What to do if deer blows at you?

Fishman35

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Last time I went deer hunting a doe busted me from about 50 yards away. She stood there and blew a few times, stomped once, and then turned around and walked off. I just froze and I didn't know what to do. Is there a calling sequence or a strategy that I should use if a deer blows at me again?
 
There's not much you can do. You could do nothing, you could blow back at the deer, or maybe give a grunt or doe bleat. And then hope there aren't any other deer within ear shot of where the doe blew.
 
While archery hunting we had a doe come in from an unexpected direction and she was about 20 yards behind my brother and she just stood there snorting and stomping a hoof till he threw a rock at her.
 
There is no point in 'freezing', you are busted, get that gun up and shoot, they might run, if they do give a bark (that's what i do in the UK) often they will stop and look back, damn i even confused one once that had run off, I ran after it, got my deer!
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Richard
 
If it was pitch black out and the deer was about 10 yards away you could always scream like a little girl, and then wonder if you were having a heart attack. At least that's what I did when I was 14 and it happened to me under those circumstances.
 
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