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when do the elk start to bugle?
« on: August 29, 2021, 03:11:35 PM »
When do you think the elk will start bugling? I know it could be anytime in the fall but do you think they might bugle back in a few weeks if I call?
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Re: when do the elk start to bugle?
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2021, 03:14:10 PM »
When do you think the elk will start bugling? I know it could be anytime in the fall but do you think they might bugle back in a few weeks if I call?

They’re probably already bugling.

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Re: when do the elk start to bugle?
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2021, 03:29:55 PM »
They were buggling a few weeks ago up in the high country where I elk hunt

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Re: when do the elk start to bugle?
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2021, 05:02:52 PM »
I heard a bugle off my front porch 3 days ago


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Re: when do the elk start to bugle?
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2021, 05:15:56 PM »
A couple were singing behind the house a few nights ago.
Pretty wimpy sounding though.

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Re: when do the elk start to bugle?
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2021, 09:50:07 AM »
that is what I was thinking but I was not sure! thanks for sharing  :tup:
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Re: when do the elk start to bugle?
« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2021, 09:51:36 AM »
Had a bull chuckling and lightly bugling at me on Saturday night.

He was also an 8x7 with a huge kicker off the left main beam...  :drool: Largest bull I've ever laid eyes on.

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Re: when do the elk start to bugle?
« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2021, 10:20:49 AM »
I'm no elk expert but in my limited.experiemce they start bugling before they start responding to bugles.

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Re: when do the elk start to bugle?
« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2021, 10:22:54 AM »
I had bulls bugling back at me yesterday several times. I was only whistling since I had forgotten to bring the elk call. This was near Mt. St. Helens.

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Re: when do the elk start to bugle?
« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2021, 11:05:02 AM »
I don't believe they really start bugling until the day after archery season closes.
Typically, from there, they will bugle aggressively until the day before muzzleloader season opens.
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Re: when do the elk start to bugle?
« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2021, 11:24:31 AM »
I don't believe they really start bugling until the day after archery season closes.
Typically, from there, they will bugle aggressively until the day before muzzleloader season opens.
That is when I traditionally see them just going nuts all day and night long.  I just happen to have a tag that is good for that timeframe.  :IBCOOL:
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Re: when do the elk start to bugle?
« Reply #11 on: August 30, 2021, 11:25:09 AM »
I don't believe they really start bugling until the day after archery season closes.
Typically, from there, they will bugle aggressively until the day before muzzleloader season opens.

Not too far from truth some years  :chuckle:
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Re: when do the elk start to bugle?
« Reply #12 on: August 30, 2021, 11:35:07 AM »
I don't believe they really start bugling until the day after archery season closes.
Typically, from there, they will bugle aggressively until the day before muzzleloader season opens.

Not too far from truth some years  :chuckle:

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Re: when do the elk start to bugle?
« Reply #13 on: August 30, 2021, 01:29:10 PM »
I don't believe they really start bugling until the day after archery season closes.
Typically, from there, they will bugle aggressively until the day before muzzleloader season opens.
That is when I traditionally see them just going nuts all day and night long.  I just happen to have a tag that is good for that timeframe.  :IBCOOL:

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Re: when do the elk start to bugle?
« Reply #14 on: August 30, 2021, 02:40:32 PM »
I don't believe they really start bugling until the day after archery season closes.
Typically, from there, they will bugle aggressively until the day before muzzleloader season opens.

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