![]() Scientists say both does and bucks use these single, low-pitched grunts to show aggression toward other deer. The “low grunt” is similar to the contact grunt, but more guttural. Their studies show that these short, single grunts are fairly loud (deer grunt loudly enough so that other animals 50 to 100 yards away can hear them) and of moderate intensity and high pitch. ![]() ![]() Karl Miller and others at the University of Georgia did a whitetail vocalization study, and found that does utter this common call when they become separated from one another. Pick up your grunter and blow four or five “contact grunts” every 20 or 30 minutes. It’s serene and beautiful, but no deer are moving. Say you’re sitting a stand, watching a hardwood ridge or creek bottom. To make it happen, try the Big Deer grunting plan. But keep grunting…mix up your calls…crank it up… Sooner or later you’ll strike the right chord, and a buck will march into bow range. Your first calls might fall on deaf ears. Pat drilled the hoss, which weighed 285 pounds and had a 151-inch rack. Then he grunted, blew a snort-wheeze and walked closer. The giant came to within 40 yards, stopped and worked a scrape. Finally the biggest buck turned and started marching toward me!” “Once I had their attention, I gave even louder grunts and then a snort-wheeze. ![]() “They were about 125 yards out,” says Pat. Gradually he increased the volume and intensity of his calls until both the mature bucks picked up their heads and looked his way. The hunter grabbed his grunter and went to work. “He pinned his ears back and marched toward the Big 7.” “I was trying to keep track of all the deer when a huge buck strode into the field,” said Pat. A heavy 7-pointer popped into view, followed by more does. One afternoon in Iowa, Pat Strawser sat in his stand and watched some does and small bucks enter a picked cornfield. ![]()
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