Maybe??, I usually have one with me and use it very sparingly. It won't do much if you have a startled deer running by. I use it to stop/slow a deer that's meandering by. I also use it at times when I have a deer in sight that I don't plan to shoot, just to see the reaction. I had a 3 ptr come right near my tree last year. It was 80 yrds away & I grunted a few times,softly & it came over. I have at times 'blind called' with one sparingly & rather softly. I just returned from a hunt & I heard a few grunting bucks that were 'tending' does. It kinda shows how it's all supposed to go.