Post by: Fishpimp on March 06, 2009, 09:42:42 PM
for example i was walking along this bottom and there was a ridge on my right and left, on the ridge from the right i heard a buuuurrrrrrpppp noise. i had never heard it before but it sounded like a whitetail grunt call i see all those guys in tree stand blow on tv. is what i thought was weird was he kept doing it and he started crashing around{maybe rubbing a tree,not quite sure} so after about his 20th bbbbuuuurrrrp in about 2 minutes i tried to mimic it and i got an answer,from behind me. there was a monster looking at me at about 60 yards away. i turned around and shot and missed,i dropped to 1 knee,got a rest and missed again.{ i later found out my gun got dropped by a family member a week earlier in idaho and nobody told me. it was shooting great a week before so i didn't shoot it,stupid me, the gun was 2' left and 2' high at 100 yards. i have heard stories of that but i experienced it first had,very crappy feeling} anyway i ran into a big white faced buck in ther ethe next morning that was jogging down a grade bbuuuuurrrpppp-ing just before shooting time and he almost ran me over. he was dumber then a post. i heard him coming for about 1 minute then he just appeared infront of me at about 12 paces.
so after this really long write up and aimless rambling i am basically wondering is this normal? have anyone ever heard a blacktail be vocal or should i say "that vocal". i ended up grunting in a few smaller ones and i shot a nontypical. i already put his pic. up a while back but i will throw it up again.
thanks for your input on this
Post by: ICEMAN on March 06, 2009, 09:59:17 PM
What I really want to know is which family member of yours dropped the rifle and didnt tell you? :chuckle:
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Post by: mossback91 on March 07, 2009, 01:12:51 AM
Cool lookin buck you got there
Post by: rasbo on March 07, 2009, 04:59:08 AM
Post by: Sneaky on March 07, 2009, 08:40:37 AM
In my experience, blacktails are even more aggressive than whitetails during the rut in some instances. I often hear them rather than see them in the thick stuff that they call home.
One of the drivers where i used to work got stuck behind two nice bucks fighting in the middle of the road up by where 18 meets 90. He sat there and waited for close to ten minutes before they got off the road, all the while laying on his air horn.
Post by: Fishpimp on March 07, 2009, 08:56:42 AM
I want to go fishing with Fishpimp.....in case you guys dont know....he is a fish pro too!ssshhhh that is top secret :chuckle: thanks for the kind words. i actually don't fish much anymore { i am weeks behind on orders as is}. i gave up guiding and just stick to making the steelhead worms and jigs.
as for the deer noises. i have heard does blow and stomp there feet but never a buck make a peep till this year. after reading all of this i was thinking. all the bucks i had make noise were monsters. i never heard a smaller buck grunt. could it be a more "mature" buck thing? my dad , grandpa and both uncles {all have hunted there whole lives and are very accomplished outsdoorsmen} have never heard a blacktail grunt, but after this year my uncle bought a grunt call.
thank you guys for the input
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Post by: RyanD on March 28, 2009, 10:07:50 AM
By The way great buck FishPimp!!!
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