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Quote from: hntrspud on August 28, 2018, 01:04:52 PMMe personally, I wanna hunt the elk that are responsive. So I'm going to cover alot of ground trying to find one who is. I'm not looking for a possibility of finding an elk, I want one who will talk back! The ones that are heated and a bit horny.Exact same way I hunt cougars. Exact same!!
Me personally, I wanna hunt the elk that are responsive. So I'm going to cover alot of ground trying to find one who is. I'm not looking for a possibility of finding an elk, I want one who will talk back! The ones that are heated and a bit horny.
Quote from: SteelheadTed on August 28, 2018, 12:27:17 PMQuote from: boneaddict on August 28, 2018, 07:58:30 AMThere is wisdom in Cryders words, though maybe a bit extreme, lol. 90% of you guys call too much, but keep doing it, because when I actually have trouble telling whether its real or not(usually not very often), its my next flag that its some dude. and yes, shutting off the diesel and slamming the door prior to letting one rip is always fun entertainment. I sometimes will answer just to keep things interesting and to keep the spirits up for some greenhorn. They are sure to show up on here and report they are screaming.I'm not an expert but the Born and Raised crew put on a clinic calling 100's of times a day and kill Rosie's in bunches. I will be emulating their approach, since, you know, it works! YouTube stars bugle every minute and only kill monsters. So that's what I'm going to do! bought a whole pile of all the popular calls, the biggest bugle tube I could find and mounted a hoochie mama on each hip. Havent practiced with any of them. But come opening morning the elk will come a running!
Quote from: boneaddict on August 28, 2018, 07:58:30 AMThere is wisdom in Cryders words, though maybe a bit extreme, lol. 90% of you guys call too much, but keep doing it, because when I actually have trouble telling whether its real or not(usually not very often), its my next flag that its some dude. and yes, shutting off the diesel and slamming the door prior to letting one rip is always fun entertainment. I sometimes will answer just to keep things interesting and to keep the spirits up for some greenhorn. They are sure to show up on here and report they are screaming.I'm not an expert but the Born and Raised crew put on a clinic calling 100's of times a day and kill Rosie's in bunches. I will be emulating their approach, since, you know, it works! YouTube stars bugle every minute and only kill monsters. So that's what I'm going to do! bought a whole pile of all the popular calls, the biggest bugle tube I could find and mounted a hoochie mama on each hip. Havent practiced with any of them. But come opening morning the elk will come a running!
There is wisdom in Cryders words, though maybe a bit extreme, lol. 90% of you guys call too much, but keep doing it, because when I actually have trouble telling whether its real or not(usually not very often), its my next flag that its some dude. and yes, shutting off the diesel and slamming the door prior to letting one rip is always fun entertainment. I sometimes will answer just to keep things interesting and to keep the spirits up for some greenhorn. They are sure to show up on here and report they are screaming.
I cannot find the popcorn emoji , but just to :I met a guy in early August.Or, should I say, I heard him?.He was bugling, full out, beautiful 3 note calls...You know, just like you practiced at the red lights....I had never met this guy, and been hunting this gate for the last 3 years, so I found him and said hello.He brought up his calling, bragged about the bulls he was seeing, even talked about ones he heard, but did not see.I thought he was an idiot, but asked him if he thought it educated the elk, he replied, "I hope it does, the next time they come say hello, I am going to shoot the one I want"Then showed me pictures of elk he has killed.Claims they get used to hearing his bugle, and think the reason they did not meet before was due to whatever spooked them, not the other elk.
So are u educating them when calling in season?
I think some are giving these critters to much credit. most of us are hunting the first legal elk that we find, and the 2.5 to 4.5 year old ones are the ones that we are getting. This age class of bull, although not dumb is fairly tough to educate to the point that they can't be called in while they are rutting. On more than one occasion i have called the same bull in multiple times in the same season, it's all about finding one that is ready. Now on the other hand when we start talking about the older, and more mature animals they are very well educated, by life. The bull that lives long enough to become a solitary animal when not rutting, is the bull that is very easily educated, but lets face it he is not the one most of us are hunting.
