Who Here Has Heard A Bull Glunking?

[Elknut1]

   Who here has heard a bull glunk/glunking? Curious as to the possible situation & how close you were? No need for a long story, just a brief explanation. How often do you personally hear this sound on a yearly hunting season basis? I've personally heard it a handful of times over the years, there's years go by I've not heard it at all, the situation has to be right as it's not a commonly used sound like chuckling. Thanks Guys!

ElkNut1

[boneaddict]

I've heard it a couple times, and I guess I was always very close.  I believe there were always cows with the bull and I was always pressing the issue with him.  I honestly don't know if the sound was menat for me (the opposing bull) or if he was communicating with his cows letting them know whats what with me right there. 

[WDFW-SUX]

I was talking to someone that swears that the most effective way to call in a bull is to mimic the glunking sound.  I guess it really gets them interested.  I dont have that sound in my repator maybe I should work on it.

I've heard glunking once for sure same deal mid September, nice day in the evening cows around the bull

[Gobble]

I've heard it a few times. Several times on a bull that was chuckling only not bugling and I was probably within 80 yrds or so

[DeKuma]

Same deal as above.  Pressing the issue when he was with cows.

[archery288]

I've heard it several times as well.  Mainly when you get in close and the bull is managing his cows and pressing them around.  Usually means your ready for some close quarters action if you can get in the middle of them!

[Hunting Cowboy]

I've only heard the Glunking one time. During Archery season I had located a bull in a particular drainage and slipped in before daylight. Once in there, I used cow calls only. I could hear the bull raking a tree below me. The terrain was very steep in dark timber with a few areas where sunlight could get through. As the thermals became stronger, I moved in. As I got closer, I began to use what I call an aggressive cow call. (kind of a long, whiney cow call?)

Everytime the bull quit raking, I'd cow call until he'd go back to raking. As he raked, I'd slip in a little closer and get set up. I continued this routine over and over, until I was within about 75 yards which was as close as I felt I could get.

Finally, after a long, excruciating session, the bull began moving his cows up the hill in my direction. It was during this move that I heard the bull glunking. I had one cow come to my left and go up the hill behind me and another crossed 20 yards in front moving to my right. The rest of the cows were moving up in my direction. I was afraid I was about to get busted when finally the bull showed himself at 45 yards down the hill from me. The six point was almost broadside looking right at me. I was at full draw.

Unfortunately, I missed him by deflecting my arrow off a limb and over shot. One of the most exciting elk hunts I've been on and the only time I have heard a bull glunk. I walked down to that tree which was an 8' christmas tree only it was completely stripped and there was a torn up circle around that tree that looked like a troy built rototiller had been at work.

[Todd_ID]

The glunking I've heard came when I was cow calling only, and the bull thought I was a cow waiting to be bred.  I've maybe heard it 4 or 5 times over 22 years chasing elk every September, and it's a quiet sound, so you can't hear it over about 100 yards.

[bam]

Heard it a few times on bulls that were really fired up,  like already stated you only hear it when their close.  You can mimick it by cupping your hand and popping the top of your tube.

[billythekidrock]

Only on video.

[boneaddict]

I mimick it by using my moose call through the grunt tube...sort of.

[Houndhunter]

fill me in what is glunking?

[MountainWalk]

ive heard it a few times. never heard it from a roosevelt though. ive never heard this one, but some folks have told me they have heard a bull beat his peter against his belly. they called it drumming.

[boneaddict]

They squirt it constantly like a squirt bottle and mists urine all over themselves and in the air.  They squirt this mist about every 3 seconds.  Thats probably what they hear or are thinking.

[Opportunist]

I've heard it 7 or 8 times, only when I was in tight with an older 6+ years or older herd bull. It's so suttle you would have to be in tight to hear it. I haven't heard it from a bull without cows. I haven't tried to mimick it as a call. I watched a guy on a video rake along the side of his bugle to imitate the sound.