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who bleats or does something to stop a walking deer?


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Always because I prefer standing shots vs walking ones!! But the bleat can NOT be too loud or you will definitely startle them. Can also make a smacking noise with your mouth, unusual sound they'll stop, look & wonder about. Disclaimer - this is a double edged sword, getting them to stop or putting them on alert can have different results when the arrow is released.

Clearly when a buck has his nose to the ground looking for love or chasing a hot doe, very difficult to get them to stop. I also bleat after I've shot a buck and he's bounding off. Usually have to do a quick progression of bleats, each louder until he hears it. More than 50% of the time they will stop for 3-5 sec  before dropping or walking off. Lot of recovery distance saved, if they'll stop!

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I always try to stop an animal before a shot with bow/Xbow/shotgun/rifle unless they are already perfectly still. A bark to try to stop a yote or fox or a “mehp” to stop a deer. In fact, when I shoot a buck if it doesn’t drop right there I hit the grunt call in hopes it slows them down and they fall in sight


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Unless the deer is broadside and just standing there I have given the classic "Meeeh" preferably volume 4 when they are moving with hopes of them stopping for a quick clean shot. Tried yesterday at a small spiker trotting past me cause I wanted to put the crossbow scope on him....but the dufuss ended up stopping behind a pine tree...lol

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for gun hunting but not for bowhunting. seems to me like they make more of an effort to run to the next mountain over when i did and they saw their demise coming. if i really think i need to it might only be when a buck locked onto a doe and likely won't break stride.

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If its moving I always stop them with a maaah, or "clicking" sound, if they hear it, they will stop.  Once I actually yelled "HEY!" at buck who wouldn't stop for me – and he didn't stop for that either, just kept on trucking, nose to the ground. 

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