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most people freeze trying to convince the deer there is nothing wrong. Do you think there would be a way to distract his sight to a different tree next to ya or make him dismiss what has caught his attention? Maybe I have entirely too much time on my hands, but I was in the yard today and heard a bunch of squirrels hashing it out amongst themselves. I'm thinkin decoys in the trees. Squirrels, owls, birds or something that deer are use to seeing in the trees. What do ya think? No or That sounds like the most stupid idea, but it might work. All comments are welcome.

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Na I don't think it would work, unless you could makeit move by pushing a button. But then you would have to have them positioned all around your stand because they don't always come from where you expect them to.

I also believe you have too much time on your hands:D

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I saw a video with a demonstration one time that was pretty cool. This guy was in his deer stand and he had a squirrel tail strapped to his finger.he intentionally made a movement to attract the deers attention. when the deer looked at him he flicked his finger with the tail on it to mimick the movement of a squirrels tail and it worked. it was pretty cool.

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Definetly use it if you can. I use them to tell me somethings around.

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Seems dangerous seeing that small game season is open during much of archery season down here... I'd hate to have a squirrel decoy anywhere near my stand!

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I rather enjoy it. It happens all of the time because I hunt in heavy deer areas. Sometime they pay you no mind and other times they hound you. This plays into the thought, what's that I hear over there, I can't turn my head because that deer is looking or if I do, I can't turn back. It's what makes hunting fun to me.

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I've thought of this before. Its illegal to use electronic calling devices in some states on whitetails.

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Just don't move... he'll relax after a while and move on... maybe. I tell you what I did once. It was bow season and turkey season was open. I heard some turkeys earlier in the day so was perched 18 feet up sucking on a diaphram call. A doe wanders in and gives me the stare. I stared back. Finally out of curiosity I just gave out a soft lost turkey call. She flinched but just started feeding. Of course we won't always have a turkey call in our mouth... but it seemed to make her think I was OK.

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I really like to wear boonie hats to help ease the "stare down" from deer. If I can keep a deer from looking into my eyes I feel I have gained an advantage if they go on alert. I just pull the brim of the boonie hat down and keep my head low so they can't see my eyes. Maybe it is just a confidence thing, but it seems to work well for me.

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I was taughtwhen making movements....to moveslow with deer and fast with turkeys.

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I had the idea of raising some crows and have them fallow me out to the woods and hang out in the same tree as me. reasoning behind thaught is the crows are a sketchy bird I belive deer watch for early sings of danger. if the crows are your friends and not flying away, the deer would thnk of this place as safe.

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Ive always noticed that when the deer looks up at you nothing is the same after that moment. She/He goes on extremely high alert and its very hard to get your bow drawn back undetected. Gun season is a different story, if they look up at me they are looking up into my crosshairs and its lights out.

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hehe its called the bleat swing. you mount it on a tree next to yours or at the base of your stand, run fishing line down and give it a little tug, it will sound like a bleat and it should draw the deers attention away from you. this is an awesome product and plan on using mine religously this season and many more to come.

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i have also played around with this idea when hunting. one time idk why i did it but it worked. i got spooked and i pretended to be eating the grasses and weeds. i slowly crawled in like an animal and when i got close enough i took the shot. it worked!! i usually make very slow movements or just dont move at all and hope for the best.

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That's funny! But true. I have bleated with my mouth to distract does. Sometimes you can even get a shot off. It's funny to watch how they react. I've never tried it on a buck.

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Deer pupils are horizontally split, giving them a totally different view of our own. They can take a tremendously wide field of view, with no eyeball movement. Their orbs are designed to pick up danger where it will do them the most good...at a distance.

The slit pupils naturally orients their eyes to pick up movement at or just below the horizon, the place in which a predator is most likely to appear. Their eyes are less adept at picking up movement above the horizon...unless there is obviously a noise for them to look at. Concealment and your motion will either save your ass or give it away.

Thats why I get high as I can in a tree. wait a minute, that sounds wrong. I will go as far up as I can in a tree to be less visible to a deers normal movement and vision.

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Party on Wayne!

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Kind of off topic but I have done this for a long time. Particularly when I am slipping into a stand that is close to a bedding area. While I am slipping in (during daylight hours) I keep a turkey call in my mouth. If I crack a branch or ruffle some leaves etc. I let out a few soft yelps. I think the deer dismiss it as a turkey and let there guard back down. I don't know for sure but I have slipped into some area and setup with deer beeded close buy that I don't think I would have gotten by with otherwise.

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I should have mentioned to do that before leaving the truck!

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I pretty much agree that if a deer is close and looking up at you it is usually game over.

As was said earlier the eyes are critical. I had a 2 minute stare down I lost because I blinked.

I also won two stare downs, one from 12 yards on a doe because I hid my eyes behind my bow
resting on the rail. She finally just wandered off.

I don't know how if they are looking at you, you will be able to afford much movement to pull off some kind
of squirrel distraction.

Also, like Fieldmouse said, this is one of the more exciting scenarios in deer hunting. You've got the
double-fake eat move, the side to side head move, the foot stomping, the quick look over the shoulder.
All make the heart race and make it that much harder to be still and keep from heavy breathing.

Can't wait for the damn season to start.

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Yep. Same here. There at DEFCON 5 from that moment on.

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Damn, I bet I've shot a dozen deer at least that I've had a stare down with. I wouldn't be so quick to declare "Game Over". And some of those staredowns have been quite lenghty.

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Hypnotism! You pull out your pocket watch and begin the your getting sleepy mantra.When they close their eyes you shoot them.

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I'm thinking it's those nerves of steel davidmil :D! When I'm standing, no matter how still I try to remian, they seem to pick up movement, and bolt. They'll stop 10, 20, or 30 yards away, but they sure keep an eye on my tree from that point. I swear one saw me blink my eyes once from directly under my tree.