Guest nitroguy Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 Was hunting saturday morning and used a grunt call. Afterwards, i heard a grunt that had the same call pattern like a paliated woodpecker but was grunting. Saw the deer about 60 yards out but sounded like he was in the stand with me. Didn't know a deer could cast his vocals like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 I usually do not do a lot of calling real early on in the season, but I have heard woodpeckers often that sound very similar to bucks grunting, and have also heard bucks grunting responding to my calling that I questioned if it was not a woodpecker. Far as casting their grunts, have not ever seen or heard that, but in hilly wooded areas sounds can bounce around and echo some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 Never heard a deer grunt like a pileated woodpecker. Are you talking cadence, or sound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 One of the places I used to hunt the deer made these short "URP!" grunts that if I imitated were very effective. I actually witnessed a deer making this call which is what clued me in to trying to copy it. It was an awesome thing but it seems to have just been a local phenomena. Trying it elsewhere just didn't seem to work. If you are sure the deer made the noise than for sure try to imitate it. If not, you'll have to experiment to decide. It could be just a local thing for that area or nothing but a case of mistaken hearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nitroguy Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 it was the cadence that I was referring to. I actually seen the buck doing this or at least I thought it was him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 it was the cadence that I was referring to. I actually seen the buck doing this or at least I thought it was him. Interesting. Like Leo said, I would probably try to imitate the cadence and see what happens. Are you talking like the deer made a bunch of short successive grunts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazylegz70 Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 I actually have heard a buck make a series of short successive grunts...I hadnt been hunting very long but I used a grunt call and this buck came running in making alot of short (and I mean short) almost tapping grunts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nitroguy Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 crazylegz, that's what this buck was doing. but I was unaware of the doe next to the tree line. My buddy who was hunting about 70 yards away said he seen the whole thing and told me about the doe being there too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 I think Knight and Hale made a call once that you could inhale and exhale through to imitate that. It was called a hyper grunt or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 I actually have heard a buck make a series of short successive grunts...I hadnt been hunting very long but I used a grunt call and this buck came running in making alot of short (and I mean short) almost tapping grunts. Almost like a clicking sound, right? Yeah, I've heard that once or twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazylegz70 Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 It sounded like a deep clicking tho...weird, but i watched him for about 5 seconds doing it while running.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gitcha_some Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 thats usually the sound they make when they are tending a doe or chasing a doe....but it seems a little early in the year for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazylegz70 Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 My experience I believe was in early/middle season. Not sure if it was during rut tho. I just remember my experience because it was the first time I heard a buck grunt and I didnt think they were supposed to sound like that...LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 It sounded like a deep clicking tho...weird, but i watched him for about 5 seconds doing it while running.... I've seen Lee Lakosky do this clicking thing with a grunt tube. He had success with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nitroguy Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 thanks for letting me know I'm not the only one experiencing this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted December 31, 2017 Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 (edited) old post but I think this is what you heard, Ive experienced it too just before a buck mounted a doe; think Primos or Drury calls it the buck roar Edited December 31, 2017 by Mathews XT Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted October 6, 2018 Report Share Posted October 6, 2018 of course it could have been.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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