Killed a 144" 8 point in Jackson County that came right to a can call. Only deer I ever called in with one but I scared a monster off ( took off like he was shot when I called to him) with it a year later and never tried it again.

I gave the can a good try. I used one on every mature buck I saw one season. Seems like it was a dozen er so bucks total. About half ignored the sound, and the other half hauled azz the other way. Into the trash it went. Not the kind of odds I want to use when hunting mature bucks.

Same results with me. Doesn't work in Alabama. It DOES work in KY, but I guess those deer have seen the TV shows and know their supposed to respond to them!

My Hail Mary call. If nothing is happening I will give it a shot.

I've heard a few does make that same sound right after I dropped them and they didn't die immediately.

Never had any luck with in in Alabama. Had a blast Playing with some young bucks in Midwest several different hunts. Scared the crap out of some too. I carry one and only use it as a last resort if I can't get a shot on one I've already seen. Nothing to lose so what the heck? With that said I can't say I've ever called one in blindly and never killed a deer using one.

I actually heard a doe do that "bawl" in Dallas County 3 years ago. First time I heard it I thought I was hearing a bird or something. She did it four times over the course of 5min. It was about 10:00 in the morning on a cold cloudy day. She was in a pine thicket and I set up on a road maybe 100 yards away from where I had heard her. Not 10 min later a giant bodied buck with a tall dark rack crossed the road on me so fast I didn't have time to flip the safety off of my gun. He was making a bee line straight to her. Looked like he had a bush on his head. I ended up killing a good 10pt that afternoon on the other side of that pine thicket. It may or may not have been the same deer.

For the record....I've got a pal (his wall speaks for itself) that swears the can call is the best call for calling up a doe that has ever been made. He calls in slickheads for bow shots and has also bow-killed a few bucks that were tending does by calling the doe to him. I still haven't tried it much but he and I were covering a funnel in the swamps one morning (could see each other in the tree) and I watched him call up a big gang of slickheads (could barely see them way out in the open bottoms) right to the bottom of his tree. Damndest thing I have ever seen.

If it's better than a fawn bleat it's bad. Fawn bleat will flat reel the mommas in.

Y'all know there are three sizes of "The Can" from small to big, right? The biggest one is about the size of a soup can, I think. Deeper sound, etc.

Can Family

Squeaky,

What's the name of that can that like? I'd be interested in hearing about one that you like over the Primos can.

I have two that were given to me, a BIG one and a small one. These are a local brand made in Ohatchee, AL.

Brad it's a doe-in-heat bleat. Another company use to make them then wild game innovations bought them out. The last one I bought was through them. When I get home from offshore I'll take a picture of the call and text it to you. It a much better can than the primos can calls.

Thanks. Stay safe.

My brother-in-law here in north Alabama called in and killed several bucks 15 years ago when The Can was first popular. I hunted the same land and used two different sized Cans for variety and never once saw a deer respond to that particular noise.

I've called in a few deer with the can call. Usually its deer i see and want them to turn and come to me. It's very effective during bow season on young deer, looking for a buddy. I killed a milk sucker with it during bow season, came to me on a string. Good eating right there. I called in a 5 and 6 ptr on 2 different occasions. I use mine with a grunt tube, but use the grunt tube a lot more during gun season.

The buck I killed about a week and a half ago came in to a can call. I was bored so I tried it. He came in with his nose in the air less than a minute later. I'm using the original primos can that has I think the Beatty buck on the side of it. The only way it works is if you blow into it, just turning it over does nothing.

I've probably killed 7 or 8 mature deer coming to the original Primos Can during the pre rut / rut transition days. There seems to be a few days of the year when it really works for me, and like Squeaky, I use it in conjunction with a buck tending grunt sequence.

One morning I had just sat down to get settled in just as day was breaking. I was in central Ms in mid December. On that property it's the time of year when the bucks have the woods tore up and you are expecting to see the chasing start any day. I reached in my pocket for something as I was settling in, and accidentally bumped "the can" and immediately heard a deer get up and start my direction. I shot a nice mature 8 point at 10 steps that obviously was coming straight to what he thought was a doe.

It is hit or miss, i have killed a few bucks in mississippi with the grunt/can combo. I heard a doe sound just like the can in meridian a few weeks ago. Do not think it was rutting behavior but more a bleat. Who knows, but i do agree I also witnessed it spooking deer!

So far as I know, I've never even had a sniff from a deer when using the bleat call. Maybe I did and they saw me but I don't think so. I know they can be effective, but they've not worked for me yet.