Has anyone tried this?

[MattySuto]

I saw on TV a guy said that you can walk through the woods normally and just Cow mew a few times as your doing it an it shouldnt spooke elk?? Has anyone ever tried this and does it work.  I imagine you have to be some what sneeky so you dont spook the elk.  It makes sense to me that a few mews and a bugle every once in a while.  Has anyone had luck with this??

[Blacktail Sniper]

I would think there is some merit to that.  But, that being said, I would think that a somewhat slower than "Normal" walking pace, maybe stop now and then like a browsing critter would do to grab a bite, and staying mindful of the wind also. 

[MattySuto]

yea i would think the same thing.. this guy made it seem like... just walk through the woods like nothing.... im like uhhhhhhh WHAT???

[Blacktail Sniper]

Yeah, I guess stranger things have happened.  You spend enough time out and about, you see some stuff that you would bet would never happen, yet there it is....

[MattySuto]

well the editing on the filming also made it look like that...

[Fl0und3rz]

I always moved slower then usual when hunting for elk until a year ago. I got the chance to hunt with a couple guys that I will experts and they changed my opinion. They cruised through the woods at a pace I could barely keep up with walking and were cow calling every 30 seconds and bugling every few minutes. They would stop every five minutes or so to listen then push forward at a hard pace. What I learned that day is that we covered more ground then I had ever done berfore, we were in more elk then I have ever seen in one day, and two guys in their mid 40's could still smoke me in my mid 20's in the woods. This was for Sept. archery hunting, in Nov. for rifle hunting I do slow things down a bit.

Heard the same tip about cow calling while walking through the woods to avoid spooking the elk from my FIL, a much more accomplish hunter than myself.  You end up attracting quite a bit of pumpkins in populated areas, though.

Also, the FIL really cruises through the woods at a pace that I would call brisk. But he hunts in rather unpressured areas in many cases. 

Another trick he uses for deer when coming to new clearcuts is to blow a fawn distress. Bedded deer often stand up to investigate or will come out to edges of the surrounding timber.

[MattySuto]

I always moved slower then usual when hunting for elk until a year ago. I got the chance to hunt with a couple guys that I will experts and they changed my opinion. They cruised through the woods at a pace I could barely keep up with walking and were cow calling every 30 seconds and bugling every few minutes. They would stop every five minutes or so to listen then push forward at a hard pace. What I learned that day is that we covered more ground then I had ever done berfore, we were in more elk then I have ever seen in one day, and two guys in their mid 40's could still smoke me in my mid 20's in the woods. This was for Sept. archery hunting, in Nov. for rifle hunting I do slow things down a bit.

i would think that calling or bugling to much would bring some suspicion to the elk.  But it sounded like it worked of for ya... i just dont want to be ripping bugles or calling to much if i am on some sort of stalk especailly early into the season.  Usually dont start stalking or going after elk until like day 4 if i havent seen any.... just worried that if i do this i will push them farther away then where i want to.... i have had more  success sitting in my blind bugling or cow calling.  But im always game for trying something new if it works

[coachcw]

do it all the time , but the wind better be right . I've been walking along and had the meow back

[MattySuto]

do it all the time , but the wind better be right . I've been walking along and had the meow back

how much calling do you do ... do you do it like every minute or what... and if you where to get a responce back do you stay put  and continue to call or do you  move forward closer to where you heard the response and lay the calling on think also like you said making sure the winds right... But i heva emy scent lok on that stuff better work

[BULLBLASTER]

Best thing to do while elk hunting is sound like an elk. A 600-800 lb animal is anything but quiet while walking in the woods. They are also a very vocal animal. I always call a bit while walking through and break some sticks and such. Not bugle as much while walking but always cow and calf call. Hell, I have called elk in without making a cow call or bugle... just by breaking sticks and hitting things on trees and throwing rocks... 

[boneaddict]

Do it all the time.   How do you think I get close.   The object is to not trigger the alarm system, like breaking into a house.  Crack a window get shot, sneak in and squeak on the floor, get shot.   Walk in like Johnny coming home from soccer practice, next thing you know you are in the kitchen grabbing a beer from the fridge.

[MattySuto]

Best thing to do while elk hunting is sound like an elk. A 600-800 lb animal is anything but quiet while walking in the woods. They are also a very vocal animal. I always call a bit while walking through and break some sticks and such. Not bugle as much while walking but always cow and calf call. Hell, I have called elk in without making a cow call or bugle... just by breaking sticks and hitting things on trees and throwing rocks... 

makes complete sense... i can here them coming form like 200 yards away... by the time they get to me my heart finally is beating back to normal...

[turkeyfeather]

Do it all the time.   How do you think I get close.   The object is to not trigger the alarm system, like breaking into a house.  Crack a window get shot, sneak in and squeak on the floor, get shot.   Walk in like Johnny coming home from soccer practice, next thing you know you are in the kitchen grabbing a beer from the fridge.

Great analogy Bone! 

[billythekidrock]

Do it all the time.   How do you think I get close.   The object is to not trigger the alarm system, like breaking into a house.  Crack a window get shot, sneak in and squeak on the floor, get shot.   Walk in like Johnny coming home from soccer practice, next thing you know you are in the kitchen grabbing a beer from the fridge.

Same here. Killed a few bear this way as well. Cow mews also work on deer.

[BULLBLASTER]

Do it all the time.   How do you think I get close.   The object is to not trigger the alarm system, like breaking into a house.  Crack a window get shot, sneak in and squeak on the floor, get shot.   Walk in like Johnny coming home from soccer practice, next thing you know you are in the kitchen grabbing a beer from the fridge.

  I still havent found the elks beer fridge tho... I bet I'd quit huntkng if i found a frig of beer in the woods.