Do you grunt?
 

Last night I went out and had a nice doe come right towards me. She walked right where I thought she would and I drew back when she got behind a tree. She cleared the tree and entered my shooting lane (only about 7 yards away) I did a little grunt with my mouth and she just about jumped out of her skin. I've done it before with other deer and they usually just stop.

Is it possible she was just too close?

Anyway, she ended up coming back but I somehow only manged to graze her. My arrow had a few hairs on it and only a tiny speck of blood. I waited a few hours and only found two tiny drops of blood. After I shot she bolted about 40 yards away and snorted then she ran another 40 yards or so and snorted about 5 or 6 times and then took off. If I hit her good she would have just kept on going right? I was contemplating going back today to look again but everyone I hunt with tells me she was just grazed.

Any input on both the snorting and the idea of going back in to look for her?

RE: Do you grunt?
 

Do what your instinct tells you to do about going back. It seems like you already know what is the right thing to do.


Grunting at a doe may not be the best thing to do to make a doe stop. She may be to alerted to that. I usually make clicking noises with my mouth or a whistle. Only do it till she stops though. On a buck, a grunt noise with your mouth ussually works well.

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Not necessarily at all the case.

RE: Do you grunt?
 

I think I'll probably cut out of work early and have another look around for her in the daylight. It's been eating me up all night and morning and I think I just needed to have someone give me a nudge.

(we all know it's alot easier tracking in the light of day as opposed to in the dark of night)

I'll give it another try.

RE: Do you grunt?
 

Remember, this is the time of year when does aren't ready to breed but are being harrased by bucks... They try to avoid them whenever possible.

RE: Do you grunt?
 

Only if I'm a little bit constipated at the time and having difficulty...<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

Seriously, though, not yet but I am planning on it. As others have said, if the deer is moving away from you and ready to leave your area, what do you have to lose?

-Brad
Eastern Nebraska Bowhunter

RE: Do you grunt?
 

With ya By23856

I try not to on stand because I'd step in it later....<img src=icon_smile_clown.gif border=0 align=middle>

You may have grunted too loud

THWACK!

RE: Do you grunt?
 

Go sneak up on some woman walking all alone, and say &quot;hey baby&quot; when she's not expecting it. I'd bet she'd spook too. Have to be real quiet that close.
If she ran off, snorted, then ran off a little more, and snorted, you didn't hit here. I wouldn't go back and mess up the area walking all around. Dead deer don't snort. They definitely don't snort 5 or 6 times and then run off.


&quot;In heaven, even the fish have antlers&quot;

RE: Do you grunt?
 

I'd go back to thge spot that you think you hit her in plenty of light now that you are calmed down. I have shot many deer, they can do funny things after they are shot. I agree with 6pnt that you probably didn't hit her but she deserves to be looked for.

RE: Do you grunt?
 

I think you just grazed her too, I assume you found very little blood further on.

To stop a deer, I make a very quite &quot;baaaah&quot; sound, almost like a high pitched sheep sound. I think deer do not always respond well to a grunt. I always used to make a &quot;kiss&quot; sound, like I was calling a dog, that stopped them pretty good too, but I found it also alerted them a little too much, and that if they stopped short of my lane, or there was a limb in the way, then you are dealing with a wary animal when it does decide to move again. The &quot;doe bleat&quot; or &quot;fawn bleat&quot; sound, does not seem to alert the deer at all, but almost always makes them stop immediately.

RE: Do you grunt?
 

Thanks for all the input. The noise I actually made was more of a bleet than anything else. It was kinda like MEEEEEEE! In the past I have had does come walking in towards me when I have done it, but I think she was just too close and I bugged her out.

Thanks again for the feedback.