Elk calling

[Worldhunter]

Hi,

Does anyone out here have a recommendation for elk calling training aids (i.e DVDs books etc) that worked well for you.  I have never attempted to call elk and want to learn. I prefer to use a diaphram since I bow hunt and use it for turkey hunting.  Thanks.

V/R

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[pianoman9701]

Elknut's Bugling Bulls and Beyond, and Elknut's Playbook. The CD sets each have an MP3 disk I listen to while working out. The CDs stay in the truck. And, he's a site sponsor so you'll be helping to sup[port HuntWA.

http://www.elknut.com/Audio.html

[TheHunt]

I would second elk nut's audio cd.  DO NOT practice in your car 100% of the time.  You need to practice out side. 

[Encore 280]

There was a big thread on here last year about elk calling. Might want to do a search on it and see if you can find it. It was a real good one. Good luck.

[Worldhunter]

Gentleman,

Thank-you for the responses, I will check out Elknut's Bugling Bulls and Beyond, and Elknut's Playbook. 

C-

[ridgefire]

would recommend trying bugling bulls diaphrams, the brown one for bugling and the yellow for pretty much all other calls. i have used pretty much all the other brands and they were the easiest for me to use.

[huntergreg]

There is a camp and elk calling class in OR. in Aug. here is a link. Me and a couple buddys are thinking about going. They have a 3d shoot and food for three days. looks like fun! 

http://shop.deeptimbersounds.com/product.sc;jsessionid=8F047CD1B1742E6CA55391C978596C24.qscstrfrnt04?productId=50&categoryId=1

[TheHunt]

People will tell you to use this diaphragm call or that...    The one thing you need to understand is quality.  Look through 10 calls on the rack.  If they are exactly the same which means they are anchored at the same spot.  Two years ago I looked at an entire rack of diaphrams and it was hard to match four that were the same.  I think many of the diaphram calls out there do not have the quality most of us require.

Here is why,  If the call is not anchored at the same place and under the same tension then when you will have to relearn pressure and air volumn required to hit the notes.  Now take that with changing out a diaphragm in the heat of battle of calling an elk in.   

So pick you diaphragms carefully if that means anything to you. 

There is another DVD that Joel Turner made a few years ago.  He talks about "The Tone" to which the vast majority of the bulls will respond.  What ever call you use you need make that tone.  Last, you need to go from a bugle to a chuckle. Many calls that are not diaphragm based are difficult to chuckle from. 

[Recurve-Elk]

definitely elknuts dvd's.  I went 7 years with out harvesting an elk, studied one of his dvds over a summer and harvested an elk in the fall! 

[Worldhunter]

Very informative - thanks

[foambeetle]

www.roehuntingresources.com

People need to check out "The Gallery," in combination with the other instructional videos on the site and the Elk strategy app (can be used via the website/online or an iPhone, etc.), this is the best instructional material currently available for elk calling and elk hunting strategy - bar none.  It will be worth every penny you spend.  A muley hunt put out by RHR was posted on the Hunt-Wa deer board a while back - he keeps coming out with great stuff.  His most recent turkey hunting material on hunting Merriams in mountain country is good, too.

For elk:  http://www.roehuntingresources.com/Elk_Instruction

[TheHunt]

Elk Nut has real elk sounds.  If you pickup  CD or DVD make sure it is recording of real elk sounds.  If you walk behind elk or get close to them you can listen to their sounds.  Then you know what they sound like so you can replicate those sounds.

[JPhelps]

Elknut's (Paul) stuff is great.

There are also a lot of YouTube videos that have live elk vocalizations and calling.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

Elknuts DVD's taught me a lot, but I thought the actual Elk sounds part could have been better, Great set !!
Roe Hunter resources is an awesome site also, annual membership is affordable, and well worth the money...
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Berry Game Calls were what I used when I started calling 20+ years ago, but they changed the tape (and name ?) on them, and they just seemed different.. 
I now just get whatever single reed diaphragms I find, seems like anymore I can get whatever sound I want out of any of them, but some "blow out" pretty fast (cheap materials) so I have to buy a couple, plus I always lose one...

[bowhunterty]

World hunter if your intetested in Elknuts products send me a PM. It is very informative stuff.