whats your favorite elk bugle?

[bloodhound]

i have a persuader now but if there is a better more effective call out there or a better way to call in animals of coarse im all ears!   always looking for a way to become a more successful hunter.

[RadSav]

Ahhh the Persuader!!!  My all time favorite.  A lot of dead elk because of that call.  I think more effective now that few are using it.  No glitz and glamour just blood and bone.

Regardless of what call you decide on remember to tell a story with it.  Some guys have real good tone and produce nothing.  Others sound like a gut shot Hereford cow and experience great success.  A lot like musician in that way as the great story tellers are the biggest stars.

Don't go into the woods just to throw a bugle into the mist and hope something answers.  Ask yourself, "What's my story?"  Are you horny, mad, lonely, seductive or answering the morning bell?  What ever it is you need to tell that story through your bugle.  And remember - elk don't do crack or smoke weed so don't sound like you are on either of those.  When the call hits your lips you are the king of the deer species around these parts.  Women love you and and men fear you!

[colockumelk]

For my mouth diaphrams for Bugling I have three Rocky Jacobson calls.  I have "The Remedy" which is my go to call.  I can use this for mid-size bulls and cow/calf sounds.  I have my new one called "The Challenger" which is a Steve Carlton edition.  This might be my new go to one.  And then I have The "Screamin Tormentor when I want to sound big and bad.  The grunt tube I use is Elk Nuts Chuckler.  This thing has worked great for me.  Couldn't be happier. 

[RadSav]

Wow!  I thought this thing would go on for a while.  Maybe it's too early.

[bloodhound]

yah i bought a brand new hoyt crx 32 and im stoked to go kill somethin with it. i wish it was september already. i also cant wait to hear that first elk scream of the season. always sends chills down my spin with excitement.

[JPhelps]

I have used Primos, Bugling Bulls, Abe and Sons and ElkNuts.  All of these work fine.  Since I use a diaphragm I settled on a $5 plastic bat.  Sounds awesome!

[Bucks2Ducks]

If you don't have alot of time to invest to learn bugling, primos blue reed design is money!

[RadSav]

If you don't have alot of time to invest to learn bugling, primos blue reed design is money!

Sort of the New Persuader.  That would be a good next step.  Does cow calls better than the LDJ call.

[billdo5]

primos the terminator or the satelite one forget what its called

[bench beast]

I have used Primos, Bugling Bulls, Abe and Sons and ElkNuts.  All of these work fine.  Since I use a diaphragm I settled on a $5 plastic bat.  Sounds awesome!

this work with any diaphragm, and it is money!

[THEBUGLER]

If you don't have alot of time to invest to learn bugling, primos blue reed design is money!

 

  If you invest little time practicing, then you wont find any $ using a Terminator . It is like many calls out there and only as good as the guy blowing it. You have to put in some effort on practicing and leaning to make a few realistic and versatile calls. If not every time you blow your call the bull will go the opposite direction. Most people do have time to practice whether its on a 10 min. or 1hr commute to work, or in the other room from loved ones (I know, it annoys the heck out of them)using a pillow to muffle the sound.

  With some dedication, you can pick up some quality calls now and still be ready for season.

  My favorite reeds are the Bugling Bull, "Remedy", and "All Star". They will make any elk vocalization. I complement them with the Bully Bull tube also. These calls together are very realistic and have been the demise of many a bull. 
  If a guy is going to put forth the effort to learn how to call elk, start out with the most versatility calls out there, rather being held back by calls that may make an elk noise rather quickly, but have very little versatility. 

[ridgefire]

im a big fan of the bully bull grunt tube with the bugling bull brown or red reed. you can really reach out there for locating with the tube and makes some great sounds for pulling them in close. gonna pick up a couple allstar reeds to try out but not a big fan of the domed style calls so curious how i like them.

[THEBUGLER]

Previous dome calls from Primos and B/Bull didnt work at all. But the All Star is way different, and really screams!

[RUTNBULL1]

The one that Works!

[colockumelk]

I have used Primos, Bugling Bulls, Abe and Sons and ElkNuts.  All of these work fine.  Since I use a diaphragm I settled on a $5 plastic bat.  Sounds awesome!

If you look at a bugle that's basically all a $30 bugle is made of.  A $5 wiffle ball bat with the ends cut off.  And yep.  Sounds awsome. I no longer buy bugles either.  I make my own.  My 3 year old son wanted a bugle to so I made him one.  One day he had a wiffle ball bat, the next day he had a bugle.  Poof, magic