Just got back from seven days in the Lick Creek unit. Called in a couple nice 6x6"s, but unfortunately didn't have bull tags. On Monday night we thought that we'd died and gone to heaven, as more bugling going on throughout the night than we'd ever heard. But since Tuesday morning didn't hear a bugle, mew or any other elk sounds. We did bump a few lone animals though.
So, is this silence a function of hunter pressure, weather or what?