ORIGINAL: mobow
Your results are overwhelming, but nothing like mine. I've notnoticed any connection, at all. I used to do the Maaa, thing, but after spooking one I've changed. I now do the tick tick noise, like a cowboy uses to giddyup his horse.
Even if I had the same results, I would rather track a bit longer than shoot a moving deer.
Or the flip side to this is that you alert the animal enough that when he hears the next noise (your arrow release), he jumps the string and you end up with a wounder that you may or may not ever find. Heck, you already admitted you spooked one that way.
Y'all do what you want. Me, I much prefer a nice relaxed deer and let the game come to me instead of forcing the issue. When a deer is relaxed and moving through, they stop quite frequently on their own.
Why push it unless there is no other alternative?