Elk Still bugling??? WTF?

[Mark B]

heard form a friendtoday that for the past week and a half that he's been hearing elk bugling?? I know the Rut is well over by now.. Im not a serious elk hunter, Only hunted for a few yeas in my late teens so Im kinda confused as well is he.. I know that Cows can sound an awful like bulls sometimes when communicating with other elk.. he's only hearing the so-called Bugles in the morning.. does this story have any kind of truth to it or is he thinking hes hearing an Elk Bugle?? Sounds like a stupid question but i am thoroughly confused here.. HELP!

[hrd2fnd]

  Flash backs 

[Mark B]

That's what im thinking.. He sees elk dam near every day, (Now that seasons over of course) on his property but keeps "supposedly" hearing them bugle.. I told him he was full of *censored*, but I've know the guy since I was 14, (Im now 31) and he takes his outdoors/hunting very seriously...

[BAR C3]

Bulls bugle all year. Just tend to be more vocal when they are in the mood!

[hrd2fnd]

have never hunted elk myself, but have been thinking out loud of wanting to do a guided hunt someday out of state

[6x6in6]

Bulls bugle all year. Just tend to be more vocal when they are in the mood!

Just this past weekend watched a nice bull off in the way distance talking in the early morning.  He was lonely, no one else around.  Poor guy.   

[hrd2fnd]

Bulls bugle all year. Just tend to be more vocal when they are in the mood!

Just this past weekend watched a nice bull off in the way distance talking in the early morning.  He was lonely, no one else around.  Poor guy.   

kind of know how he feels   

[sirmissalot]

Yup, I shot a bull in Montana that gave away his location with a bugle. He was in a bachelor herd with several other bulls. That's just part of their talk, probably just got up and stretched the wrinkles out of his pecker and decided to let out a scream cuz the cold air felt good on it. Bugles are just part of their vocalizations that happen all year long, they also chirp and mew throughout the year just like cows.

[6x6in6]

Bulls bugle all year. Just tend to be more vocal when they are in the mood!

Just this past weekend watched a nice bull off in the way distance talking in the early morning.  He was lonely, no one else around.  Poor guy.   

kind of know how he feels   

So your over here in Montana too?   

[steeleywhopper]

Hunting elk in Wyoming early 200? mid January, we were up on a ridge over looking a large basin. In the basin were about 400+elk, lots of bugling and cow talk. All of a sudden this huge bull lets out this series of bugles and takes off running, over 3/4 of the other elk follow him. Approx 10 minutes later we here 4 or 5 wolves howling about a 100 yards below us. They bugle more than we think. This is not the first time I have heard them bugle outside of the rut. Needless to say we did not fill any cow tags that day. Damn wolves

[mdbuck5x5]

From what I've seen I think in general its the younger bulls like spikes or 2 points that are bugling this late in the year. But yes it does happen.

[boneaddict]

Elk can bugle all year long.     THey can be fairly active in November still.   I saw about 250 elk the other day, and they were brought to my attention by bugling.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Yeah they do  Turkeys will do the same ...

[BAR C3]

Wish one was stupid to bugle in Montana tomorrow. Over here trying to get my wife into the elk. To damn warm! 

[6x6in6]

Wish one was stupid to bugle in Montana tomorrow. Over here trying to get my wife into the elk. To damn warm! 

Yep, hit 60 here today.
At 5:00 this morning it was 51.