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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: Roslyn Rambler on August 18, 2025, 07:47:07 AM

Title: Bugling
Post by: Roslyn Rambler on August 18, 2025, 07:47:07 AM: They are bugling. Just before sunrise. If you have early quality tags, get out there and try calling of raking. You just might get a response.
Title: Re: It's starting
Post by: teanawayslayer on August 18, 2025, 07:48:16 AM: Go out and educate them early? :tup:
Title: Re: It's starting
Post by: JakeLand on August 18, 2025, 08:09:48 AM: Quote from: teanawayslayer on August 18, 2025, 07:48:16 AM
Go out and educate them early? :tup:
😂 exactly
Title: Re: Bugling
Post by: 2MANY on August 18, 2025, 09:26:35 AM: I don't think that's what the OP was saying.
Title: Re: Bugling
Post by: Kingofthemountain83 on August 18, 2025, 10:37:20 AM: I only need to call in a spike... :chuckle: My Dad needs to call in a cow...
Title: Re: It's starting
Post by: ghosthunter on August 18, 2025, 11:32:37 AM: Quote from: teanawayslayer on August 18, 2025, 07:48:16 AM
Go out and educate them early? :tup:

Well we need a thread on that. I don’t think it makes any difference but I am no elk guru. Every year someone says don’t do it ,every year tons of folks do it, and every year guys call in elk after the season starts. dunno:
Title: Re: Bugling
Post by: Roslyn Rambler on August 18, 2025, 01:43:45 PM: Well, if I was holding the quality archery tag for 335, I'd be out there now trying whatever to get a bull to respond. They are in their staging areas and aren't going to travel very far for the next 6 weeks. These bulls are creatures of habit, year after year

If it were me in possession of that tag, I could care less who was hunting behind me
Title: Re: Bugling
Post by: Mtnwalker on August 18, 2025, 03:24:10 PM: There's a difference between locating elk and working them. Elk hear elk all the time

In a unit with 4 quality tags I personally would not feel a bit bad about being out locating bulls before the season if I had a tag in my pocket