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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: wheels on June 29, 2019, 03:07:16 PM

Title: mid to late october calling
Post by: wheels on June 29, 2019, 03:07:16 PM: im just curious is it worth it
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Post by: jdb on June 29, 2019, 04:34:37 PM: Whatcha callin?
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Post by: wheels on June 29, 2019, 04:39:23 PM: bulls drew tag
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Post by: gee_unit360 on June 29, 2019, 06:11:47 PM: What’s hunt dates, unit,
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Post by: wheels on June 29, 2019, 06:18:18 PM: i drew the alkali disabled bull tag i know i wont be the only one out there there will be regular draw bukll hunters cow tag holders and master hunters . The dates oct 14th to the nov 1st
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Post by: meatwhack on June 29, 2019, 07:24:06 PM: I wouldn’t waste time calling on that tag. I’d be glassing like it’s going out of style. Once your bored in one spot move and glass more.
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Post by: wheels on June 29, 2019, 07:40:38 PM: kinda what i figured just thought i would ask
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Post by: bracer40 on June 29, 2019, 08:23:50 PM: If I were doing that hunt, I’d for sure have a reed in my mouth. I’ve used one numerous times during late archery (Thanksgiving & beyond) to stop them and pull them in from out of range....course, range is relative when throwing bullets instead of carbon...but it’s a lot easier to get them to stop with a good bark
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Post by: wheels on June 29, 2019, 08:49:56 PM: better get those practiced up too
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Post by: jdb on June 29, 2019, 09:03:55 PM: I’m roasting marshmallows and looking at the ytc from my backyard. If you need any helpful feel free to ask.
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Post by: wheels on June 29, 2019, 10:35:26 PM: thanks my grandpa lives about five or ten minutes from the gate but would take any help i can get
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Post by: Randonee on July 01, 2019, 08:30:58 AM: I agree with bracer40 that having a call can be useful to stop them from moving away. I’ve used a cow call a few times in there well past the rut for that purpose, and I was amazed how effective it was, especially how far the elk were away and how open it is in there.
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Post by: Buzz2401 on July 03, 2019, 03:37:33 PM: Cows calls can help but I'd leave the bugle at home.
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Post by: dreadi on July 03, 2019, 03:42:37 PM: I've called and received response from bull elk in mid-late October during elk Muzzleloader season but, I was not hunting elk. Just taking the opportunity to work on calling since there was a heard less than a mile from my deer camp. The following general modern elk season, I did effectively call a heard of cows out and the results were favorable as a friend of mine was then able to fill his cow tag quite easily.
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Post by: Stein on July 03, 2019, 04:18:35 PM: Mid October is a different animal than late October and it depends on the unit and what else is going on (like the start of rifle season).
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Post by: dscubame on July 03, 2019, 10:13:19 PM: Absolutely worth it!
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Post by: wheels on July 04, 2019, 11:26:24 AM: thanks better bust out cow calls