doesn’t have a high success rate in this state, but will work occasionally.

Well hell...Occasionally is bout good enough!!!

especially when bow hunting why would you let a buck walk by at 100 yards and NOT hit him with a grunt or rattle????

I see those dumbasses on TV do it all the time and I know they are rookies then....

Rattle on good cold mornings when you're up in a climber and your scent is rising.

It definitely works, I've rattled and called in quite a few. I usually only bust out the calls during the rut but have had success in bow season too.

I like it pre - breeding. I rattled in a dandy 143" 5x4 last year, Thanksgiving weekend. Have killed 3 dandies rattling and called in a bunch of little fellers. I don't do it much, I sorta pick my times. I like cold , crisp mornings where the sound carries and I can hear them coming in the leaves.

I usually grunt a time or two really low, wait and watch a few minutes, then do some heavy tickling, wait and watch a few minutes, then let it all hang out! I wanta be heard. I make the heavy rattling sound like a death match.

x2 They don't get broke horns and split ears from briars.

two times I have rattled and had a doe come running in..and a good buck trailing her by a short distance. I believe she came to the rattling hoping to get her suitor caught up in a fight or looking for a bigger suitor!!!

I know it goes without saying, but don't touch your horns unless you can see good downwind. Yes, just like with grunt response, young bucks and does will come straight in from any direction. The big boy you're after will almost always circle around and approach from downwind. Start with a tickle, pause for a bit and then build up the intensity as was posted above.

I use a rattle bag. Some sound like crap, some sound good. Not sure what brand mine is, but had it for years. Definitely like to be somewhere where the sound will carry. I like to be able to hear the pops and snaps echo through the woods. I rarely ever get aggressive with it. More of a sparring. I try to vary the sounds so it doesn't come across repetitive and unnatural. Sometimes I'll rattle on and off for around five minutes or so.

Thanks for the responses just what I needed. I want to try this.