Choice Of Elk Calls--Does It Matter?

[high country]

I am still using up some old stock of berrys IIRC, I bought up a dozen of a couple that I relly liked and am still on them. for a grunt tube I built my own. it is a little smaller dia then a primos that I have, but combined with the reed I use it works like I need it to. 

[Elknut1]

  I've used Berrys calls in the past, I used one several years back called the Triple Enticer I believe, it had great sound for bulls but wasn't much on the cow calling part, a bit stiff. These days I like singles best for reeds or a light double latex that is still versatile enough for cow sounds.

  Here's a bull I called this year for my son to 13yds, a timely big bull scream did him in with the monarch & the single reeded mini master dome reed.
  ElkNut1
 

[Elknut1]

  Here's a better photo of the shot placement too.

  ElkNut1

 

[archery288]

I use rockie's calls 100% of the time!! They have been very successful for myself and the group I hunt with over the past 5 or so years!  Everyone in my group uses his elk calls, deer calls, and predator calls (some turkey calls)! 

Use all of his diaphrams - my favorite and best sounding in my opinion is the raging bull brown diaphram... The who's yurr daddy sounds great as well and allows for a vast variety of cow sounds with the tone tamer! And for the bugle, the monarch is definetly the best sounding bugle out there! His new bully bull bugle (which isn't released to the public yet) sounds better than the monarch and should be just as successful! If you haven't seen it, check out the picture on his website! www.buglingbull.com

And for deer hunting his "dialect" grunt tube works great as well! Any sound from a fawn, doe, tending grunt, and buck roar all out of the same call!! Worked for everyone in my party this year on whitetails! we all killed deer with it!! 

I happen to be the website designer and part of bugling bull game calls myself -hence the reason I use his calls and everyone I hunt with does as well! If you guys have any suggestions for the website please let me know as I am always looking for ways to update it!

[WDFW-SUX]

Elknut..........Didn't your boy shoot two of em this year or was that you?

[Bearhunter]

Elknut, awesome pictures on your website.  Im going to have to order a video or two up.  Are those Idaho bulls, I thought you said before that you were from idaho? 

[Elknut1]

 Passion, my Son took 2 elk this past elk season, the one in the photo on Sept.6 & a cow elk on Nov 27 I believe, on a late MZ cow hunt here in ID. The cows eating better than the bull too! (grin)

  Bearhunter, I'll have products at the Seminar/Show if you can stop by? Yes, we are from ID, we live in the West Central part of the State, much of our hunting country is fairly thick with timber & brush with openings caused by previous years burns. We take bulls out of the burn areas everyear. That photo of my son there is in a burn area as well, kind of hard to tell but the surrounding area is torched pretty good.

  ElkNut1

[Bearhunter]

Elknut, the seminar is a little far for me to venture that weekend, but would definetly like to attend one.  Have you thought about doing any over here on the westside, if so get  in touch with me and I can hook you up with a local archery shop here, we do this everyear with rocky, and another local guy, would be cool to have you come over.  I hunt Idaho as well, we hunt the dworshak during the rut, pretty fun stuff.  Later James

[Elknut1]

  Bearhunter, I sure understand the distance thing, no problem! That would be great to continue to venture out & give Seminars in many new areas as this is my plan. However, I'm looking for slightly bigger audiences than what come to archery shops unless they're within a couple hundred miles from where we live. Rockie does this or he sends a Pro Staff member in his place to give these Seminars because they carry his calls or are thinking about carrying them. That's smart of him! (grin) He really has little choice until they are more widely known.

  But if there is a Sports Show in your area I would seriously consider that?

  I've been to the dworshak area many times but have yet to elk hunt it, It makes it tough here in ID because you must pick a zone to hunt elk each year, the whole state is not opened up to you. How have you done here in ID? Thanks!

  ElkNut/Paul

[BLUEBULLS]

i use rockys red diaphram for cow and bull sounds and i use the primos pack bugle tube, the tube only with the diaphram due to it's size.