Submitted by Chris Kleist, D&DH Web Pro Staffer

I was bow-hunting tonight and on four occasions had does cruise past my stand bleating their heads off. I think there were at least three different deer, although one of the sightings was possibly the same doe twice. Two of them I could only hear in the brush; I couldn't actually see them. But one of them was a very young deer, and I could tell by the tone of the bleat that it was a young deer. The other one that I could actually see was a bigger, more mature doe, and just by her bleat she sounded more mature. They sounded just like that heat bleat call that's on the market the last couple of years. I bought one last year and watched the little DVD that came with it: The footage was of some does actually making that bleat. Anyway, these does tonight all sounded just like that, so if indeed what I heard was some sort of "heat bleat," they must be in that second rut now.

— Chris Kleist