Doe grunt

This morning while on stand I heard a buck grunt but for the life of me I couldn't find him anywhere. It was around 8:30 after I had watched 9 other deer make their way by me with In 20 yards. Finally this grunt was getting closer. My bow was In hand and I was ready to go but still I couldn't find this buck. There was a doe around while this was going on. The grunts keep getting closer and to my surprise It was this doe. She came by at 10 yards and grunted. It was deeper then some of the bucks I've saw grunt. She made lap after lap around me grunting this morning. What's going on here? She acted like she was looking for a buck and wanting some. I've never heard a doe do this sound either but I've been told doe's will make the sound like the can when their In heat and looking for action.


What you all think?

 

i could be completely wrong, but i've always been told that a doe grunt is a way of saying "come here" ... that its more of a social call, usually used on fawns and other does

 

Yes, just a doe's way of communicating. I've heard more doe grunts in my years hunting, than buck grunts.

Some conversation on this topic recently...

http://forums.bowhunting.com/showthread.php?26875-Doe-Grunting&highlight=grunting

 

Maybe she was playing a sick joke on you. " Hey guys watch this". " I'll walk by this hunter and grunt and he'll think he's gonna see the buck of this life then when he see's me he won't know what to do". lol

 

hahahah... but yes doe's grunt

 

Thanks everyone! Never In 25 years of deer hunting have I heard a doe grunt till this morning.

 

Thanks Matt for the link. Guess me and Dan are the only ones who haven't heard this before! Lol!!

 

Had a doe do that to me on my last hunt.

A yearling came RUNNING In, and i could hear another deer walking in the leaves and grunting.

I was PUMPED.

Ended up being a doe, to me, she was calling to her yearling telling it to calm down and not move through the woods so quickly. I shot at her and missed.

I dont like that doe.

 

Hey Simon, a yearling would be a 1.5 year old deer.

 

How do you figure?

Yearling...meaning from this year?

Have i been saying it wrong all these years Veto?

 

Damn it, Simon, I thought you of all people would know this.

young of year = fawn

1.5 yo = yearling...meaning it is a year old

 

This is all news to me, i actually learned something new today.

 

You owe me one gumball machine.

 

I actually heard a doe grunting tonight while I was in the stand. She had a yearling with her, and the yearling ran off ahead of her. that's when i heard her grunt to the yearling. she grunted several times while walking towards the yearling. I've never heard a doe do that before.