"The Can" doe call

Sea Buck · November 29, 2015, 09:55 AM

While in Dick's earlier this year I bit for " The Can". I used it off and on this season in doe areas. Is this a realistic call? It's fun in the camp, but seriously has any one had success with this gadget?

Gunplummer · November 29, 2015, 05:32 PM

We all go through this stage as we start out hunting and stay at it a few years. I can not say this stuff does not work, but timing is everything, and all deer are individuals. Does it work all the time? Heck no! It does not even work most of the time. I do know one guy that keeps a fawn bleat call in his hunting stuff when he goes out for coyote early. I have had quite a few people tell me they pulled in coyotes with turkey calls. I have had bucks come in just by grunting with my mouth, BUT they usually stay out in the brush and circle until they can spot something or get downwind of it. The woods is polluted with calls and scents anymore. Deer are a lot more leery of lures and calls than 30 years ago. I have seen quite a few deer check the trees when they get a little wiff of your scent. I guess what it comes down to is: If YOU think it works, go for it.

Hawg · November 29, 2015, 08:21 PM

I have a couple but can't say for sure they work on deer or not. I do just as well without them. One thing I do know they work on is hunters.

NHSHOOTER · November 29, 2015, 08:23 PM

I have had it work for me once in the many years I have carried and used one and it wasnt a buck but a very large old doe came in to my call, I do use the can and my extinguisher but I havent seen any results, then again I am hunting in NH and our deer population is quite small, most areas just 1 or 2 deer per sq mile avg. I have seen a grunt call stop a buck and give me a shot a few years back but it wasnt what called him in, he was avoiding other hunters who were pushing him and some does and they just happened by my stand.

Kreyzhorse · November 29, 2015, 08:44 PM

Like Hawg said not sure about deer but they certainly work on hunters.

Cowboy_mo · November 29, 2015, 08:50 PM

I have owned and used one since 2009. In 2009, it drew a button buck out in the open and cost him his life. It hasn't drawn anything in since then.

Last year in camp I was in a stand using the can and another hunter was a couple hundred yards away (not in sight of each other) and was using a grunt call. We both thought we were attracting a deer but alas we were just talking to each other

I never "bit" on rattling antlers or the new rattling bags but this year in camp two of the guys in camp rattled in good bucks. So, I'm waiting on the after season sales and will probably own some sort of rattling tool before next season

hooligan1 · November 30, 2015, 07:34 AM

I've tried a number of deer calls, and "the can" is one of my favorites.
I don't use it to find deer, I use it to calm or stop a moving deer long enough to shoot.
That's where most calls shine is stopping deer.

Saltydog235 · November 30, 2015, 04:15 PM

Had a spike come right up to the box blind on one once. At least I think he came for the call but, he stuck around and ate the corn that had spilled out there. Or he could have just been dumb. He lived that day.

Sea Buck · December 1, 2015, 03:58 PM

It has sure worked on me!!

Win73 · December 4, 2015, 10:40 AM

I have had success stopping deer using my mouth by saying "maaah".

Hawg · December 4, 2015, 11:27 AM

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I have had success stopping deer using my mouth by saying "maaah".

I've had success just rattling the sling swivels. It works if one is feeding with his back to you. It will make him look around to see what's going on.

Gunplummer · December 4, 2015, 04:58 PM

Those are half tame deer. I was lifting my rifle on two deer out about 80 yards that were coming in. I had on bib overalls with plastic buckles for the shoulder straps. One of the buckles "Clinked" against the stock and they took off like I had shot at them. I usually just whistle or yell "Yo" to stop a deer. Hunters tend to forget about the acute hearing of a deer. I worry way more about that than their sense of smell. I learned my lesson about moving my butt on a nylon seat when wearing pants that were part polyester.

Longshot4 · December 6, 2015, 07:36 PM

In the past I have used the bleet calls. No luck.

Then I was able to hunt from a raised blind from sun up to sun down for 2 weeks and this is what I found.

As the deer came into the area all day long day after day. I finally heard a fawn bleat. The little thing was lost and was calling for mommy. I would place some pieces of pumpkin spread out and chopped up for feed. The doe and fawn got separated with a few trees between them as they were casually feeding. Then the fawn bleated and came searching for mom. Mom casually cam around the corner and Jr. was quiet. The bleat is Jr. calling for Mommy. That is all there is to it. My bleat call failed to work I assume because the Doe knows the voice. Perhaps it would help in certain conditions but not all.

If you want to draw in the Deer and hold them for a moment or longer get a decoy and spray it with the appropriate sent. I have had young bucks fall in love at first site and mature bucks come charging in.

reynolds357 · December 6, 2015, 10:28 PM

It is realistic, but it is not loud enough. Deer have to be close to respond to it. I have used it playing with some immature bucks. I call them in very close with it and then run them off with my deepest toned grunt call.

I have never had a deer be able to hear the can past about 50 yards.

hooligan1 · December 7, 2015, 05:29 PM

Reynolds, that's my findings also.

