snorting deer
#12
RE: snorting deer
I found out that if a deer snorts when it sees you and starts to run away, JUST SNORT RIGHT BACK AT IT. 90% of the time they stop and look back, and sometimes they even walk right back to you! I was out bowhunting the other day and I saw a doe, I got a shot but missed because my arrow was wobbling... dont ask me how though lol.. idk. Anyways she ran off and started snorting, so I did it back, the next thing I know I see her sneaking up towards me again, everytime I would move (cause it was after legal hours by now) she would run off down the hill, and I would snort and that deer would turn around and come right back within 15 yards everytime, and I was even standing out in the open. This has happened to me with bucks too. Bottom line, if you snort back, they will usually stop as soon as you snort at them.
#16
RE: snorting deer
ORIGINAL: treblig
i saw an interesting show on this yesterday on oln - guy talking about the 4 different types of deer snorts. Alarm/Distress is 2 or 3 blows followed by short wheezing snorts as the deer get out of the area. Alarm is 2 or 3 snorts without running. It's just knowing something isn't right, but not too scared yet. Often they will move on in after this. The guy on the show was explaining the snort as a communication call, that can effectively call deer if done correctly. Also, his theory on stamping of foot was instinctive - they have a gland between hooves that secretes alarm scent when stomping the ground...for fawns etc to smell i guess.
the other 2 snorts were social snorts, also effective for luring deer in - wish i could remember the guys name.
i saw an interesting show on this yesterday on oln - guy talking about the 4 different types of deer snorts. Alarm/Distress is 2 or 3 blows followed by short wheezing snorts as the deer get out of the area. Alarm is 2 or 3 snorts without running. It's just knowing something isn't right, but not too scared yet. Often they will move on in after this. The guy on the show was explaining the snort as a communication call, that can effectively call deer if done correctly. Also, his theory on stamping of foot was instinctive - they have a gland between hooves that secretes alarm scent when stomping the ground...for fawns etc to smell i guess.
the other 2 snorts were social snorts, also effective for luring deer in - wish i could remember the guys name.
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