I myself first heard a buck growl last fall in mid Nov when I rattled him in. In the middle of a rattling session I heard one trotting in, but it souonded different there was a growl commiung from this buck. I couldnt understand it. I thought maybe a bear was comming in. The I saw him. Then I shot him, he made the growling noise untill he fell over dead. I thought my dear was sick. Hearing the sound on that vide sent chills throughout my entire body. If youve never heard a buck growl in the wild, its a sound one will never forget. Heres the buck that I shot that was doing it. By the way, we aged this buck at 4 1/2 years old with teeth charts.