Deer Hunting: The Calls

Grunts however are not a miracle call and most often will not work... "

A deer is not necessarily a vocal animal but when vocalizations do occur they are in three different forms. The snort, the bleat and the grunt.

A snort is a sound used by a deer when alarmed and it is also used to alert one another of danger; therefore using a snort call is of little use to the hunter.

The second type of call is the bleat, which is often made by fawns or does when in distress for some reason or another. This call can be utilized by the hunter because mimicking a distressed fawn or doe often brings the assistance of another and hopefully a trailing buck.

The third type of sound a deer will vocalize is the grunt; bucks often do this throughout every stage of the rut. Grunts may call up a buck for the simple reason that they do not want other bucks in their territory mating their does. Grunts however are not a miracle call and most often will not work for various reasons. One reason being that you are only attempting to mimic a deer call and that the deer more than likely will not fall for your trickery. Another reason is that the buck may be scared of your call because it sounds to much like a larger buck therefore it will not respond.

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