When i saw the title of this thread i knew it was going to be entertaining. I was fortunate enough to hear the buck growl 2 years ago during the 2nd week of November. Later killing the buck i think was growling. Luckily i had a friend hunting w meor my buddies would have been more skeptical.

This weekend Oct 18-19th, a different friend of mine hear the buck growl, describing it just as i did "like a lion roaring." He watched the 10 pt who growled chase does for an hour around his stand (never offereing a shot). Him and my other friend who were hunting on the same 100 acre farm as me watched bucks grunting and chasing does all evening on Saturday. I only saw a few bucks and does feeding as normal. Yes its early, but all it takes one hot doe as a previouser poster said.