Elk Rutting activity in your area

[TikkaT3-270Shortmag]

Curious what others experienced for rut activity this year during muzzy season.  Did u experience bugles? Did u call any in? Did they have cows?

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[Mfowl]

I hunted Saturday through Thursday of the ML season in Taneum. I had 2 bulls respond to my calling on opening morning from deep down the hillside below us. However a spike came in quick and my buddy got his first elk ever. After that there was no bugling to be heard for days. It rained and cooled off on Wednesday and then Thursday morning I was able to follow a bulls bugling and get within 50yds of him and his harem. However the brush was thick and they winded me before I could ever get a shot at a cow. In my opinion the rut was on. I think the warm weather and hunting pressure has just kept the bulls quiet in that gmu. Another hunter I spoke to said the bulls were active depp behind the yellow gates and yet another guy said they were lighting if up all night in the Manastash but vanished by daybreak. I found plenty of sign that suggested the bulls were with the cows too.

[jeffitz]

Hunted the Lewis River area,we are rookie callers but were able to call in a sattelite bull but missed him.Also missed a big bull opening day that I just stumbled onto,heard lots of bugles but some were hunters obviously.Now I know how to tell the diff between a hunter and a bull,its pretty obvious.Good news is we still have late season

[fastdam]

I was in 368 cowiche and bugled with several bulls. The elk were herded up pretty good and vocal. I shot a 4x6 sattelite bull after bugeling him out of a large herd.     I would say the rut was after peak, but going strong. Just a guess really though

[usmc74]

Westside I had 2 bulls bugling each other, spotted the cows, but no horns.  Lots of brush blocking my view.

[Westside88]

West side ,  I would say the rut must have turned on a little earlier this year, at least in the unit I hunt. Most of the sign seemed a coupl  weeks old. I did get a little action going, but I think the big Bulls had their cows and were pretty quiet.

[TomT]

I hunted the entire season in the Willapa Hills and never heard a single bugle.  I am new to hunting rosies and it's possible I don't know what I'm doing, but have had good success calling rocky mtn elk.

[buglebuster]

The rut was strong in our area. I called this bull to my buddy screaming opening morning. We were done 10 minutes into opening day from the truck.

[TikkaT3-270Shortmag]

West side? Or east side?

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[buglebuster]

Westside

[billythekidrock]

Watch a couple bulls mount cows two days ago and heard a couple other bulls bugle. Westside.

[Firedogg]

Well I am late to read this one, spotty cell service up here in the Blues. Heard one short bugle with a couple moans last Sunday. After that not a sound to be heard.

 Well, almost... Some Bozo in a noisy Ford diesel in a walk in only area would stop,bugle, wait 15 seconds, then start the truck up and go to the next corner and do it again.

Thursday and Friday evening had cows come up out of the tree line I was sitting but they were just beyond my max range and ran out of light both nights trying to get closer. Tag soup for the cow tag. Definitely looks like I won't be able to do the Watershed hunt.

[Chukarhead]

Yakima north area... heard a few distant bugles the first couple of days that were tough to confirm as elk.  Found bulls without cows, cows/calves without bulls, and then on Monday, followed/participated in a 7.5-hour bugle-battle between two bulls.  One left to fight the other, and when he came back, he was short a cow.   

[Pete112288]

In the Coweeman I had some aggressive rutting action, calling and even had a bull charge me in the brush. They just would shut up about 10 in the morning.