blowing, snorting, exhaling

[snowninja]

i think i may have missed a good opportunity opening morning. i got to my spot about 6:50am, it was dead calm and no road noise (a few miles from any road) and about 50-100 yards out in the thick reprod i hear 2 short loud short exhales. at first it startled me and all i could think was bear, it happened again several times over the next 5 minutes then no more. i glassed out but never could see anything. after doing some reading it seems this was possibly a buck and it was telling me to get the heck out of his territory, that or warning the others.. has anyone experienced this? will the females do this as well? i did spot a few of them the first hour of daylight..

[kramman]

I've heard this a few times as well; I'm interested to hear what everyone thinks on this subject. Had a whitey doe stomp her feet before to alert other deer 

[sirfunkeybut]

In my expierence it's always been mostly doe that snort at me but have had lone bucks snort at me. I think that is mainly because the doe's usually come in first and are the first to be alerted.

[PolarBear]

In my expierence it's always been mostly doe that snort at me but have had lone bucks snort at me. I think that is mainly because the doe's usually come in first and are the first to be alerted.

[HntnFsh]

   Usually a doe.

[sixty4nhalf]

I had a buck do that to me, Well at least I thought it was a buck cause 20-30 minutes later I had him down.

[Button Nubbs]

You got busted. I've had it happen to me many times, almost always a doe. I hate those bitches!

[h20hunter]

I'm thinking doe or even small bear. Ive had does come right in ready to fight blowing and stomping when working the distress calls.

[ELKBURGER]

My thought is that it is usually does and they are trying to smell you. They have seen or heard something they dont like but want to confirm with scent. So they're getting a good whiff and will usually bail shortly there after.

[dreamunelk]

 

My thought is that it is usually does and they are trying to smell you. They have seen or heard something they dont like but want to confirm with scent. So they're getting a good whiff and will usually bail shortly there after.

[dirty24d]

You got busted. I've had it happen to me many times, almost always a doe. I hate those bitches!

   Happened to me yesterday! Went and hit my treestand yesterday and decided ehh i'm not even gonna put any camo on well a doe popped out just before dark and kept eyeballing me for me like 10 minutes she knew  something didnt look right but i didnt move a muscle and had the wind in my favor she browsed a bit but kept looking up at me  and finally gave the loud exhale.

[sirmissalot]

I've only had does do this to me. On the hunting channel they call it a "snort wheeze". She probably winded you, but not quite enough to tell exactly what you were.

[Arteman]

Growing up hearing this my dad taught this was always a buck snort, always thought they were bucks.  As I got a lot more experience under my belt I found the only deer I have ever visually seen snort at me like that have been does, they usually stomp their feet too, and run off waving that big white warning flag attached to their a$$.  I think the big bucks like to sneak out that back door undetected or hold tight if they feel hidden.

[pianoman9701]

I've had both do this, and combined with stomping a front hoof very hard, enough to hear it at 60 or 70 yards. More times, it was a doe.

[Huntbear]

Well, if you hunt a certain area of the Coweeman, that blowing and snorting would be feral horses, and they can be aggressive.   

Thought I was gonna have to tag a palomino Sunday morning.