Fake Rattlin Antlers!

SDShooter79 · October 28, 2011, 11:05 AM

Anyone use these? I was in Cabelas the other day, and saw a pair. do they work well?
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jhnrckr · October 28, 2011, 01:32 PM

depends on where you live in the country and where you are in the rut cycle. "horn rattlin" works way better in South Texas than it does in Southern IL from my experience. I have very knowledgeable hunting buddies in WI and they have had claim no success rattling after years of hunting. I have used the knight and hale pack rack and I have used electronic rattling sequences, they all seem to work the same. You can rattle plastic or bone all you want pre-rut and post rut and you arent going to get any reaction.

2003flht · October 28, 2011, 01:52 PM

i used the bag type before... rattlebags, as i believe they were called. had about six plastic rods in a nylon bag. you would roll them inbetween the palm of your hands. they sounded good, but i never had any luck with them... or real antlers as a matter of fact. of course, the one time i dropped my treestand from a tree (made a freaking racket!) i had a six pointer come running in to see what was going on... go figure!

i always had better luck with grunt tubes......

spclPatrolGroup · October 28, 2011, 02:38 PM

Yes those work, they sound close enough to real antlers that bucks will come to check out who is fight'n, I like the bags, you can make your own,

step 1, drink a bottle of crown
step 2, take some 1-2" wooden dowls and cut them to fit in the bag your bottle of crown came in
step 3, use a band saw* or something to flatten one side of the dowels, put them in the bag and presto, you have a rattling bag, use a rubber band to silence it

*wait until you sober up for this part

warbirdlover · October 28, 2011, 03:33 PM

This works great (called in a deer last year) and is easy to carry. The TV hunters carrying actual horns is a bunch of BS.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Hunti...3Bcat104212980

presence · October 31, 2011, 10:16 PM

how can anyone really be sure if something doesn't work? if no deer come, maybe you were using it while there wasn't anything around.

if it didn't already work many times for a study group, there wouldn't be a market for it. same goes for fishing lures.

nathaniel · October 31, 2011, 11:20 PM

They work fine but the bag types are easier to carry around.

90% of the time people that say rattle doesnt work dont know how to use them. Just like duck calls or coyote calls, if you cant use them properly the animals wont come in.

Mobuck · November 6, 2011, 07:53 AM

My older son had a set of the antler shaped synthetic rattling things that shattered one really cold day. Sent them back and got a new set. Yes, they work but under the right conditions, so will rubbing/beating a couple of sticks together. Apparently, so does letting a 5 year old play with them in the deer blind since that happened last year.

October 28, 2011, 11:05 AM	#1
SDShooter79 Member Join Date: August 20, 2011 Location: South Dakota Posts: 77	Fake Rattlin Antlers! Anyone use these? I was in Cabelas the other day, and saw a pair. do they work well? B

October 28, 2011, 01:52 PM	#3
2003flht Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 2009 Location: Connecticut Posts: 199	i used the bag type before... rattlebags, as i believe they were called. had about six plastic rods in a nylon bag. you would roll them inbetween the palm of your hands. they sounded good, but i never had any luck with them... or real antlers as a matter of fact. of course, the one time i dropped my treestand from a tree (made a freaking racket!) i had a six pointer come running in to see what was going on... go figure! i always had better luck with grunt tubes...... __________________ "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming...Wow! What a ride!" Give a Liberal a fish, he'll ask for seconds. Teach a Liberal to fish, he'll sign up for unemployment...

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October 28, 2011, 01:32 PM	#2
jhnrckr Member Join Date: October 17, 2011 Posts: 60	depends on where you live in the country and where you are in the rut cycle. "horn rattlin" works way better in South Texas than it does in Southern IL from my experience. I have very knowledgeable hunting buddies in WI and they have had claim no success rattling after years of hunting. I have used the knight and hale pack rack and I have used electronic rattling sequences, they all seem to work the same. You can rattle plastic or bone all you want pre-rut and post rut and you arent going to get any reaction.

October 28, 2011, 02:38 PM	#4
spclPatrolGroup Senior Member Join Date: August 19, 2010 Location: North Dakota Posts: 349	Yes those work, they sound close enough to real antlers that bucks will come to check out who is fight'n, I like the bags, you can make your own, step 1, drink a bottle of crown step 2, take some 1-2" wooden dowls and cut them to fit in the bag your bottle of crown came in step 3, use a band saw* or something to flatten one side of the dowels, put them in the bag and presto, you have a rattling bag, use a rubber band to silence it *wait until you sober up for this part

October 28, 2011, 03:33 PM	#5
warbirdlover Senior Member Join Date: December 13, 2009 Location: central Wisconsin Posts: 2,324	This works great (called in a deer last year) and is easy to carry. The TV hunters carrying actual horns is a bunch of BS. http://www.cabelas.com/product/Hunti...3Bcat104212980

October 31, 2011, 10:16 PM	#6
presence Member Join Date: April 15, 2009 Location: Wheeling, WV Posts: 52	how can anyone really be sure if something doesn't work? if no deer come, maybe you were using it while there wasn't anything around. if it didn't already work many times for a study group, there wouldn't be a market for it. same goes for fishing lures.

October 31, 2011, 11:20 PM	#7
nathaniel Senior Member Join Date: March 11, 2010 Location: North Dakota Posts: 600	They work fine but the bag types are easier to carry around. 90% of the time people that say rattle doesnt work dont know how to use them. Just like duck calls or coyote calls, if you cant use them properly the animals wont come in.

November 6, 2011, 07:53 AM	#8
Mobuck Junior member Join Date: February 2, 2010 Posts: 6,846	My older son had a set of the antler shaped synthetic rattling things that shattered one really cold day. Sent them back and got a new set. Yes, they work but under the right conditions, so will rubbing/beating a couple of sticks together. Apparently, so does letting a 5 year old play with them in the deer blind since that happened last year.