Who Bugles?

[Pilot_Hunter]

I'm just curious who bugles during the early archery bull season and who doesn't? Do you guys bugle, wait for them to respond, and then put a stalk on them? Bugle and then cow call them in? I finally got drawn for any bull and was thinking about picking up some calls and start practicing now!

Thanks

[WSU]

What is the point of archery hunting if you don't bugle?

[vandeman17]

I use a bugle as a locator call and to figure out where the bulls are located. Once I can do that, then I like to move in closer and try to cow call them in. I have found that if you bugle too much, you can actually push bulls away. It depends on the situation and time of the season but in general, bugle to locate and cow call to close.

[brianb231]

I use a bugle as a locator call and to figure out where the bulls are located. Once I can do that, then I like to move in closer and try to cow call them in. I have found that if you bugle too much, you can actually push bulls away. It depends on the situation and time of the season but in general, bugle to locate and cow call to close.

  After located the sweet sound of an estrus call can never hurt but a bugle in close could go either way. When in close I use the bugle and raking trees as a last resort. And if they are coming in ......DO NOT CALL!

my two cents.

[D-Rock425]

I really think most people would be better off not using a bugle.  I hardly ever use one. 

[HighCountryHunter88]

I really think most people would be better off not using a bugle.  I hardly ever use one.

  i only use a bugle to locate if they are not bugling on their own, and only sparingly.

[Bullkllr]

I'm just curious who bugles during the early archery bull season and who doesn't? Do you guys bugle, wait for them to respond, and then put a stalk on them? Bugle and then cow call them in? I finally got drawn for any bull and was thinking about picking up some calls and start practicing now!

Thanks

I think it would be pretty hard to pick up a bugle now and be ready to use it effectively by September.
With that in mind:

I really think most people would be better off not using a bugle.  I hardly ever use one. 

[Woodchuck]

Bugling can be productive

[jackelope]

Bugling can be productive

I wish I was there to see that.

 

[lemondog]

Look up Joel Turner and see if he is giving a talk you can go to. There is so much to learn if you could only learn one thing well I would use a Primos hyper lip single and stay down wind. You will have action. Good luck, learning is half the fun!

[Woodchuck]

Bugling can be productive

I wish I was there to see that.

 

My all time favorite moment in the hills for sure.

[2MANY]

Actually I played the french horn in grade school.

[Thefisherman83]

Come on guys, bugling works great to find out where everyone else is 

[elkinrutdrivemenuts]

It is an effective tool, at the right time of year, and that time could be the whole season, or 1 day.  You need to learn with a diaphragm call and a tube, there is nothing that sounds as realistic.   

[bucklucky]

I was surprised how many highly pressured roosies (that everyone says don't bugle )  I was able to call in last year in a high traffic area. Too bad I couldn't get a good shot on any of them .

  I bugle, I cow call, I bugle and cow call, I estrus wine , I chuckle , I grunt, I grunt and chuckle , I hyper estrus cow call, I mew , I calf talk , I cow and calf talk ,  I calf and cow talk , I might bark (cow or bull)  if need be, I super sexy cow talk, I herd talk , I lip bawl, I hyper lip bawl, I make stuff up as I go , sometimes I don't say much at all but its all in the arsenal and Im ready to do what it takes , when its time to use it,   or use  all of it    or none at all 

That sounds like an elk calling poem