Shamanic Guide -- How do you Bleat?

Bleating is fairly simple:

First you have the contact bleat-- this is the call that deer use to announce their location. It is a friendly neutral call. Say "maa" -- like "ma" but with a long "a" sound. That's a bleat. Three of these over 15 seconds is a about all you need to sound like a deer attempting to make contact with friends in the neighborhood.

Now think of a deer caught in a fence. Say "maaAAAaa!" or even "maaaAAAaaaAAAAAaaa" That is the distress bleat. The more it rises and falls, the more distress you are imparting. String a lot of these together, say 1 every 3 seconds for 2 minutes, and you have a serious distress call.

The longer the duration, and the more intonation you give it, the more distressful the call sounds. If you keep it to a simple "maa" all your are saying is "Hi, I'm here; where are you? " If you hold it a bit longer, you can impart a bit of horniness ("maaa"). The higher the sound, the younger the deer.

I hardly ever use a distress bleat. The best time for those is early and late season. It brings in does, and when they come, they come in on the run to see what's going on.

Mostly I do simple contact bleats in a mid range to mimick a doe. It's produced well for me over the years. I just use my own voice in the high register. 3 calls over 15 seconds is about all I need. It brings in curious does, and the occasional buck, they are looking for who is making the call, and usually they come in alert, but not spooky.

Occasionally, especially during the rut, I'll do blats and breeding bellows to mimick a doe in serious heat.