ARE YOU GELLIN’?

I was as green to whitetail hunting as Jeremiah Johnson was to the Rockies. I’d been in my morning perch all of 10 minutes and I’d already hit the horns together three times. Nothing happened. I figured adding some loud, guttural grunts would bring a buck running. Nope. Bleating had to work. I tipped that Primos can-call over 15 times in five minutes. Nothing. ARE GEL-BASED LURES THE ANSWER TO SCENT LONGEVITY AND EASE-OF-APPLICATION?

I was confused and frustrated. I’d seen these calls work on outdoor television. Not to mention it was November 8. I decided to stick it out — make an all-day sit. That thinking lasted all of an hour. I was just hooking my pack onto my tow rope when I heard it. Snapping my head to attention, I spied a young buck demolishing my mock scrape. His nose and mouth were sliming the licking branch and