I was in the wood and heard a loud sound like a scraping metal sound and i heard the sound 20 times then saw a tail and it ran away i did not shoot but i thinksomeone else did i was looking 4 someone to come and trackit but 10 min lator mymmom called and i had to go 20 min before dusk to help my gandfather

that my friend more then likely is the sound of being BUSTED. probably winded. kinda like SHWOOOO or something to that extent?? ive only killed 10 deer..but the only noise i ever hear is them hitting the dirt. sounds like you got busted..seen, windy, or heard...busted somehow

o thanks iv been busted many times in the off season but this deer sounded like it was coughing up a lung i did not no what the hell it was untill it saw the tail 70 yeards away with wind in my favor

He was rubbing on a tree with a piece of tin roof stuck in the branches.

i just found out that a guy singledshot a doe and it ran 200 yards and then maked that noise ran back 50 yards and died

Okay then?!?

They will cough loudly when hit some times,either if they hav'nt been hit particularly well or as they are expiring.

My first buck was only a 1 lung hit - it coughed an unmistakeabledeath cough for about 40 minutes before expiring. (BTW this sound attracted 2 large bucks to the downed deer)

But it sounds to me like you got busted!
Either that or you found a deer with a serious chest cold.

Bucks will make all types of grunts, snorts coughsand bleats. That metallic noise could possiblely be an arrow sticking out of it slambbing into the sides of trees and bushes, or even a long tined buck going through the trees may give the impression that it sounds like metal. Dunno.

Bobby

i have no idea as for the metal sound , but i have heard deer cough and sneeze even under my stand , it sounds just like a dog when it tries to cough up some dry dogfood , or when a dog sneezes. but if it was multiple times , id agree w mauser and say u got busted , but who knows , the woods r a mysterious place sometimes...