Deer Calls

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      Calls for the roe rut in high summer and the red stag roar in autumn.

      • Roe — the Buttolo Blatter rubber bellows is the standard, and the easiest to get a convincing note from. The Hubertus Roe Call 3 in cherrywood gives variable pitch for imitating both doe and kid, and Buttolo also make a double reed version.
      • Red — the Hubertus two-piece collapsible stag call and the Illinois River reed mouth call, for roaring during the rut.

      Calling works best in the peak of the rut, and less is usually more — overcalling moves more deer away than it brings in. A buck that hangs up out of sight has probably heard something not quite right.

      See also deer calls and attractants, calls and lures and highseats.