Call elk during rifle season

[HEADSHOT]

ANY LUCK CALLING?

[Buckrub]

Why wouldn't someone call during rifle season?

When I was 10 my dad told me not to stop blowing the cow call... they'll think your a hunter making noise 
 40 years later ehhh... we have better cow calls.

[Chesapeake]

One thing it does do is alert the elk to look in your direction. This can hurt you. They key in on a sounds location very easily.

Something to think about.

[acc]

No it didnt do any good. Bow hunt deer so next year i am bow hunting elk. And yes the poeple who said their are no elk in ne washington pritty close to right. I hike and glassed my *** off to see one cow. Oh well thats why they call it hunting instead of killing. Killed some grouse and had a good time and sometimes thats what hunting is about. Thank you everone for advice.

[gonehuntin68]

cow callin will work for young bulls but they will not make a sound when they come in and only if there is not 100 people around

[Coastal_native]

One thing it does do is alert the elk to look in your direction. This can hurt you. They key in on a sounds location very easily.

Something to think about.

Agreed...However if you have the wind in your favor and you are having trouble not making noise, then a cow call here and there can be a life saver.  Alot of times the curiousity will keep them around until they see you...then you have a split second to find the legal animal and make a shot.  Sometimes if your making noise and not cow calling...they will slip away without you ever even knowing they were there.  Don't expect elk to come or respond to your cow calls though...sometimes a cow/calf combo series of calling will provoke a response from a heard that is spread thin feeding through an area.

[GreggHunts2hard4u]

Calling works for me every rifle season. this year 7 out of 9 nights i bugled and all 7 mornings after bugling i had elk right behind camp close to where i was bugling from. my key is i go out just after shooting time ends do alot of cow calling making different sounds like calf and cow chirps and i do a big herd bull bugle ever half hour to an hour until i go to sleep. i also bugle a herd bull call usually an hour b4 shooting time starts but never touch it my grunt tube until shooting time is over. not much success bugling during daylight hours. this last year it was very successful to me i didnt end up find a "true spike" in the bunch but i called a herd of 150 cows calfs and rag horns out of the arthur coffin game reserve one night and they bedded up behind my camp till i kicked them out the the next morning. headed out to the trees the morning after bugling and they were FULL of elk. got to scope out ever single one but not elusive "true spikes" ive been elk calling and bugling for 19 years and used to compete in RMEF World Elk Calling Championships from 2004 to 2008 and never took less than 4th place out of 40 people. all in all give it a try trial and error is how u find out if it works. my best success is bugling and cow calling at night.