In the 3-minute Facebook video below, John Dudley of Nock On TV reveals his three rules for luring rutting bucks into bow shooting range with a grunt call.
Dudley’s favorite grunt tube is the Hunters Specialties’ True Talker, a call he’s owned since the late 1990s. His only modification to it was to cut down the tube slightly so it fits better in a chest pocket.
Keep in mind you won’t be successful calling in every cruising buck that you see in the forest. Call only to those bucks you want to shoot, make sure they are generally upwind of your location, and never call to one that is stopped and already looking in your direction due to a previous grunt sound.
The rut is the most exciting time of the year to be in the whitetail woods, and calling to rutting bucks is a tremendous tactic — if used correctly.
