Anyone use the snort/wheeze?
 

I've seen the Drury's use it in the video's and I've been reading a lot more lately about this call. I haven't seen them in the stores around here yet.

Anyone use them and have an opinion about their effectiveness?

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I did it to a ten point last year and he whipped his head around and showed some interest but never really came my way. i guess u gotta find a buck that has the right kinda fighting additude is my only guess.

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I've tried it a few times but have not had any response. I mostly hunt in heavily pressured areas though so the deer normally don't respond to calls.

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I only use it when i'm desperite (sp). But I did manage to pull a buck out of his bed and come within 35 yrds earlier this season. I knew where he bed and hadn't seen him all morning so i figured he was in his bed, it got him up and moving.

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I have used it multiple times to scare away non shooters around my stand once dark settles in. I do it to clear the area so they aren't spooked by my climbing down, so I hopefully don't educate them. Did it to a small 4 pointer weekend before last up in NY and he booked out of there quickly, never raised his tail or anything, just trotted away quickly.

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i tried to use it once and got ok feed back but nothing that really excited the buck that much

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My dad tryed it a few days ago to a nice 6 or 8 point tall tined deer and he said that he looked his way and went back to feedin and mosied on his way.

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I've used this call with great results. Have never had a bad reaction to it. Called a non-shooter 7pt in with it and a little rattling last week. I don't use any type of store bought call. I just use my mouth. You can listen to sounds off the internet. Do a seach for "Deer sounds" and listen to the snort-weeze. It is 2 short crisp slurps(suck in on your lip)and one drawn out blow(through your teeth). I use it regularly and have a lot of confidence in it.

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I also use my mouth to implement this call. You really can duplicate it pretty well with a bit of practice. Personally I've had pretty good success with the call. I believe I read somewhere that is actually a challenging call that whitetails use when interacting. I have brought several decent bucks in using this call. I recommend practicing it first, and then giving it a shot in the woods on some deer. I typically only use the call after already seeing a buck, and then if he appears that he won't come my way I'll give him a series of grunts and a snort wheeze or two to see how he responds. In the past we've actually turned deer back around after running away from us by going through this sequence. Like most calling in my opinion, it is ecspecially deadly when coupled with a decoy.

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I've had some success with it. I rattled in a 115-120" 9 pointer this season....to about 40 yards. I wasn't going to shoot, but wanted him to come closer. I grunted and nothing. I then just tried the 3 quick "ffft ffft ffft" of the snort / wheeze and he came ripping / tearing everything in his path straight to the base of my tree....probably the coolest thing I've ever seen a buck do. I've never heard a buck do the wheeze portion of the snort / wheeze so I don't do it either...and it has worked for me.

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I too use my mouth to mimic the call and have watched bucks react pretty darned strongly to it from about November 15th on...in my parts..... I use it when I get a "grunted in" or "rattled in buck"..hanging up. I have had bucks literally come flying in ready to fight. One buck a couple years ago after rattlinghung upon me at about 70 yards..I could see him down in the creek bottom in the brush..( i had my wifes father with me..first time whitetail hunter..) the buck was moving around scent checking....it was getting dark so I snort wheezed and the buck immediately pinned his ears back and came up out of the brushy creek bottomona direct stiff legged burred up neck ...walk... it was awesome. My father in law hammered him ( who I was sitting with) at 25 yards!

After the shot...he looked at me and said " what in the hell kinda call was that" I just laughed and said snort wheeze...He said geesh I thought you had lost it! lmao I laughed so hard... anyway.. he still tells his buddies that story..

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I use it sparingly as I've noted that it has a tendancy to scare off the runts and does. Of course, the big boy is what we're after anyway. This is a call bucks use prior to fighting so the lesser deer tend to be afraid of a more dominant buck that may be using this call. I've also seen it be completely ineffective as well. Deer are funny that way. I had a beautiful 140 class 10pt. tending a doe a couple years ago in range, but in the tangles and blow down behind me (of course). As they wandered off I tried getting them to come my way blowing the grunt and the snort wheeze. He looked over, didn't spook but just ignored it. He probably figured he has his chic, no sense in running to a fight.

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"He probably figured he has his chic, no sense in running to a fight."


Exactly Bob, I think it works best when you havemature buck that is willing to put up a fight...and hasno does, looking for some action..

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There is an example of the snortwheeze on my site if you want to hear it www.hunttones.com
This was created just using my mouth but it is pretty realistic to what I have heard in the woods.

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Wow. That's a weird one. Sounds like a zipper.

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I had excellent results the very first time I tried this call. I heard a guy say on a hunting show that he never had negitive results with the snort wheeze. I was hunting in Pike Co. IL on Nov. 2nd. I had a spike horn come in with a big buck in tow. They split about 60 yards out and the spike came by at 20 yards. The big buck stayied out of bow range and headed off in a different direction. After several grunts and doe bleats with little reaction from the big boy, I said what the heck. I gave him my best snort wheeze I could imitate. He locked up, spun around and came marching right to me. At 30 he stopped broadside for a perfect shot, but my dang safety harness had me ina bind and couldn't draw my bow. Ilet him walk on past and finally got him stopped again at 40 yards. I missed the shot low, but had a great experience with the snort wheeze call. I assume the reason the call worked so well was because the spike horn was in the area when I made the call. The big buck thought the spike horn challenged him.

I did kill a nice 9 pointer the very next morning chasing a doe. He wasn't quite as big as the deer I missed, but my best bow kill to date. Wish I could post pics but my pic file is to big and I don't know how to change the size.