Over doing it!

[JOEL]

keep knocking maybe they'll answer the door[:)]

[DeanoZ]

LOL...will do for sure Joel, I don't give up that easy

[mag30079]

All great advise. One thing about snorts. If you hear 2 quick and along snort. This is a snort weez and usally means a big boy is trailing a hot doe or is about to run off a younger buck. Don't just think your busted, you could of just pissed off the local dominent buck with all the smelly stuff. This is just something I have seen.
 
Best of luck to ya

[DeanoZ]

mag30079, yeap thought about that too, but it was not the snort wheeze you get from a dom buck trying to run off another buck...more of the "sumptin ain't right here...your busted" snort.  funny thing is the deer must of snorted like a half dozen times all about 10-15 seconds apart...finally I was like "allright already...yeah I'm busted, got it...now move along so ya don't let every deer within a 25 mile radius know!!!" 

[mag30079]

 funny thing is the deer must of snorted like a half dozen times all about 10-15 seconds apart...finally I was like "allright already...yeah I'm busted, got it...now move along so ya don't let every deer within a 25 mile radius know!!!" 
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LOL

[ranwin33]

Got to love it when they do that.
 
I've watched them do it to other deer, then I really get unhappy.  Afterall, it's one thing to get busted, but have one snorting and not even knowing you're there, well that's just not right.

[Demoderby4]

Don't get to discouraged [:)] As for calling with bleats and grunts i might tone it down some, i don't like to call any sooner than 1/2 an hr apart at the earliest, and i'm learning that calling blind might not be the best idea in the world, i haven't had much luck with it, and if you don't do it right and their is a deer nearby, your going to spook it and never get a chance at it without even knowing it's there most likely. I don't think the scents you are using are overkill. Here in Lower MI i have seen a lot more bucks in fields eating with does checking m out in daylight and also walking all around in the woods (too bad i havent been able to get a shot off) but they are up and moving more as the rut approaches [:)] I would keep using the estrous stuff (but maybe something cheaper than code blue!! lol! j/k if you can afford it by all means use it lol, i hear it works great! i wish i had money to buy some lol) and dont be too upset about the human urine thing, human urine does not effect deer in a negative way, they have done tests and it seems to interest the deer some rather than tend to scare them off. Plus i think i read like 85% of scrapes are visited at night... so i mean finding some is great! But hunting right near them might not be the best idea, unless you know they are coming to check em right before daybreak or dusk. A better bet would be to try to find a great food source or even better, the bedding area.. just nto too close [;)] good luck though!! You'll get one as ong as you stay with it!!

[DeanoZ]

Thanks all for the feedback and support...I'm not discouraged, actually I would have been more discouraged if I had seen nothing...even when button boy stumbled through it was better than not seeing a thing..and the fact that I got snorted to the front and back of me tells me they were around, just could not bring them through.  Its raining today so I'm going to pass on sitting in the stand today, not because I'm afraid of getting wet, but the winds are high, I'm a bit leary of climbing the tree in the rain, and based on my last two deer shots, I need a blood trail that won't wash away.  Probably sit in the stand tommorrow afternoon or friday morning.  I'll keep you all posted!