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Jigging for deer was in an article in this month's "bow hunter" not the superior "pedersons Bow Hunting". I accidently ordered the wrong magazine last year from a local HS kid....
Anyway, its a good article. Maybe I'll have time to scan that page or something.
Its like I said....Its made from a heavy stick(1-2" wide) about 2-3' long with a short stick towards one end, so It will look like a night stick. You wrap that with the green twine, like your bow rope.
It is to mimmic the sounds of deer walking. You lower it down, drop it into leaves and sticks and it makes noise when the first end hits, and the 2nd two when the other end falls. You can russle brush when you're bleeting or grunting, or rattling....russle leaves, bang it on brush....whatever. It should also work early in conjunction with bleets....a walking deer-sound.
I'd never heard of it either, but it makes a lot of sense....
It says it'll only really work on calm days...but if you think about it, when a doe walks through, a lot of times, its followed by other deer from other directions investigating.
It also says not to do it when you can see the deer....they'll pinpoint the sound, and I agree that would happen.
I think it will work pre-rut and during the rut.
I'm going to try it this year for sure. Worst that happens is it scares off deer I don't know are there anyway, and I don't see why it would.
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