What happened????????

Give me your idea on what happened please.

This mourning i was set up in my tree stand, i face north in the tree stand. The wind direction is from the south west blowing North east. I was standing and facing south east, and gave a buck grunt behind me, grabbed the horns and tickled the tines together. it was light!!!!!! I did this for a 1 or 2 seconds when i heard deer leaving. then i saw 6 or 7 deer (flags a flying). I was looking in that direction when they took off. They were about 70 to 80 yards away. DID I SPOKE A DOE BEDING AREA? WHY?

I have hunted this place for the last 18 years, they have never beded there before. Usually they travel from the West and go east near my stand to go up over the hill and bed down about 200 / 300 yards. However the property owner advised me the day before that she has been seeing only Does no bucks, this year.

Any advise on the next move. i will be able to hunt Friday afternoon ? (tomorrow)

 

I would lay off calling if it scared deer away you may just be educating them


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i didn't know they were there when i called

 

One of the reasons I don't like blind calling. Could they have seen you grabbing your antlers?

 

Maybe. I guess. 0815 ish am. I am tucked into a group of trees with some cover
Not a lot thou

 

probably saw you doing it and spooked.

 

If you could see them flag and run, I would guess they seen you rattle.

 

That would be my guess also. They heard you rattle then seen you moving.

 

Remember, you're in their house. The landowner hasn't been seeing any bucks, which might not be a good indicator anyways, the does would know if there aren't any nearby. With that being said, I agree with the other guys that they probably knew something in tree wasn't quite right and when they heard the rattle, they were gone. Learn from the experience and keep at it!