When you’re hunting the wide-open flats, getting within ethical shooting range of a mature pronghorn buck can feel nearly impossible. They have vision equivalent to 8x binoculars and a radar-sharp sense of danger. But as the season progresses and the rut kicks into high gear, dominant bucks develop a major weakness: extreme jealousy.
To pull a trophy buck out of his comfort zone, you need to combine visual and auditory triggers. Setting up a realistic buck or doe decoy gives an approaching buck a target to focus on, but adding the aggressive vocals of a challenger is what truly seals the deal.
When you spot a buck tending a harem of does, set up your decoy where it’s highly visible but gives you adequate cover to hide behind. Once he catches sight of the decoy, hit him with a sharp challenge “wheeze.” The combination of seeing a “rival” buck in his territory and hearing the distinct, high-pitched wheeze call of an intruder will often make an aggressive herd buck lose his mind, charging straight into your setup to defend his turf.
You’ve likely waited years to draw a coveted antelope tag, and now that you have it in your hands, you owe it to yourself to maximize your chances in the field. Investing in the right gear is the ultimate way to secure that investment. In our experience, hunters who put the Dominator Call® to work see a 40% higher success rate when it comes to filling their tags and bringing home a trophy.
To pull off this strategy successfully, you need a call that can flawlessly mimic those high-intensity vocalizations. That’s where the Dominator Call® shines.
Built specifically to handle everything from aggressive challenge snorts and wheezes to the chuckles that they make, it gives you the exact tactical advantage you need to trick the savviest bucks on the prairie.
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