Whitetail buck looking for a fight Snort-Weeze at Decoy

TURN VOLUME UP!!!! Starts a little slow. I was hunting in Buffalo County WI when I got this video of a good looking young 8 point buck posturing at the decoy I had in front of me. I grunted 2 or 3 times at the buck when he first entered the opposite side of the field. The buck saw the decoy, and immediately came looking for a fight. After nearly busting me in the beginning, the hair was standing up on both the 8 pointer and myself as I was witnessed what happened next. The decoy I was using was supposed to mimic a 4 or 5 year old dominate buck. This 2 year old didn't care and wanted a fight. He gets right in the face of the "dominate" buck and proceeds to snort wheeze at him 4 times before walking off. Rut-crazed, testosterone fueled display. This was taken November 4th 2009.

[@lewbaxter243]

“ I’m telling you, when he didn’t move a muscle, I knew he was a force to be reckoned with. So, I ….left him alone. A rather standoffish fellow.”

[@m_6866]

The voice my brain used when it read this was Darry from Letterkenny.

[@kadenwolfe1107]

Facts

[@pbnjay5504]

He was rather pissy, that the decoy buck had zero reaction, loved the way the 8pt backed away but never took his eyes off the decoy, love the woods in the Fall, I've being seeing the best the outdoors has to offer for 45 years, always great sights!

[@timothyharmon6305]

When that buck turned his head away from the Decoy and act like he heard or seen something the other way. Trust me he was trying to get that Hunter to move. They have tricks too.

[@zaheercharles487]

Decoy: Buck: Yeah, that's what I thought... punk.

[@dukee3871]

This was funny. He didn't have a clue what to do when the decoy didn't run from him. He backed out of the area like a robber out of a bank. Great footage.

[@timothyharmon6305]

He got a scent he didn't like always spray your decoy

[@williepelzer384]

Trust me they don't get that big by being stupid 😂

[@jeffhager9398]

He realized something wasn't right, was a little confused

[@pokey5428]

Well, it was guaranteed he was going to lose that starring contest.

[@LSongz13]

As soon as he saw the decoy he looked at you like “are you dead ass rn?”

[@JesusIsMySaviorILoveJesus]

He sounds like he's blowing his nose. Also the look on his face when he does it is priceless xD

[@woodcraft70]

When bucks are serious, you can hear them snort for a mile. I love watching them size up a competitor. I have tons of stills, but very little video. This is a nice one. Thanks.

[@sagecrawford6114]

Snort-weeze is at 3:14 your welcome

[@drewbowles3837]

And at the :56 mark

[@jimq.customer4526]

And 2:06

[@solocam4041]

Thank you

[@ccowan8692]

Thank you!

[@justjustin7382]

Ty

[@WillOakQuinPro]

He’s sizing up the decoy and his antlers at around 2:25. So cool to see wild animals do this. Great White sharks do the same thing where one will swim up parallel right next to the other to see which is bigger, the smaller one usually moves along. Wild.

[@katapultsmash]

Oh he’s so funny! This year was my first archery season and I’ve had a lot of fun experiences even though I have yet to harvest a deer. I’m happy to see the animals unpressured from rifle hunters. It’s great to just sit back and watch their antics. Humbling.

[@tybrackman84]

hahaha! he was seriously interested in you at first!

[@stevemyers6946]

Pretty funny how multiple people........including the guy that posted this video.......have all made comments on this bucks age. Not possible just by looking at a deer. You can all estimate.......but the majority of the comments are making specific GUESSES. All in all it was a good vid. Keep em coming

[@Veahp]

"Ay!!! Sup Buck!!! You seen any doe around here?... What? Can you hear me?... How about now?... Now?... Bye"

[@vanteal]

He's lookin straight at you.

[@zzz7zzz9]

Got busted.

[@BattleBendOutdoors]

Woulda tried to dew him if he was on the ground

[@joeyellison9847]

Lolol hes like yea thats wat i thought now im ganna go ahead and reverse it lol

[@MFM556]

Cool video, it also showed me how to better mimic the wheeze sound. Thank you for this.

[@ackphui5813]

As he backs up in really MACHO fashion....."I just can`t seem to get a rise outta this guy!" Willi B. in Canada.

[@jordandotson9354]

I’ve always wanted to put elk antlers on a white tail decoy and hope to get a reaction on trail cam. I know the smell would be off and they are smarter than falling for that but there’s just a small chance I get some crazy reaction 🤣

[@jamesstewart4966]

Is so awesome when you can be in the woods with a wild animal and them never know you're there. Adrenaline rush yaaaaa!

[@johnfuller6870]

Well said. I was shaking for hours after an experience like this! Nature is incredible

[@jamesstewart4966]

@Red Dead I said being in the woods with a wild animal unnoticed is a rush.

[@CAPMARK123]

That's so cool....thanks for sharing.

