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.   

[huntnnw]

my buddy had a bull screaming last year in late Nov..he thought it was hunter till he saw it

[skywalker253]

I have heard elk bugle in November during the general rifle season. We walked into a herd 20 years ago on opening day of elk season. They were going nuts and bugling all over the place. I don't think there is an official start and end date. It is all a estimate.

[boneaddict]

Taken 11-1    there are at least 10 bulls screaming in this set

[Bigbuckoholic]

You think this is more or less luck of the draw over bugling and getting a response this year?

[Mark B]

Good Question..

[boneaddict]

Not likely,  Might locate but calling would be random.

[Bigbuckoholic]

Kinda what I figured. will still stick to cow calls for late elk! Thanks

[chad s.]

They talk all year in Packwood. On a calm night, you can sit outside, and hear multiple talkers! Funny, I've never heard those Packwood elk talk during the day, not even during the rut!

[Yelm hunter]

I've called in 2 cows within 25 yards 2 years ago hunting during modern elk.

[cuzsis]

 Depending on your herd make up you can have a second smaller rut later in the year (just like with deer). We had one the other year owing to some really weird weather. We had little new calves with spots all the way up until late August this past year.

[Kowsrule30]

Yep I've heard bulls bugle in the spring and dead of winter.... At the feeding station in Oak Creek years ago one rag 6 was pretty close to the fence and let out a bugle followed by another somewhere nearby... I never knew so many people were scared of elk talk... A couple kids crying and even some grown adults jumped, backed up, and left!!!      My Dad and I laughed so hard... My stomach hurt along with some tears!!!!     

[bowhntr]

I know of  a 360" bull that was shot during the modern firearm season that was located because he had bugled.

[huntnnw]

this was taken Nov 25th in NE WA this year,,bull is bugling and trying to mount every cow in the herd