Unlicensed Dremel · December 17, 2015, 06:09 PM

Number of times I have blown a grunt call: Countless
Number of times a grunt call has worked (in such a way that I could say it was definitely the proximate cause of a deer appearing): Zero

Number of times I have clanked together the rattling horns: Countless
Number of times ratting has worked: Zero

Number of times I have hit the doe bleat can: Countless
Number of times the bleat can has worked: About SIX times.

However, what it brings in for me, so far, is just yearling or 2.5 year old bucks, or a fawn.. and once another doe. So I usually pass on what it brings in, but it does work sometimes.

Mobuck · December 25, 2015, 08:44 AM

I have one but it's more of a "novelty" than a useful hunting tool. The call was sitting on a table and Grandson was messing with it so I told him to take it with him to the deer stand(I was NOT going-just his Dad). When they came back in, Dad(my Son) handed me the call with the comment "please don't let him take that out of the house EVER again".

Unlicensed Dremel · December 26, 2015, 08:06 PM

Not a novelty - if you're just hunting for hides. See post just above.

Boogershooter · December 27, 2015, 01:15 PM

Best time to use one is after you have seen the deer and are trying to calm it down or get it out of the thick stuff. Big bucks are very cautious because when they are there most all other deer are silent. The only time I've seen a deer bleat in the woods was when does had yearlings with them. I've seen does with bucks many times and I've heard the bucks grunting but never the doe. If you are hunting meat this is a good tool. If your after big bucks maybe not so much.

Unlicensed Dremel · December 27, 2015, 10:56 PM

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If you are hunting meat this is a good tool. If your after big bucks maybe not so much.

I think that's exactly right. Those big bucks are going by estrus scent, not sound.

fazulle hunter · December 29, 2015, 12:11 PM

never had it work but my grunt call, now that's a different story!

November 29, 2015, 09:55 AM	#1
Sea Buck Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2008 Location: New England,Florida Snow Bird Posts: 312	"The Can" doe call While in Dick's earlier this year I bit for " The Can". I used it off and on this season in doe areas. Is this a realistic call? It's fun in the camp, but seriously has any one had success with this gadget?

November 29, 2015, 08:44 PM	#5
Kreyzhorse Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2006 Location: NKY Posts: 12,463	Like Hawg said not sure about deer but they certainly work on hunters. __________________ "He who laughs last, laughs dead." Homer Simpson

November 30, 2015, 07:34 AM	#7
hooligan1 Senior Member Join Date: July 18, 2010 Location: Independence Missouri Posts: 4,585	I've tried a number of deer calls, and "the can" is one of my favorites. I don't use it to find deer, I use it to calm or stop a moving deer long enough to shoot. That's where most calls shine is stopping deer. __________________ Keep your Axe sharp and your powder dry.

December 4, 2015, 10:40 AM	#10
Win73 Senior Member Join Date: March 1, 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 401	I have had success stopping deer using my mouth by saying "maaah". __________________ (Luke 11:21 KJV) When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: (Luke 22:36 KJV) Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.

December 7, 2015, 05:29 PM	#15
hooligan1 Senior Member Join Date: July 18, 2010 Location: Independence Missouri Posts: 4,585	Reynolds, that's my findings also. __________________ Keep your Axe sharp and your powder dry.

November 29, 2015, 05:32 PM	#2
Gunplummer Senior Member Join Date: March 11, 2010 Location: South East Pa. Posts: 3,364	We all go through this stage as we start out hunting and stay at it a few years. I can not say this stuff does not work, but timing is everything, and all deer are individuals. Does it work all the time? Heck no! It does not even work most of the time. I do know one guy that keeps a fawn bleat call in his hunting stuff when he goes out for coyote early. I have had quite a few people tell me they pulled in coyotes with turkey calls. I have had bucks come in just by grunting with my mouth, BUT they usually stay out in the brush and circle until they can spot something or get downwind of it. The woods is polluted with calls and scents anymore. Deer are a lot more leery of lures and calls than 30 years ago. I have seen quite a few deer check the trees when they get a little wiff of your scent. I guess what it comes down to is: If YOU think it works, go for it.

November 29, 2015, 08:21 PM	#3
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,188	I have a couple but can't say for sure they work on deer or not. I do just as well without them. One thing I do know they work on is hunters.

November 29, 2015, 08:23 PM	#4
NHSHOOTER Senior Member Join Date: November 26, 2012 Location: Concord NH Posts: 1,002	I have had it work for me once in the many years I have carried and used one and it wasnt a buck but a very large old doe came in to my call, I do use the can and my extinguisher but I havent seen any results, then again I am hunting in NH and our deer population is quite small, most areas just 1 or 2 deer per sq mile avg. I have seen a grunt call stop a buck and give me a shot a few years back but it wasnt what called him in, he was avoiding other hunters who were pushing him and some does and they just happened by my stand.

