Deer Vocalizations, The Roar/Growl Phenomenon
01-04-2007 | 11:43 PM
#121
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RE: Deer Vocalizations, The Roar/Growl Phenomenon
I have, 1966, we were at the Cabin when I herd it the first time, I wen't and got my Dad because I though someones cows were coming. He started laughing and said boy, there ain't a Cow around for a Hundred miles, that is a Deer, I wen't and sliped up on it, and sure enough, it was a Deer!
01-05-2007 | 03:40 AM
#122
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RE: Deer Vocalizations, The Roar/Growl Phenomenon
ORIGINAL: Sliverflicker
The Growl/Roar is not just a Dominate buck thing, I have seen a 6pt make it. It is a Deer Vocalization! And Dominate Buck and Biggest Buck are not necessarily the same Buck!
The Growl/Roar is not just a Dominate buck thing, I have seen a 6pt make it. It is a Deer Vocalization! And Dominate Buck and Biggest Buck are not necessarily the same Buck!
01-05-2007 | 04:44 AM
#123
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RE: Deer Vocalizations, The Roar/Growl Phenomenon
I guess the deer are immitating all the hunters in the woods blowing calls.Thats why nobody heard the deer noises till the product came out.And instead of"speak the language" the box should say "teach them the language" I just had to have some fun with this one,sorry guys.
01-05-2007 | 05:33 AM
#124
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RE: Deer Vocalizations, The Roar/Growl Phenomenon
ORIGINAL: drhntr178
IMO the bucks come to the call for the same reason they respond to rattling. Some want to fight and some want to watch what is going on.
The bucks in the video definitely seem like dominant, or the most aggressvie bucks, in each frame. Whydo you think they are not dominant bucks. And as to the buck i shot, he weighed in at 200lbs on the hoof, scored 132" w/ a broken brow tine that would have put him at 137", he was aged at 4.5. he was also the biggest buck i had seen out of 16 i had seen in six days of hunting that week on the same farm. And he very well could have been the dominant buck, but i dont think you can tell that just from a pic.
ORIGINAL: Germ
Here is my ?, I think the drury's got it wrong(IMO) The deer in the video and the one's you heard(shot) are not Dominant bucks. Is the deer making the noise to challenge for dominance? If so why did all those dinks come in on the video?
ORIGINAL: drhntr178
Germ, the soundI heard was exactly like the "growls/roars" between 4:40-5:05 of the video link you posted.
Germ, the soundI heard was exactly like the "growls/roars" between 4:40-5:05 of the video link you posted.
The bucks in the video definitely seem like dominant, or the most aggressvie bucks, in each frame. Whydo you think they are not dominant bucks. And as to the buck i shot, he weighed in at 200lbs on the hoof, scored 132" w/ a broken brow tine that would have put him at 137", he was aged at 4.5. he was also the biggest buck i had seen out of 16 i had seen in six days of hunting that week on the same farm. And he very well could have been the dominant buck, but i dont think you can tell that just from a pic.
01-05-2007 | 06:59 AM
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RE: Deer Vocalizations, The Roar/Growl Phenomenon
On grunts/cans/rattles/etc....
I began deer hunting in '05. I bought a can....a rattle bag....a grunt tube. I hit the rattle bag one time last year.....and the grunt tube.....and 20 minutes later....I had the biggest deer in my woods come by me. Coincidence? I'd say yes. I don't think there's any way he could have heard me from where he was. I also saw a nice 6 pointer that same time frame. Nah.....just coincidence.
I've got a LARGE number of deer in my area.....but I see few MATURE bucks (3.5 or older). I tend to stay away from calls. I simply think I'm alerting the deer to my location. I have too many does for my bucks to consider scrapping for one that's taken. I even grunted when I thought my 12/9 buck was going to leave my set. I eventually harvested him......but I know the grunt had nothing to do with it. It was a last-ditch effort to turn him that didn't work. The doe in front of him turned him towrds me.
I've heard tending grunts; maternal grunts; fawns vocalizing and the death "bleat" (2x). I'll likely always carry a grunt tube......but I'll also likely use it less and less.
Jeff
I began deer hunting in '05. I bought a can....a rattle bag....a grunt tube. I hit the rattle bag one time last year.....and the grunt tube.....and 20 minutes later....I had the biggest deer in my woods come by me. Coincidence? I'd say yes. I don't think there's any way he could have heard me from where he was. I also saw a nice 6 pointer that same time frame. Nah.....just coincidence.
I've got a LARGE number of deer in my area.....but I see few MATURE bucks (3.5 or older). I tend to stay away from calls. I simply think I'm alerting the deer to my location. I have too many does for my bucks to consider scrapping for one that's taken. I even grunted when I thought my 12/9 buck was going to leave my set. I eventually harvested him......but I know the grunt had nothing to do with it. It was a last-ditch effort to turn him that didn't work. The doe in front of him turned him towrds me.
I've heard tending grunts; maternal grunts; fawns vocalizing and the death "bleat" (2x). I'll likely always carry a grunt tube......but I'll also likely use it less and less.
Jeff
01-05-2007 | 07:22 AM
#126
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RE: Deer Vocalizations, The Roar/Growl Phenomenon
It isn't a growl, it isn't a roar, its the same tending grunt deer have always made. Its the same sound we've made with our regular grunt calls.
01-05-2007 | 05:59 PM
#127
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RE: Deer Vocalizations, The Roar/Growl Phenomenon
GMMAT, maybe in the Deer world, your Buck was really Ugly, and when you hit the grunt call, the Doe come over to you in the hope'sof a Bigger more Handsome Stud Buck!!!
01-08-2007 | 06:39 AM
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RE: Deer Vocalizations, The Roar/Growl Phenomenon
GMMAT, maybe in the Deer world, your Buck was really Ugly, and when you hit the grunt call, the Doe come over to you in the hope'sof a Bigger more Handsome Stud Buck!!!
01-08-2007 | 07:45 AM
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RE: Deer Vocalizations, The Roar/Growl Phenomenon
I dont know if I ever heard untill a couple years ago when I was rattling one in. I didnt know what the heck was comming in till I saw the buck, I though he was sick or choking on something or had been injured by a neighboring hunter. Upon cleaning him I found nothing to be wrong with him. Then last year Drurys come out with the call and I was able to identify the sound. I do have to say this much...the Buck Growl Works!!!!!!! Well it did for me Nov 3rd 2006.
