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Post by: The100Road on November 26, 2011, 12:04:02 PM
The reason why I Archery hunt is to Hunt Bulls in the Rut. Callin Bulls is Intense, I like to mix it up with my calling. Every Bull will respond to calls a different way, it can be hard to figure out. This Bull would not come in to a cow call, but some aggressive Buglin and tree raking did the trick.
100% agree. mix it up.
Post by: JPhelps on November 26, 2011, 12:49:13 PM
Late Season - I don't call. I feel the best chances are spot & stalk, ambush or still hunting. I have messed around with lost calf and assembly mews but have found that these calls usually have a more negative impact than positive.
Post by: The100Road on November 27, 2011, 04:55:13 PM
Early Season - I call a lot once I get into close proximity of the bull (When Primetimes Outdoors 2011 hunts are ready watch Tyson and my elk hunts, I call a ton). Every call I make has a purpose though and I don't just call to call. Before I am working a bull it is location bugles from select vantage points.
Late Season - I don't call. I feel the best chances are spot & stalk, ambush or still hunting. I have messed around with lost calf and assembly mews but have found that these calls usually have a more negative impact than positive.
Mr Phelps,
I am a muzzleloader and the area i hunt is 3point or better & cow. It usually has the bulls in my early hunt but nothing but cows for the late hunt. The area is small and thick so spot and stalk isnt much of an option. walking usually just jumps them and you never see them again. i have cow called in the past to get the cows out of the thick woods and into the small clearing but this year it doesnt seem to be working. What do you recommend?
Post by: Instinct on November 27, 2011, 06:23:03 PM
Post by: PlateauNDN on November 28, 2011, 08:35:48 AM
Every Bull will respond to calls a different way, it can be hard to figure out. This Bull would not come in to a cow call, but some aggressive Buglin and tree raking did the trick.
:yeah: Had three bulls coming in and the one I harvested this year didn't come in to cow calling but when I changed it up and started racking and bugling that brought him stomping in. Nothing like hearing screaming thoughout a valley to wake you up and get you pumped! :rockin:
Post by: saylean on November 28, 2011, 08:44:08 AM
Oh, I also love to call NOT using a bugle like the rest of the people. Works great!
Never under estimate a good predator call. :tup:
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Post by: Huntbear on November 28, 2011, 03:09:50 PM
so how many of you love to call, i mean really call alot ive heard people say dont call to much or why do you call so much well because it works i cow call and bugle all the time and elk come in alot i dont always get a shot but they come in who else on here calles like the primos team alot even late season it works i just dont bugle in the late season
I have tried and tried to call.. I keep getting a wrong number, or number no longer in service answer.... :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
on a serious note, do not own a primos call. I have a custom call by bearmanric, and love it. I can get all the cow chirps and calls I want out of it. It works awesome.
Post by: gonehuntin68 on November 28, 2011, 05:49:43 PM
I call in the early season of archery but thats about it. I dont call in the late hunt because they are already educated. Might get away wth it duering muzzy season but modern forget it, their hush hush.I just called in a bull the other day and my bro could not get a shot, elk will come in all year, they may not always call back but they still come in.
Post by: JPhelps on November 28, 2011, 06:18:10 PM
If cow calling has worked in the past I would continue trying that tactic.
Ambush would also be effective in the situation you describe, but I don't have enough patience to sit still very long.
Post by: The100Road on November 29, 2011, 11:59:58 AM
The100Road - That is a tough situation to hunt. I am going to make the assumption that you are along the coast somewhere. If so I would check cuts early in the morning and late at night. Other than that if I knew where the elk were bedding or staying during the day I would get the wind right and slowly/quietly hunt towards them.
If cow calling has worked in the past I would continue trying that tactic.
Ambush would also be effective in the situation you describe, but I don't have enough patience to sit still very long.
I hunt the puyallup unit on private land. it is very thick. i know where they bed but its very unlikly to sneak up on them. I probably would have to be about 10 yards away to see them. (lots of sticker bushes). Ive tried to ambush but never had any luck. cow calling gets them to come in but they wont come that extra 20 yards into the clearing where i can see them.