I just recently subscribed and I love this channel! I could sit for hours listening to you tell us how our forefathers lived. My husband would’ve loved this contraption!! I haven’t fished since he passed away in 2006. Thanks for sharing!! Blessings always! ❤️✝️

My father raised worms in beds. He used something similar to your rattler as well. He told me the reason it always worked is the worms drown when it rains if they stay under the ground during the rain so the come up and after the rain they go back down. So the rattler makes the sound and vibration like rain drops. Enjoyed your video.

Guy's this really works. Hope you enjoy.

I could listen to you talk all day long♡ reminds me of my pepaw

Most interesting. I’ve always dug for earthworms. I’m curios I’m gonna give this rattler a try. Thanks! - Tennessee Smoky

Mighty nice piece of woodworking. We call it gruntin' for worms where I'm from and drive a stake in the ground and rub a piece of iron across it preferably an ole' leaf spring off a old car. In fact in the town of Sopchoppy, FL they have a worm gruntin festival every year.

If I hadn’t seen it I never would believe it! Thanks Donnie!

That's the neatest thing I think I've ever seen , much appreciated Donnie x I'll sure put it to good use

Yep this thing is awesome. I did not believe it at first but sure enough it works.

Shared this one in my YT community! They love the Southern Tawkers and I'm sure this is something many would do well to know one day.

I made a portable worm shocker from a 12v backup battery from cable box and 120v inverter from harbour freight 2 metal rods wooden handles of course put it all inside old tackle box and take it out after a good rain to get my worms, works great !

Homesteaders need to subscribe to this channel. Lots of good stuff 👍🏻

Well, just when I thought I'd seen it all, lol, thanks Donnie.

Thank you Donnie, great video! A friend of yours sent me here from another channel. I've tried cutting down small trees in several areas using the other method, and sticking a stick in the ground and tapping or beating on it like crazy, each way got nothing. Now I think I understand, make a rattler, (love the handle on top idea), and try different places. Really appreciate this!

My grandmother had this kind of thing when we were kids this is how she taught us to get worms when we went fishing she also said they come up because the vibration makes them think it’s heavy rain an they come up to go to higher ground to keep from drowning..also my grandfather was a commercial fisherman..

😮. NOWAY!! That’s amazing!!!

Wow! if I didn't see it with my own two eyes I wouldn't have believed it. I WILL be getting worms for my garden for sure. Thanks Donnie for this tip. your friend , Louise

Perfect bait size for native trout Donnie. Thanks for sharing.

Enjoyed again, Donnie

Thanks so much you did a awesome demonstration!! I'm gonna make me one .

Yes it really works thanks for showing us, good job👍🏼

This would have been great when I was younger. My mom always wanted my sis and I to dig worms for her Oscars, and I do mean dig. Those Oscars ate all the time and needed lots of worms everyday. Needless to say I don't have any of those fish. You have a great day

I'll be a son of a gun! I built one like yours in 10 minutes and was able to call up a nightcrawler on the first try. Thanks!

Thank you for sharing this awesome video, I absolutely love it 🍻👍🍻

Wow. Learn something everyday and so thankful for it!

Worms are on the top of the list for fish bait. Love the videos :)

How cool. I'm gonna make one and see if I can't find some worms. Thanks Donnie.

We used to use a bow drill. Like what you make fire with to. Get worms , and we called it fiddling for worms. Some times it works some time it don't. I always was told it was the vibrating of the ground. That's done it. You can cut a little sapling. And leave the root in,the ground and vibrate it too to get worms. My dad. Would say lets go fiddling for worms. We get a bow drill and take off in,the woods. But you got to know where there at first. I Spect any think that vibrates the ground would do though,,,

Wow!! Great video-this is amazing I'm definitely going to try this! I'll never pay for worms again 🤞🏼🎣 Thanks Donnie! ❤ Just subscribed to your channel 👍🏽

Your old neighbor here in Bristol. When I lived in NC along the edges of the coastal plain and Piedmont, we called it worm fiddling and we did it differently, but then the soul their was very different. Good video brother!

I've never seen nor heard of this before Donnie. But as they say "proof is in the pudding". I'll have to show this trick to my granddaughters. They love fishing. Thanks my friend.

That is really cool!

I’ve heard of this but, never have seen it happen. So cool.

I can vouch for this. It really works

Had to share it with my grandson. 🤗

Awesome to see I enjoyed it.

very cool

I’ve done that before with a handsaw and a small bush.... cut a small bush down about 2 inch diameter and then saw across the top making a vibrating sound... and they will come to the top of the ground... we call it fiddling worms here in north Georgia.... thanks buddy...

Can wait to try i have some places in my yard i might draw some up

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It's so awesome your video , i enjoyed much 🖐️🙏

Mate! This is a revelation! Bloody blows my mind

Enjoyed your video!

That's the neatest thing! I have learned something new!

Good idea, I never heard of this before. It

Donnie I used buy night crawlers to fish with and what I had left over I would take to my compost pile and bury them and now there thriving there I’m going to make me one those sticks because that’s better than digging them thanks for the tip!!❤😅

In North Florida , around Sopchoppy, they call this Worm Grunting.

Gonna try this with my Grandson. Thanks for the old times way’s Donnie.

Simulates the sound of a pouring rain so the worms leave the ground so they won't drown.

