Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Bow Hunting => Topic started by: longknife on November 22, 2010, 04:36:16 PM
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I noticed they wont respond to the modern season, just currious how many do, is it effective will it draw them in???
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I've heard cows new in the feeding station during late season. I'm not sure how well it would work for bringing elk in. It could stop one long enough for a shot :dunno:
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I like to cow and calf call when I am late archery hunting. I have had many calves answer me when I am cow calling in late season. And you know where the calves are the cows are. I havn't had any come in to it, but it does work great for giving up there location before u bust them in the timber. :twocents: :twocents:
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Soft cow calls or lost cow calls can absolutely bring cows into a location. There are still rag bulls around cows as well. They talk all year round so the opportunity is always there. As in the early season and as ElkNut always says, you can create sounds that cause excitement or require a response. They work !
Good luck,
Fulla
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my son and his friend were hunting the 672 unit during modern firerarm and on the 15th cow called a herd in....all they saw were cows and some spikes, no shooter bulls and the cows busted them.....they took off in the direction the elk went and 20 mins later called the same herd back in with cow calls...got within 30 yards of some cows/spike but never saw a legal bull although they claim they heard elk grunting in the bush...can't gaurantee a legal bull was near or not but they still called the heard in twice using a Primos Hyperlip and a Hoochie-Mama...I"m gonna check it out with my archery tag in a few days
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I hardly cow call in the early season. Generally speaking you just tell them where you are at.
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I cow call very gently and not often. I have been successful when still hunting about 100 to 200 yards in from reprod, saw elk in the clearing moving fast, not running. When I mewed, the lead cow turned and came straight at me in the timber. One cow in line hesitated at a log she had to jump over and I was fortunate to slip an arrow into her rib cage. The reason they were moving out was the three hunters that showed up about 10 minutes later. Great guys even offer to help pack her out.
Another time in knee deep snow, two bulls were together moving away from me when I saw them. I cow called, they stopped. We waited for a few minutes-me behind a tree. I cow called again, the larger bull responded with the classic Elk Nut definition of -show yourself. I couldnt and they slowly went the way they were heading.
So I think, like all calling, cow calling in the late season can be useful for the right situation.
Dan
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using soft mews never hurts, if your breaking stuff as u move u sound like a elk.
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sure all the time , if your moving they can hear you so sound like a elk, I'll also take two rocks and click them together to sound like hoofs . no estras calls however . just a cow and calf call.
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when I bow hunted late season I always used it.moved around and mewed a little,like a lost soul..
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I like to cow and calf call when I am late archery hunting. I have had many calves answer me when I am cow calling in late season. And you know where the calves are the cows are. I havn't had any come in to it, but it does work great for giving up there location before u bust them in the timber. :twocents: :twocents:
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I like to have a reed in just incase I break something or I want to stop them for a shot. I give out a calf call or cow and calf to seem like I am elk looking for friends. One year there was a bull that answered, but all I ever saw was fresh tracks. It was a weird and very loud return call. I stopped a calf in a full run she slid in the snow and I wacked her, and I have talked with the herd in thick ass clearcuts trying to get close enough.
