Calling in a cow

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

You do call elk in but the only elk you will call in is a bull.

I have called in lone cows, or a cow and calf, on numerous occasions.

Cows are pushed by bulls when they are in the rut.

In my experience, the lead cow does just that, leads.
The bull keeps them together, and tries to get more, but usually is in the rear of herd, or circling.
 
I guess it just shows that anything can happen 
We all have different experiences.

[cuzsis]

Grab your girlfriend, wife, sister, small child ect... someone with a reasonably high pitched voice (higher than yours) and teach them to do it without an artificial call.

 I started doing that (because I couldn't get to my regular call) and brought our resident bull out of the brush earlier this spring! 

 I think, if I'm remembering correctly, that my 7yr old son managed to fool someone when we were out and about one time. That was pretty funny! 

[HOYT6.0]

We tend to use the mouth reeds.  Never really liked the easy to use calls.  They always sound cheap and scare the elk.  Plus a mouth reed is so convient.  If you have a bugle,  do a little buggle.  Then a cow call if someone answers.  Usually works for me...

Just remember.  Practice...Practice and Practice again....

Same here, I have had much more success ever since I switched to a single reed diaphram call.  I carry a little plastic tube around too so I can let out spike/cow bugles also.  Which I have found almost more effective than cow calling for getting spikes and cows in.  Learned this tactic from elknut.  Cow calls in combo with spike/cow bugles to sound like a small pocket of animals has proven to be successful.  Sparse intermittent calling seems the best.

   Sounds like we are on the same page.  I was amazed when I learned this...

[DUCKDUDE]

Try the bootie call from flex tone, it sounds good.