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calling after shoot
« on: August 10, 2014, 09:24:25 PM »
i notice alot on hunting shows  after they  shoot a bull usaully bow they call after they shoot it. I have wondered why whtsats the school of thought on that.

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Re: calling after shoot
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2014, 09:28:19 PM »
To try and settle the animal down so it won't go a ways and not allow that adrenaline start.

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Re: calling after shoot
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2014, 09:34:37 PM »
I have called 2 bulls back after fataly shooting them and getting 2nd arrow in them. I have stopped 1 also and it fell over not far from me

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Re: calling after shoot
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2014, 10:21:13 PM »
Absolutely  anything to keep him close

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Re: calling after shoot
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2014, 10:45:11 PM »
Absolutely  anything to keep him close
Except woopin and hollerin  :chuckle: :chuckle:

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Re: calling after shoot
« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2014, 06:22:57 AM »
sure call after shooting to keep him close,just wondering were the breath comes from  :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Re: calling after shoot
« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2014, 06:26:34 AM »
Yep, if we've cow called our way to the bull we stay with a sharp cow sound to stop or slow him up, if he was brought in or we went to him via bugling then we use a bull sound to stop or slow him up. At times a 2nd shot can be had but at minimum you do your best to reduce tracking distance, hopefully he's a dead elk walking! A lung shot bull can cover 300 yds & sometimes blood tracking him is not easy if the shot was high & you're in the thick stuff.

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Re: calling after shoot
« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2014, 07:17:20 AM »
 :yeah:   100%

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Re: calling after shoot
« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2014, 02:26:44 PM »
Except if they wind you...keep quiet.  Whether after the shot or to simply stop them.  Bad practice of educating them.

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Re: calling after shoot
« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2014, 03:23:08 PM »
Twice now I've got a good shot in bulls and called right away to them, both stopped ten yards from the first shot and allowed a follow up shot. I will do it every time !

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Re: calling after shoot
« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2014, 03:34:00 PM »
Except if they wind you...keep quiet.  Whether after the shot or to simply stop them.  Bad practice of educating them.

Educating is done other than boning them out.   Its worth the risk if there is a hit involved.

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Re: calling after shoot
« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2014, 07:35:59 AM »
 :yeah:

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Re: calling after shoot
« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2014, 07:56:58 AM »
To try and settle the animal down so it won't go a ways and not allow that adrenaline start.
:yeah: :tup:

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Re: calling after shoot
« Reply #13 on: August 12, 2014, 03:31:23 PM »
Agreed, you hit the animal, you do anything you can to stop it. :sry:

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Re: calling after shoot
« Reply #14 on: August 12, 2014, 09:27:44 PM »
It has worked on every elk I have shot so far. It has stopped them and kept tracking down to very short distances :)

 


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