I've wondered for years how is the best way to get deer to move away from a stand when it's time to leave. Over the years I've tried all sorts of threatening sounds, growls, barks, grunts, etc.. Dark nights don't seem to pose too much of a problem but a moon light night is different.
Saturday evening there were 6 does and fawns in the corn patch, some were feeding and moving around, one had laid down, the moon had risen up enough to watch them with the binoculars way past shooting time. If I got out of the stand I would spook them with the noise I would create, opening and closing the door and climbing down the ladder. So I did my best impression of a "snort-wheeze", they all left with their tails up in the air.
Some of them old does will not let you get by with anything and making "human sounds" would probably be imprinted in their memory. How do you serious stand hunters handle this sort of situation, knowing it's time to go and not wanting to get picked off? Our short season is over for a week or so and the rut won't have any effect on the deer till out in January. Picking of a feeding buck will be an option before the rut gets heavy, but having comfortable does during the rut is almost a sure fire way to have bucks in the food plot.
Treefarmer
one of my nasty farts work well there as well as in an elevator, car, church, head held under the covers, or any enclosed place
Good luck!
Blowing a grunt tube pretty loud, and facing it away from you and the deer works pretty well
if you can exit quietly when they notice you do you best deer blow and watch how they react you maybe surprised.
Sometimes I use to sit till they left but anymore I don't worry about it,I just climb down.I Try to keep it simple these days.
