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Offline WapitiTalk1

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Calling Situation - Scenario 1
« on: April 07, 2014, 09:52:33 AM »
Allright, you are the caller and during a cold call set up, you've gotten this pretty little bull to come in silent. You're at the yellow arrow, directly where the bull is looking about 40 yards. Your buddy is set up in the direction of the red arrow no more than 20 yards away, and at this moment in time, is drawn back but has no clear/clean shot.

Tale of the tape: You and your buddy set up in a very heavily used elk area and had the presence of mind to properly "set up" with good positioning to possibly give the shooter a chance if a bull came in to your calling. A very light breeze is flowing from you (yellow arrow) directly at the bull. During your cold call set, about 10 minutes earlier, you started with some cow/calf herd talk and mixed in some brush raking and a few screams. This bull came in on a string, silently, directly downwind from you... past your buddy at a slow trot, put on the brakes, and spun back around and "stopped" on the other side of that gray log and the scub tree covering his vitals. Your cover/concealment is good but still... bullwinkle is more than a bit nervous about what he heard but doesn't see.

What do you think some options are at this moment in time to possibly get your buddy/shooter a chance at bringing this bull home for dinner?

« Last Edit: April 07, 2014, 10:03:24 AM by Phantom16 »
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Re: Calling Situation - Scenario 1
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2014, 10:47:53 AM »
-I'm about to get winded or already have
-I'm assuming that bull is going to leave on the same trail he came in on that my buddy didn't have a shot earlier (or the bull walked through the lane to quick).
-I'm going to be quiet and sit still and let the shooter try and stop the bull for himself.

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Re: Calling Situation - Scenario 1
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2014, 07:56:46 PM »
Anyone else have thoughts on this situation?
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Re: Calling Situation - Scenario 1
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2014, 08:13:13 PM »
I'm not the most knowledgeable elk hunter out there but I would hit him with a light cow or calf call to see if I could get him to spin all the way towards me out of curiosity.  If you're winded, he's going to blow out of their anyways so I would figure this tactic couldn't hurt the situation :dunno:

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Re: Calling Situation - Scenario 1
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2014, 08:30:17 PM »
At this point I'm trying not to breathe, not blink, so a call is out of the question.  I am however hoping that this bull exits with caution and doesn't absolutely blow out.  At the point he directs the attention at anything other than me I'm going to give a short mew, nothing else.  I have many pieces in place even with a potentially bad wind situation. I think our is are still at least 50/50 because this bull has already detected danger and is still in range looking for the elk he knows are there(my calls). I don't move till he does though.

 


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