Stay or leave when a Deer blows

[Bruce17]

Had a deer blow this morning at daylight. Haven't seen anything since. Thoughts on deer blowing!

 

[JJ3]

Unless they are bedded, deer are usually on the move. If one scented or saw you at daylight and blew, sit it out. If one is passing through at 8 am it doesn't know about that first one blowing.

 

[mike243]

Don't worry about it, they will come back at some point, move 50y if your able if you jumped them at you stand

 

[hoyt30]

Stay!

 

[Deer Assassin]

No way I'd leave or move

Depending on deer it may get shot

 

[megalomaniac]

A week ago I had a doe blow at us. 30s later, 2 very deep grunts back at her from the thicket we were next to. Although he didn't step out, he was clearly pulled in investigating.

 

[backyardtndeer]

Stay. Have been several times I had deer blow and end up later killing a good buck.

 

[Volbuck777]

Stay. A deer 2 ridges away headed toward you didn't hear it.

 

[270MONTS]

Stay. I had a deer blow at me this morning at my stand. About an hour later two deer came past never looked my way

 

[Remington700]

Just yesterday I had two blow at different times. One snuck up on my blind side and caught me repositioning after turning to see a six point. Later one was blowing at a bobcat. Ended up seeing 21 off that stand in 4 hours. So stay.

 

[DoubleRidge]

Agree....keep hunting....deer hear blowing often....I hate it when it happens but try to put it out of your mind and keep hunting.

 

[Popcorn]

Deer often blow at things they are not sure about. They blow at sight or sound of a predator. It isn't necessarily a message to flee the area but more of a message of alert. Sit tight. Never give up that well chosen seat, especially when the deer are maybe paying a little more attention. Other deer will also look towards the one blowing unless they can see which way it is blowing / looking.

 

[TNlandowner]

... try to put it out of your mind and keep hunting.

This is the truth! A doe saw me approaching my stand yesterday afternoon. She blew and ran away. After sitting in my stand for 5 minutes, she returned and began looking for me. She circled my stand twice trying to smell or locate me. It was like she knew that I hadn't left, but couldn't find me. 30 minutes later, a 1.5 year old 5 point came and pushed her off the ridge. I grunted a few times and a 2.5 year old 7 point came to the base of my tree. I have a terrible mental battle when deer bust me, but I have learned to sit tight and watch.

 

[gobblegrunt]

Why do I feel like I read this on FB??

 

[LenS]

Stay. A lot of times I've been watching deer feeding while another one is blowing and they don't even look up.

Now, I will confess that I have shot more than one doe because they ticked me off by snorting and blowing at me!

 

[krazykarl_13]

I saw 5 today after having some blow at me that were bedded down on the logging road I was using to go to my tree. It was still dark when I bumped them.

 

[trout]

I agree with staying put especially if the deer did not pick up your scent. Deer will snort at sights and sounds they don't like. If they wind you and snort, that deer is unlikely to return unless on high alert. Last week I was moving slowly to a stand and got snorted at three times by deer up wind of me. After I got settled into my stand, I snort wheezed back. Less than 30 minutes later I had two bucks walk down and under the stand. I was videoing the first buck and then surprised by a shooter. Both came from the direction of the snorts which was very close. Scent control was key to sealing the deal. The smaller buck crossed my trail and fed on acorns down wind of me. The larger buck followed a few minutes later and gave me a 15 yard quartering away shot.

 

[muddyboots]

Stay. A lot of blowing right now is at pestering bucks.

 

[Good time Charlie]

We tend to overthink all this,,, just stay you are where you are for a reason must have good sign around

 

[ROVERBOY]

Stay. A lot of blowing right now is at pestering bucks.

Oh yeah. I saw a doe snort st a young buck about 15 times one morning several years ago .