Looking for a set of large rattling antlers - SWLA

pack your bluejeans for the hunt...

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Get a rattle bag if you need to

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that's a last resort.

I collected a set of 130" class sheds a few years back and converted them to rattling antlers. They are big and cumbersome but very loud. I did harvest one of my largest whitetails when using them a decade ago but I'm not sure I'd use them where big bruisers aren't common.

If you get a large set my only advice is to get a sawzall or whatever and cut the brow tines off. Nothing is worse than smashing the shite out of your fingers while rattling during a hunt. With smaller antlers this isn't as big of a concern.

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I was always told you don't want to clang big thick heavy horns together, as it sounds like 2 big bucks and may intimidate the buck you are trying to kill. Instead, click clack a small set together and it sounds like 2 young bucks, something a mature buck will certainly want to run off.

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I have also heard this a number of times and then I read actual studies like the one I linked in the OP and it makes me disregard that theory. Plus, the deer I saw WAS the mack daddy around those parts. Jesus, when I think about seeing him I start shaking

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MillerMan

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Solid advice.

Hey, to each his own.

I'm just trying to find a pair of antlers so I can kill a deer.