Tim Knight put the rifle down for good in 1985, and he killed most of the bucks on his wall the same way: rattling from a climber with his antlers on the ground. We sat down in Tim's trophy room in Georgia to get into his yo-yo rattling method, why he wants to sound like two small bucks sparring instead of a buck fight, and why his favorite week to rattle comes before the does are ready.

In this episode:

- Going bow-only in 1985

- The "scout hunt": why a climber beats lock-ons and ladders

- Why your first sit in a spot is your best one

- What a 3 AM trail camera photo really tells you

- Calling deer the way you call turkeys

- How a snagged antler string led to yo-yo rattling

- Sound like two small bucks sparring, not two giants fighting

- Why the last week of October is his favorite week to rattle

- The snort wheeze: the most underused call in the woods

- Why he hunts evenings, and taking time off in hours instead of days

- Setting up within 50 yards of thick bedding cover

- The scrape transplant trick to challenge a buck's dominance

- Learning your hard and soft mast trees

- Using the tree for cover

- Calm evenings and swirling wind

- Why small antlers, and making ground noise from the tree

- How often he rattles and why he waits for the sun to set

- The conditions that give him the most confidence

- Yelping like a turkey on a noisy walk in

- Why 3D targets teach you to aim too high

- His 1991 Pope & Young full-body mount

- Paper tuning and broadhead flight checks

- Sharpening and oiling broadheads for penetration

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