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Old 11-19-2002 | 05:10 PM
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kodiakhuntmaster
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Default RE: snorting

Anytime sky,

The short answer is no.It's a tough situation anytime a deer snorts at you, and there isn't all that much you can do once you are "busted". After you are busted, you don't have much to lose by grunting.

When you hear a (usually) single loud snort, usually fairly close, and hear the deer stomping his hoof, the deer was just milling around and thinks something may be wrong. If you can see the deer he is usually putting his head down slowly and then snapping it back up and looking in your direction (the head bobbing thing). Stay still, and don't make a sound. He is tring to make you move, or make a noise. If you do, the deer knows something is wrong and it's time to high tail it out of there. You'll know when your busted, you'll here him snort several quick times in a row and you can usually hear him running off.
But If you don't move, there is a chance that he will calm down and keep walking. In this case, a grunt call wouldn't do you much good as any sound could set the deer off. But If he is walking away from you, you don't have much to lose by tring to grunt him back in.

But if you hear the deer just run off without snorting, or maybe one quick low snort, you may be able to grunt him back in (your not busted yet). One important thing to remember is, doe snort at bucks during the rut. So this time of year a snort may not be directed twards you.

It all boils down to this, when you "might" be be busted, the best thing you can do is try to be invisible. If a deer smells a hint of human in the air and sees something odd, it is unlikely he with think it is another deer whether it grunts or not.
But if you are busted already, like I said you don't have much to lose by grunting. You will have lost that deer, but maybe not another one close by.

well Epic,
I don't have much experince with moose, but it would only make since to me that they have an alarm call too.



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