ORIGINAL: DropTine249
Are you sure there was no chance that the wind was swirling along that structure and maybe he caught a tiny bit of some kind of scent ?
I've always had good luck with the Primos can.....I generally try not to call to a deer unless he is not headed my way, far in a field or your situation....When you have minutes left of shooting light, you need to be patient. No reason to have that buck meander on in and get there after dark..
Anyway, back to your question. I've heard some say that their can spooked deer and otehrs claim it was the deciding factor in putting their bone daddy down.
- Keep in mind. calling in open hardwoods can be very UNproductive. Deer can see that there is no other movement(deer) from far away. Maybe he had already "scanned" the woods you were in, and when you called- he looked for an extra second and then figured it wasnt a deer that he heard.
Thickets, hills, valleys, streams, briars, dead falls- all make calling more effective because the deer have to come in to see whats on the other side
In the area of my stand there are plenty of dead falls and branches that hinder the deer's sight. I have had does call back to me in this area from a different stand. It ishighly possible he caught some sent, but he walked off kind of slow and didn't appear to be spooked. I also wondered if he caught my movement up in the tree. Next time I will leave the can in my pocket when they are heading for me. Saturday starts are muzzleloader season and I hope he comes in the same way so I can deploy the might Encore on him.