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Offline JPhelps

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Re: Favorite elk calls?
« Reply #15 on: August 09, 2023, 06:57:48 PM »
I use an old Abe and son. Why? Because 70% of the people out there are blowing Phelps.  That’s means one botched trained elk for every idiot blowing that call.  :chuckle:

Abe and his boy sure could call. Do they still make calls

I talked to Abe the other day. He’s still tinkering but his days of building production calls are past him.

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Re: Favorite elk calls?
« Reply #16 on: August 09, 2023, 07:52:19 PM »
Count me among the idiots who use phelps calls to kill elk  :chuckle:

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Re: Favorite elk calls?
« Reply #17 on: August 09, 2023, 10:10:15 PM »
Old school Berry big bull reeds, Elknut Chuckler….. good combination for this old elk hunter.
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Re: Favorite elk calls?
« Reply #18 on: August 10, 2023, 05:41:19 AM »
I use an old Abe and son. Why? Because 70% of the people out there are blowing Phelps.  That’s means one botched trained elk for every idiot blowing that call.  :chuckle:

Abe and his boy sure could call. Do they still make calls

I talked to Abe the other day. He’s still tinkering but his days of building production calls are past him.


Thanks Jason. I see that he is selling his business. I ordered a couple calls while I was checking out his site
« Last Edit: August 10, 2023, 05:58:38 AM by zwickeyman »
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Re: Favorite elk calls?
« Reply #19 on: August 16, 2023, 05:56:58 AM »
I ordered 4 of Abes calls, glad I did. A couple of them will be with me this fall. Cant believe I havent had one in my arsenal for about 25 years
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Re: Favorite elk calls?
« Reply #20 on: August 16, 2023, 06:32:04 AM »
Oh man, that’s cool!

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Re: Favorite elk calls?
« Reply #21 on: August 16, 2023, 06:44:22 AM »
Ordered some Phelps stuff to try

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Re: Favorite elk calls?
« Reply #22 on: August 16, 2023, 09:17:22 AM »
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Re: Favorite elk calls?
« Reply #23 on: August 18, 2023, 08:05:35 AM »


It might be the cheapest out there, but it has worked for me for many years.  I use the Carlton's Mac Daddy call.  Small, very packable, most importantly, I've gotten numerous responses from bulls through the years.  It works guys!  Don't be fooled by the cheap price. 

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Re: Favorite elk calls?
« Reply #24 on: August 25, 2023, 10:02:06 PM »
I usually use Phelps and Rocky diagrams and Rocky & Elknut bugles. Both have great sounds and no your not teaching elk anything. They just think it's another elk.

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Re: Favorite elk calls?
« Reply #25 on: August 25, 2023, 10:48:16 PM »
E.L.K. Power Bugle for me.  Works great, I don't get gag reflex from reeds.

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Re: Favorite elk calls?
« Reply #26 on: August 26, 2023, 10:00:39 PM »
I buy more elk calls than I should, I sound better on the Phelps tube, I am louder with the rockey mountain, this year I’m going to try the BRO tube. I have called in elk with both. As for reeds I got a whole bunch of Phelps, Rocky Mountain, BRO, Larry Jones, and primos. I settled on the maverick from Phelps as my favorite but I think it would be impossible to find what you like without trying a bunch. I think there’s a little truth to everyone running the same calls. If I hear another hunter in the woods I can typically guess what brand they use. A little voice inflection will change that. Some of us be worst bugles in the woods are real elk.

 


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