[@cassshuler6976]

Deer do that all the time! They look straight at you for several minutes straight. Neck cramps!!! Goood luck hunting this weekend everyone

[@Sandstorm9562]

25 seconds...BUSTED!

[@chrishalsey6650]

Great encounter and even better restraint to pass a 3.5 yr old buck that will be a stud in a couple years. I love to decoy and call deer in. They arealot more vocal than most hunters think. Soft tending grunts to loud challenge/ frustration grunts and does communicating with fawns and each other. Only advise is turn the decoy toward you at about a 30 degree angle as yousee how he came in.

[@pensnut08]

"Encounter"?? Stop watching the TV shows.. OMG.. He SAW A FUCKING DEER!

[@stevegermain1222]

Really great images

[@qaben4172]

Awesome video

[@RLMUD]

NO,NO, AND NO always face your decoy at you. the buck will come in and make a half circle to come at your decoy face to face gving you a super shot.

[@san_diegan69diegan27]

How about perpendicular to one's position? That way there would be an awesome broadside when the buck approaches face-to-face? Or do they move too fast during the final part of approach?

[@gtaylor9218]

@@san_diegan69diegan27 there's no absolute or certain way he would approach

[@terrytummons8898]

Or he would look to see what this other deer holding perfectly still is looking at and bust you

[@stewarthunt5444]

What I would give to see a buck that nice

[@pairgetter]

I have seen bucks rear up and their hind legs and stomp, grunt, snort, and even wag their antlers around a group of doe, but I can't ever remember one weezing like that. I must have watched 100 videos last fall, trying to bone up on my skills. I was in a huge rut, no pun intended. I guess it payed off, I got my buck and doe last fall! Not the monster I wanted, but hey theres always next fall.

[@venichord1744]

Wow no wonder deer calls never work, they are more like human calls that sort of sound like deer but about 10 times louder. I have heard a grunt a couple of times in the woods but it was so soft I could have been mistaken. The only sound I'm ever sure I've heard coming from a deer is when I about trip over them getting to my spot before sunrise and they do the little high pitched wheezing sound.

[@tinyman520]

Yes most real grunts I’ve heard have been soft as well. Except when they are chasing. I’ve heard/seen/watched bucks let out some really loud deep tending grunts. The only snort wheeze I’ve heard was loud and he wheezed for I know 45 seconds. It was a young buck and he never came in. I’m guessing he was sending out a warning. It was one of the most exciting things I’ve seen while deer hunting. He was pawing the ground and kept wheezing over and over before slowly walking off.

[@jimq.customer4526]

That warming blow/wheeze is the best call you can do. The larger older deer come running to protect the young ones. If you can practice mimicking that super loud blow/wheeze I promise you'll see way more deer. Give it a shot.

[@BIGestBUCK]

I put some tinks69 gel on a limb, a young buck came up and sniff'd it, then snort weezed. Then a BIG buck came in and chased him off. It happened to fast to get a shot.

[@terrybrown3224]

We use tinks sticks like a firework punk works amazingly and shows wind shifts

[@yooareawesome]

i love the video quality, nice viddeo!

[@bentpolski]

Awesome Video! Thanks! >>>>~~~~~>

[@stevep182]

Great footage though i could barely hear the snort-wheezes even with the volume all the way up. Thought they'd be louder. Great video

[@luckycharm1]

Dude must of said damn, that deer didn’t even flinch. F that, I’m outta here.

[@HossSwayerpr]

Interesting behavior.

[@arym1108]

I wonder if colder temps would’ve thrown him off. Do you think they recognize that their grunts and stuff give off a vapor and are they instinctive enough to notice “the decoy” isnt moving or grunting or can’t see his breath??

[@crystalray2907]

he scared him stiff

[@kennethrann5126]

What's up,looked like a good buck, couldn't been a easier shot, must be a Yankee deer

[@keithkeller1147]

Fascinating footage! Thanks for the privilege.

[@1bigbucknut]

very nice. How about your decoy position? I dont hunt with decoys often but if you place them like that you usually wont get a good shot. The bucks usually come in like yours did face on or sometimes they circle to downwind and come around again to face them. Often by that point they have spooked off. I usually place mine quartering so that a face to face gives me a good shot, if they circle downwind i either get a shot or they smell the scent i put behind the decoy and come to face.

[@thadfoote8653]

Pretty Buck

[@gbjeeper]

I believe since this was only a 2 year old, not fully mature deer, it has not developed completely. Much like a jake turkey trying to gobble for the first time....this is all obviously just my opinion. Maybe someone else can elaborate.?.?.

[@MrWhitetailtracker]

gbjeeper this deer is a 3 1/2-year-old buck not 2. He is sizing up the decoy and wanting a challenge but since it wasn't presented he walked away strutting his stuff. Most of the time in these cases you will end up with a broken decoy. Here is a website that will help to better judge a deer's age. I hope this helps :) www.bonecollector.com/whitetail-biolr-in-the-field/

[@Outrunninaround.]

