Post by: Mister Fudd on October 25, 2020, 10:05:49 PM
New to the forum and looking to learn. Little bit of hunting experience but definitely novice. And here's a novice question.
Do both does and bucks blow when alarming for danger? I was moving very slowly and quietly through an area this weekend and suddenly I hear this loud screaching/wheezing sound followed by the sound of a large animal breaking brush and moving quickly. Never saw it but based on sound I believe I had unknowingly gotten within 15 yards before it bolted. Not knowing for sure what it was i dropped into a ravine, looped around some thick reprod and ended up jumping it again and heard the same sounds. Eventually I concluded the sound was the wheezing of a wounded animal. So I backed off figuring it was shot by another hunter. Well turns out it was the sound of a deer blowing as I found the exact same sounds on youtube.
Since I never saw the deer I can't say whether it was a doe or buck. All the youtube videos I found of a deer blowing were videos of does. But the deer I heard was all alone on a northwestern facing slope right at the edge of old growth meets reprod making me think it was a buck.
Do bucks making blowing sounds also? Would a doe be bedded down all alone in the area described?
Thanks for any tips you might provide.
Post by: BLH69 on October 25, 2020, 10:13:02 PM
Post by: fishnfur on October 25, 2020, 10:24:10 PM
Every opinion I've ever heard on blowing is that the doe will do it, bucks don't hang out to find out what's making noise near them. They're just gone. On the other hand, any chance it was a snort wheeze?
Post by: Mister Fudd on October 25, 2020, 10:34:35 PM
The only deer i have physically witnessed blowing in 40+ years are all Does.
Thanks, that is helpful to know.
Post by: Mister Fudd on October 25, 2020, 10:36:58 PM
:yeah:
Every opinion I've ever heard on blowing is that the doe will do it, bucks don't hang out to find out what's making noise near them. They're just gone. On the other hand, any chance it was a snort wheeze?
Pretty certain it was a blowing. It sounded exactly like the sounds in this video.
Post by: Bango skank on October 25, 2020, 11:49:30 PM
The only deer i have physically witnessed blowing in 40+ years are all Does.
I had an old 6x5 whitetail buck blow at me just like a doe a couple years ago. I didnt think bucks did that either.
Post by: Molon5labe on October 26, 2020, 12:48:25 PM
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 26, 2020, 12:55:17 PM
Post by: WapitiTalk1 on October 26, 2020, 01:06:10 PM
I'm so relieved. When I first read the title of the thread, I thought this was some new thing PETA was doing to be kind to wildlife. Carry on. :tup:
:DOH: :chuckle:
Yes, bucks do blow "although", I think WT's do it more than BT's if my old memory banks are functioning correctly......
Post by: yorketransport on October 29, 2020, 08:44:54 PM
Post by: BigGoonTuna on October 29, 2020, 08:52:13 PM
I had a blacktail buck blow/wheeze at me a couple years ago when he came trotting out from behind a bush, and nearly ran into me.thats how I shot my big buck 3 years ago. Listened to him get closer and closer every wheeze, until he popped out of the brush at 20 yards trotting directly at me and I smoked him with the 30-06.
Post by: buckfvr on October 29, 2020, 09:16:33 PM
Post by: Mister Fudd on November 05, 2020, 09:05:43 PM
Plan to hit the same area for late season muzzleloader. Attached pics of my hunting area.