RE: Fawn distress call.
The main difference between a Fawn Distress and a Pleading doe is duration and tone, get that tone a little lower and the duration of the call itself a little shorter with the pauses a little longer, and you oughta be able to lure a "Horny" buck with it if he's not wise to calls yet. The Fawn Distress ain't gonna bring many bucks as they could care less for the most part, but it'll crack a does' motherly instinct in a second. I busted a herd apart once during gun season with a young hunter with me and we used the fawn distress, and damn near got ran over by a Mama trying to find her baby. And let me tell you, she was not a very happy camper about the whole situation. The kid was never even able to get a shot off, but he thought he was gonna get trampled. Coyotes for sure like the fawn distress call, and but I've not seen it do very well for bucks in my area.