Can deer ruin a setup?

[mountaineer long beard]

So twice in as many hunts I've been set up working a bird and deer have come along downwind and started snorting like they've got nothing better to do. Both times this happened I never heard the birds again. My question is will deer snorting like that ruin a setup?

Mike

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[guesswho]

They can.   But in my experience the birds will shut down temporarily but fire back up after a while.

[wvmntnhick]

GW is pretty much spot on here. I don't let it bother me. Things happen. They hear deer snort all the time. Don't let it get ya down.


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[WV Flopper]

Yes

[bigriverbum]

yes

3 days ago my dad and i had 2 toms with hens about 80 yards from us over a ridge. not saying we'd have got'em but i heard movement to my left and then a deer snorting. a hen then cackled and cutt for a few minutes and then walked the flock directly away from us

[bigriverbum]

we got'em the next day though. the hens are so aggressive now that they're walking toms immediately away from any calling so i called and "drove" the birds away from me and right past my dad

[Greg Massey]

They sure don't help you. Bumping them doesn't either. I guess it pretty much depends on the mood of the gobbler.

[bear hunter]

I had a gobbler hammering couple years ago just out of site I just knew I was going to kill him at any second. A doe came below me and blowed and ran directly toward the gobbler I never heard him again.