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Who here does it and why or why not? I personally have never done it. I've watched a ton of hunting shows and it seems like when people grunt or make any other kind of noise to stop a buck....the buck tends to be more prone to dropping after the arrow is released. Has anyone else noticed this? It seems to me like after you grunt to stop them they are on high alert and notice the sound of the bow more then if you were to just wait until they stop on their own. I've actually let deer walk because they never stopped on their own. Now if a 200 inch deer would happen to be walking in front of me and showed no signs of stopping on its own....I don't know if I could hold back from making a soft grunt to stop him or not. Haha! My worst fear is a nice buck ducking my arrow. Or even worse....dropping to the point of where my point of impact isn't in a fatal spot and wounding it. But this is all coming from a guy who's bow never leaves his hand while in his stand. Haha! I've always been afraid of missing out on an opportunity because a deer busted me while reaching for my bow. I try to stay as still and quite as I can in the stand. I like to let my arrow fly when a deer is calm. When a deer gets rattled....it rattles the shit out of me! Haha!