Awesome man I’m gonna try it and if your from Tennessee we have night crawlers just after a rain go out with a flashlight at night you’ll find them

We call it fiddling for worms down here in southern Tennessee .cut a small tree 2 or 3" down about a foot above the ground and take ur handsaw and cut grooves into the tree on top of it.

It's funny it sounds like your stick telling the worms (back it up) over and over ! I have started two worm boxes out of totes! I saw your how to video of how to build one and I thought I had never saw one before! It looks like fun and I think you for the info and I don't have a small belt sander an I will try using a hand disk sander and cant wate to try it!

Cool!!

Awesome worm call Donnie I prefer wrigglers over night crawlers any day Wrigglers have a very distinct smell that fish can’t resist

Well I'll be... I've never seen anything like it before! Neat.

I'm an old country boy but had never heard of a worm rattler. Now I think I've seen it all!

It mimics the vibration of rain drops.

Thanks man

I am going to do that so I can get some for my garden

Great! Now I can call the worms out before I start digging a hole in the ground. This way I can prevent them from getting killed in the process of digging a hole and preserve the worms.

Something quite novel and a fun video! My guess is that the "rattle" may sound like raindrops hitting soil, so the worms surface to prevent drowning. Guessing, of course -

They sure are small. Around here we get those big old night crawlers. Just across from me is a golf course. It’s a great spot. Thanks.🇨🇦👍

I know it works I have done it with an old time jack we brought up worms rubbing on it at my friend's garden

I’ve seen them but I seen ones you run the flat piece across the end of the big part.

a mod in da game Vintage Story (Primitive Survival mod) added worm grunters and after testing it ingame I had to google if this is a thing irl xD

Great video Did you use an old mop handle? Looked like the shorter stick had thresds.

awesome video minus the high pitched bugs

There’s an art to it. 😉

It makes the sound of rain to the worms which would drown the worms if they did nothing so they wiggle up to the surface to find high ground.

When would you think the best time of year to get the worms would be Sir great video

Do you know where somebody has some dogs in a outdoor pin or horses where they stay in a barn stall at night you’ll find huge worms quick around them places now

That's so cool, I am REALLY bored right now and I am going to make one

I've heard that the vibrations resemble that of a mole digging down, so the worms come up, to avoid being eat.

I heard it as sound of rainfall and avoiding drowning

How did you make that with a dowel tool? Or a file?

This is called Worm Grunting. I works better if you use a 1in / 2in wood stick about 3 foot long. You cut one end with a point to drive in the ground and the other end is cut FLAT as possible, and drive the wood into the ground at least 1 foot but 2 feet works better. Then you use a FLAT piece of METAL and move it across the flat top of the wood to make a whining/grunting sound. It imitates a MOLE sound when it forages for food and causes the worms to flee to the surface in self preservation (instinct). Has been used for centuries to get worms. Mostly forgotten because in modern times people just buy bait from tackle stores now. Edit: (for a trick that works too) Once you get your worms do this. works best at small ponds and creeks. Drive your grunter into the ground about 4 feet from the bank you are going to fish and work it for about 1 minute. This will bring up more worms for your bait but ALSO bring up some worms out in the water where you are about to fish. This is just like CHUMMING the water. Worms have a strong scent and having some come to the surface out in the water will attract fish to the bank where you are about to fish and you will catch LOTS more fish. Hope this info helps some of you out. Good Luck!

$2 or $3 a dozen? That's a good one bro, they more like $5. Anyway great video

I never could find many big worm’s around pine trees I figured it was the acid or something in the tree

Wish you made them to sell. I'd buy one!

Donnie, Would you make one of these for me? Of course I would pay you! I don't have the ability to make one for myself.

Hey Donnie sir

were can i get one

My ex showed me this 45 years ago. It works

I wish I had little worms like these in my yard! I don't fish or intentionally mess around with any kind of bug if I can help it, so I don't know what kind of worms they are, but these stupid things I got out here scare me to death when I'm working in the flower beds! I'm not exaggerating when I tell you they are every bit of 8-10" long! I'm constantly mistaking them for baby snakes at a glance and dang near giving myself a stroke. I live in the middle of thousands of acres of crop land, beans and corn, here in Western Kentucky. I thought I'd seen every kind of bug and worm known to man when I lived in the middle of the woods but no...I don't know if it's got something to do with the crops and all the nonsense they spray and put on the ground or what, but the array of bizarre insects I come across out here is almost enough to make me say to hell with it and just stay in the house! I'm obviously not a big person lol I can tolerate most of them EXCEPT for spiders and this ground is over-run with wolf spiders galore. Some almost as big as my hand and they ain't a bit scared of a person, they'll run right at you. Wish these giant worms would gobble those dang things up 😂

They think its raining is why they come up.🙏✌

It works couse it vibrates and they think its rain.

please demonstrate in an upcoming video

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it works because it mimics the sound of a mole

Doesn't work for me maybe I'm not doing it right but I made my own but maybe the groves aren't big enough or I'm just not in the right spot

It looks easier than using a claw hook tater digger.

They think a mole is digging looking for them to eat so the come up to not get eaten your welcome lol

show us how well it works. you aren’t pulling our legs are you.? joeB

They think it's a mole close to em

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3 bucks a dozen. So at current minimum wages. If it takes you more than 20 minutes to get a dozen you're hustling backwards.

ohuet blyat! veraeda usefulaeda! arigato osaimas! if i ever get lost in the woods at least i will not die from starvation.