yeah I agree that you heard the growl. Last year about this time I heard a buck growl and saw that he was on a hot doe that was not ready to stand and boy was he pumped he was dogging her all over the place growling snort wheezing you name it he was doing it. And to say the least, latley scrapes and some awesome rubs are popping up all over and I feel sorry for some of thetrees I have found shredded. So there is no dout in my mind that there is alot of aggresive deer out there now.