There should have been a wireless Speaker so you can bark like a dog at the other buck lol. See what he does

[@catherinelucas9734]

He keeps.looking up and staring at camera person,must be in a tree stand. He was staring, daring him to blink I'm

[@Mossman4u2]

All I could hear was rattling and clicking as the operator was fumbling with the camera.

[@gordonduke7174]

So ..where is the snorts and wheeze ????

[@DeansMayhem]

There was no snort-wheeze, at least not that I could hear. Good footage nonetheless.

[@paulbickley658]

I guess am confused 😕 why didn't he take the shot, it was a ten point buck right? Waiting for a bigger one???

[@pairgetter]

Do deer use the snort-weese when thier pissed?

[@Theorthodoxcowboy]

pairgetter yeah it’s too warn another deer to get off their property

[@lttruck2973]

nice clip

[@ThomasHale]

I think so. for a long time when I hear people talk about snort-weeseing, I though they where talking about snorting (which is a totally different call).

[@NYCamper62]

@ 1:40 nice view of some neck roast..

[@yosefbjudah1213]

Never seen an 8 point back up from a fight before.

[@zzz7zzz9]

That decoy stood his ground. Has a great poker face.

[@jase4010]

I think when he came in he knew something was up when he started licking his nose he was checking out the scent I’m pretty sure that is when he started backing up

[@gtaylor9218]

Ya..I dont think he was nervous about the size of the deer or anything...I think just a combination of things, and he knew something wasnt right

[@redfaux74]

He seemed drugged. Testosterone is a powerful thing.

[@buckpro1315]

imagine having a fart maching attached to the decoy??? hehe would have been awesome....

[@gbjeeper]

Now That would make a good video!

[@timmytim6427]

He was bluffing

[@teammit]

That’s a great video lol that buck backing out

[@jamesingalls4027]

I've been dreaming of a perfect broadside shot like that one, on a beautiful shooter buck. 😳😳😳

[@hearsay4312]

💜

[@igotajopamerica3040]

I can taste vension. Well thats becouse I just cooked some.😋

[@beliedat2457]

Becouse?

[@igotajopamerica3040]

@@beliedat2457 triggered. 😉

[@igotthestuffs]

What kind of stand and decoy do you use? I've been looking at getting into using stands and decoys but don't want to blow my money on anythin thats not worth it.

[@rockyzrockyx917]

Montgomery Ward's.

[@spyder8602]

Nice 4 y/o buck.... maybe 5

[@MrTimo1124]

4:16 - how you walk home when your balls are shriveled up from getting faked out by a decoy!! Hahaha

[@aliharajli95]

At one point i couldnt tell which one was the decoy. Shit froze staring at u

[@allens5711]

William Seymour hear me out

[@501Hoggin12]

I thought he had you pegged lol he knew somethin was up but Mother Nature makes em act a lil stupid sometimes

[@GoneCarnivore]

It's been 20 years since I've seen a buck this size in the woods other than ones my friends have killed.

[@cwstewartjr1973]

That buck was intimidated by a fake buck

[@ajhall5197]

I didn't hear a weeze

[@lnkicker]

that thing woulda been gone

[@zemphorp9605]

The deer was high af

[@bustabass9025]

...and you didn't shoot becauseee...?!

[@Twistsayin]

@gbjeeper If you think that is a two year old deer you are stupid,there is no way that is at the most a 4 1/2 year old I think he was 3 1/2 a two year old,a 2 year old deer doesnt have a body like that,he was square like a suitcase,and you normally don't see an 8 like that,that is 2.Unless you have awesome genetics.

[@ATRMAN-no8zc]

Brad Gilbert all depends on what state this was in

[@vinny9988]

Why on earth are you hunting in a honeylocust tree lol

[@drummerboi989]

Almost busted... Thats awesome

[@earlrussell1026]

You must love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. You must love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus the Anointed is Lord! Repent and be baptized and believe the Gospel!

[@mrpush2855]

Omgosh! Look how submissive he was...not making eye contact!

[@gtaylor9218]

Deers eyes arent like ours. They dint have the ability to focus on a single object, but instead scan an area. That's why you can get away with being around them if you remain still

[@persephone2706]

He most definitely was...

[@verne51]

I think it is more due to the fact that dude filmed this with a potatoe.

[@CleverDjembe]

Why are you sitting in a tree observing animal behavior? Is that a hobby that you like? :)

[@jerryturner252]

You're

[@GunMan207]

@romantheskater lol

[@rudolfmueller1233]

Lazy

[@nobodyhome7334]

SHIT . That Buck is hunting you . " If looks could kill " You would be in his Den . And I hunt .