Another call that sometimes works, particularly in the early season is a fawn bleat. It’s basically a higher-pitched, more drawn-out version of the doe grunt.

Most bowhunters now carry a deer call or two, but few use them on early season hunts. While it is true that calling is most effective during late pre-rut and the rut itself, if you go about it ...

Submitted photoMike Joyner shot both of these deer by 7:30 a.m. opening day. Veteran hunter Mike Joyner, of McGraw, had a fruitful opening day of deer hunting Sunday in the Southern Zone. He wrote ...