Wow you people are ROUGH. If the guy says he heard, he heard it. Just cause it’s “early” doesn’t mean squat. Ever heard a gobbler in the fall? Obviously none of you ever have because that’s not when the books say they gobble.

Throw an early estrous doe into a group of bucks, and you are going to hear lots of grunts & growls. The time I heard the buck “growl” was Halloween a couple years back. The ordeal between him, another buck, and a doe went on for 35 minutes before I finally killed the buck. Grunts, growls & snort wheezes repeatedly. VERY intense encounter.