How To Talk White Tail

By Coltin Gresser

The Rundown

Now, if I was stuck in a world where you could only use one call for the rest of your life

while you chase White-tail deer there is a simple answer. The buck roar by Primos hunting

gear. I have been using the first model of this call, but since then they have made the buck roar

two. The main part of this call is a deeper buck grunt call. Located on the top of the call is the

snort wheeze tube.

This call covers many spectrums of deer communication. When using this call you can

cross that language barrier that we tend to have with wildlife. I have used this one call to make

tending grunts, long breeding grunts, locator grunts, and the snort-wheeze. Not only does this call

work for bringing in bucks. It also works well with does too. Over the years I have noticed that

it’s not only due to the attraction that they have from the call, but the curiosity they have and the

desire to see what is going on.

Make sure you check your regulations in your state for decoying deer before going out

there with a bag full of deer decoys, Ol’ Green Jeans may not be too happy about that. This call

works great with decoys. Of course, as one would expect it works the best with buck decoys

whether full bodies or silhouettes. I have had success with it even with doe decoys. This is

especially true during the rut. Just like many principles of deer hunting when the rut kicks in

many rules are thrown out the window and a lot of tactics could work when they usually wouldn’t.

These stories that I’m about to share are what made this call my M.V.C (Most Valuable Call).

Story Time

The first time I used the Buck roar was when I was nine years old. Me and a family friend

who was older than me by a few years chose to go hunt a parcel of property that we call the

swamp. It is a 30–40-acre prairie up top and when you start getting in the lowlands of the area. It

is more of a seasonal wetland. The deer absolutely love it here and have all the needs they want.

Surrounding this land, there are many agricultural fields. Constantly doing their crop rotations of

corn and soybeans. To the West, there is a three-acre woods that is semi-open. Sadly, the thorns

and briars are choking it out and making it a hassle to hike through. As Nathan and I are sitting

in a ground blind we made from a down oak, we are talking about how excited we are to be out

enjoying the Lord’s creation and talking about dreams we have of a monster buck walking out in front of us.

Our conversation starts to die out and we hit the two-hour mark of the hunt. We have one

hour of light left in this evening hunt. I ask him “Aye Nate would ya mind if I get out this buck

grunt I have been practicing and see if I can draw anything in?” He looks at me and says, “Why

not we haven’t seen anything move all day.” So, with approval from him, I start my sequence of

calls. At that time my calling was not the best, some may say they rather me not call at all. My

calling arsenal just consisted of two medium pitch tending grunts, not even working the call with

my hands to throw the sound in different directions just basic calling.

Not even ten minutes go by and through the foxtail grass and milkweed can start to

make out some antlers and then some ears and BOOM. Five yards away there is a decent buck

maybe around 110-115-inch class deer. He came in hot and was looking for the “buck” he was

hearing. I was just sitting with Nate that day and had no firearm with me. I just wanted to be his

scout and caller. He passed on that buck that came so close to where we were sitting, he was practically in the blind with us.

Now let’s fast forward, this past deer season of 2023 was one for the books. It is the

opening weekend of gun season here in Indiana. I have hunted archery and passed on some

smaller bucks and no does have been in range to me to sling an arrow at them. My father and I

were hunting together on the morning hunt of opening day and didn’t see anything move until 9:45 in

the morning. I may or may not have been on my phone checking to see how the opening morning is

going for my buddies. When my dad said “big buck” I immediately threw my phone on my lap

and looked to the west where he was looking. Before he ran down the back side of the rise in the

field, I caught a glimpse of his antlers and instantly started shaking like a leaf.

this

We sat until 11:30 and didn’t see anything after the big boy, so we packed our gear and

headed back to camp to get some food and water. While sitting down and eating at camp I talked

with my dad about the possibility of that big buck being bedded down with a “hot” doe. He said

this is probably true due to how hard and fast he was moving through our field. With those thoughts

in my mind, I sat in the stand where we had put up a week before the gun season started. As the

sun is starting to set I have about 50 minutes before dark. As I am standing in the stand stretching

my legs, I catch something brown moving behind me. I slowly turn my head and see it’s a doe

that was bedded down in the tall reeds directly behind the tree stand. I wait, praying and hoping I

see that brute we saw in the morning. I give a couple tending grunts and a breeding grunt and

wait. I am looking towards the south scanning for anything. I looked back to the north and the

doe had laid down and gotten back up and five yards behind her boom there he was.

I felt that I was shaking so much I was making the tree stand wobble with excitement and

nerves. He got up and started to head north away from me. With it being the rut and him being

one of the dominant bucks in the area I knew a cadence of double grunt with a snort wheeze

would stop him. I start it off with two deep medium-duration double grunts. I pause for about 20

seconds and then two hard blows and a strong snort wheeze. He stopped dead in his tracks and

stood perfectly broadside. His nose was dripping with snot, I could see his mouth was wide open,

and breathing heavily and drooling. The guard hairs on his back were starting to rise and his whole

body was stiff as a board. He was ready for a fight.

Wrapping Up

There is a plethora of stories I can tell you where this call has brought deer to me and

others I have been with. If you want to get into calling white-tail deer this call is a must-have

for you. It is easy to use, and you will catch on to when and where to use it. Go do yourself a

favor and pick this call up. We will have a link on where to buy it in our gear section. Good luck

on your future hunts and remember you can’t kill them from the couch!