5p I heard deer behind my stand. I caught the movement in the brush and spotted a big bodied deer. He stepped out of the brush and I almost fell off my stand. The huge 10 pt. came closer rubbing his antlers on every limb he could get to. I thought, here' s my wall hanger. I didn' t know that there was a doe he was tending even closer to me than he was until I saw her move from behind some blow down. The buck tended this doe at 25 yards for about 10 minutes. No shot because of brush. The doe eventually went back the way they came in and of course the bruiser followed. I hit my grunt call and nothing. Neither deer cared in the least. When the buck was 80 yards out, I hit the snort-wheeze. He was interested and looked back my way, but the doe took off, and of course shortly after, he followed her. I grunted again but to no avail.

My question: Have you called a tending buck off a doe, and if so, how?

I' ve been hunting for a long time and killed many deer, but don' t have a wall hanger yet. I know there are guys out here that are way more experienced than I and I hope you can help. Thanks.