Snort wheez?

[Jonathan_S]

Yes, more reasons than one.  It usually means your cover has been blown.

  and those doggone whitetail does never quit until they get a good whiff or sighting.  We had a doe circle our setup blowing for 20 mins in October, scaring every buck in the woods I'm sure 

[Doublelunger]

This is a good snort wheeze. (right after the 20 second mark)

nice buck snort wheeze


This one is what you here when you get busted!

Busted - Audio of Whitetail on Alert

[Heredoggydoggy]

I saw a Whitetail Doe wheezing and stomping at a Farm Cat on a dirt road.  The next day I saw the same doe and froze where I was.  The doe wheezed and stamped at me, as if trying to get me to move so she could see what I was.  after a while she turned and ran off.  I could have legally shot her, but how do you shoot an animal that is looking at you and stamping her foot? 

[actionshooter]

Then there is the sound that deer make when they are trying to smell you.  Its actually an inhale not an exhale.  Both does and bucks make this sound.  They are trying to wind you.  Generally they will circle around making this noise.   They know something is wrong but cant figure it out either because of noise, or sight.  Happens a lot if you are wearing camo.   MANY people call this a buck snort.  HAS NOTHING to do with being a buck.   They are inhaling a ton of air through those glands right under their eyes. They do this over an over again until they catch a whiff or give up.  They stomp often while doing it trying to provoke a response from the intruder and also as a warning. 

I was hunting in some open timber this year and blew some deer out of there beds and this describes EXACTLY what happened. The only thing different is I made two short calls on my grunt tube and a pretty good buck came charging back in and wanted a piece of me.

[philepe]

Thanks for all the responses guys.  My wife even commented how cool this website is.  Bone Addict the second part of your description makes sense, I was being loud so I was busted.
Double lunger your second video is exactly the sound, just missing the stomping. 

[boneaddict]

 

[PA BEN]

I've heard it when in a tree stand and a deer up on the ridge has winded me,  I have heard it when a deer has seen me moving but not winded me and even walking in the dark spooking deer in all ways. Definitely a warning sound to other deer as to somethings wrong, they do a foot stomp to get more info from you at the same time. I personally have only seen does do this, never a buck. All the bucks I see just exit the area, I've never had one stand around and make this noise .

I always thought it was does only that snort/blow until this year. 38 years of hunting deer never seen a buck do it. Well this year I had two bucks come in down wind of me, they stopped 75yds out and one started snort/blowing. Up until now if I didn't see the deer snort/blow I always thought it was a doe. I missed a buck this year, he ran stopped and started snorting/blowing, stomping and looking past the tree I was in into the woods behind me. He came back snorting/blowing, stomping all the way, I knocked another arrow and arrowed him at 20yds. He was alert so I aimed low thinking he would jump the string, he didn't and I hit him in the brisket. Long story short he lived, got him on a game camera 2 months later.