November 29, 2015, 08:50 PM	#6
Cowboy_mo Senior Member Join Date: June 23, 2010 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,039	I have owned and used one since 2009. In 2009, it drew a button buck out in the open and cost him his life. It hasn't drawn anything in since then. Last year in camp I was in a stand using the can and another hunter was a couple hundred yards away (not in sight of each other) and was using a grunt call. We both thought we were attracting a deer but alas we were just talking to each other I never "bit" on rattling antlers or the new rattling bags but this year in camp two of the guys in camp rattled in good bucks. So, I'm waiting on the after season sales and will probably own some sort of rattling tool before next season

November 30, 2015, 04:15 PM	#8
Saltydog235 Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 2010 Location: Pawleys Island Posts: 1,563	Had a spike come right up to the box blind on one once. At least I think he came for the call but, he stuck around and ate the corn that had spilled out there. Or he could have just been dumb. He lived that day.

December 1, 2015, 03:58 PM	#9
Sea Buck Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2008 Location: New England,Florida Snow Bird Posts: 312	It has sure worked on me!!

December 4, 2015, 04:58 PM	#12
Gunplummer Senior Member Join Date: March 11, 2010 Location: South East Pa. Posts: 3,364	Those are half tame deer. I was lifting my rifle on two deer out about 80 yards that were coming in. I had on bib overalls with plastic buckles for the shoulder straps. One of the buckles "Clinked" against the stock and they took off like I had shot at them. I usually just whistle or yell "Yo" to stop a deer. Hunters tend to forget about the acute hearing of a deer. I worry way more about that than their sense of smell. I learned my lesson about moving my butt on a nylon seat when wearing pants that were part polyester.

December 6, 2015, 07:36 PM	#13
Longshot4 Senior Member Join Date: February 22, 2014 Posts: 868	In the past I have used the bleet calls. No luck. Then I was able to hunt from a raised blind from sun up to sun down for 2 weeks and this is what I found. As the deer came into the area all day long day after day. I finally heard a fawn bleat. The little thing was lost and was calling for mommy. I would place some pieces of pumpkin spread out and chopped up for feed. The doe and fawn got separated with a few trees between them as they were casually feeding. Then the fawn bleated and came searching for mom. Mom casually cam around the corner and Jr. was quiet. The bleat is Jr. calling for Mommy. That is all there is to it. My bleat call failed to work I assume because the Doe knows the voice. Perhaps it would help in certain conditions but not all. If you want to draw in the Deer and hold them for a moment or longer get a decoy and spray it with the appropriate sent. I have had young bucks fall in love at first site and mature bucks come charging in.

December 6, 2015, 10:28 PM	#14
reynolds357 Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2012 Posts: 6,165	It is realistic, but it is not loud enough. Deer have to be close to respond to it. I have used it playing with some immature bucks. I call them in very close with it and then run them off with my deepest toned grunt call. I have never had a deer be able to hear the can past about 50 yards.

December 17, 2015, 06:09 PM	#16
Unlicensed Dremel Junior member Join Date: February 13, 2014 Location: Flathead Valley, MT Posts: 2,187	Number of times I have blown a grunt call: Countless Number of times a grunt call has worked (in such a way that I could say it was definitely the proximate cause of a deer appearing): Zero Number of times I have clanked together the rattling horns: Countless Number of times ratting has worked: Zero Number of times I have hit the doe bleat can: Countless Number of times the bleat can has worked: About SIX times. However, what it brings in for me, so far, is just yearling or 2.5 year old bucks, or a fawn.. and once another doe. So I usually pass on what it brings in, but it does work sometimes.

December 25, 2015, 08:44 AM	#17
Mobuck Junior member Join Date: February 2, 2010 Posts: 6,846	I have one but it's more of a "novelty" than a useful hunting tool. The call was sitting on a table and Grandson was messing with it so I told him to take it with him to the deer stand(I was NOT going-just his Dad). When they came back in, Dad(my Son) handed me the call with the comment "please don't let him take that out of the house EVER again".

December 26, 2015, 08:06 PM	#18
Unlicensed Dremel Junior member Join Date: February 13, 2014 Location: Flathead Valley, MT Posts: 2,187	Not a novelty - if you're just hunting for hides. See post just above.

December 27, 2015, 01:15 PM	#19
Boogershooter Senior Member Join Date: December 9, 2014 Posts: 645	Best time to use one is after you have seen the deer and are trying to calm it down or get it out of the thick stuff. Big bucks are very cautious because when they are there most all other deer are silent. The only time I've seen a deer bleat in the woods was when does had yearlings with them. I've seen does with bucks many times and I've heard the bucks grunting but never the doe. If you are hunting meat this is a good tool. If your after big bucks maybe not so much.

December 29, 2015, 12:11 PM	#21
fazulle hunter Junior Member Join Date: March 11, 2008 Location: NJ Posts: 3	never had it work but my grunt call, now that's a different story!