Post by: Bigbuckoholic on June 22, 2012, 06:43:45 AM
Well last night in my dream I had a situation and was wondering what everyones way if handling this is.
You have done your pre rut scouting and know there is some trophys where you are hunting. You wake up opening day and have multiple bulls bugling back to you. (In a perfect world :chuckle:) . But the first bull that enters your range is just a little rag horn. You know you have bigger ones coming in right behind it.
Question is, how do you lose interest in the raghorn that's in range without staying silent and possibly losing interest in the herd bull that's still a couple hundred yards away?
Been pondering that situation all morning. Figured this would be the best place to ask because I know a few of you have been in this situation before.
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Post by: PlateauNDN on June 22, 2012, 09:48:08 AM
keep clossing the gap when you have a bull within about 75-100 yards and clossing , try to move forward twenty five or thirty yards and stop calling that way you wont get pinned . if he's comming to the cow call dont bugle often a herd bull wants to keep his cows and will try to move them out !
:yeah: I had a similar situation this past fall with 3 bulls coming in from different directions. I was cow calling and bugling satellite until 1 stopped calling and came in to about 40 yards and I couldn't see him where he stopped from my vantage point but my wife could and she said he was big. He trotted off the same way he came when a truck down at the bottom was burning rubber down at the bottom for some reason. The other 2 kept calling away and the closer of the remaining 2 was the one I closed in on. I closed, bugled and racked like I was another bull til about maybe 75 yards and positioned myself in concealment and waited for him to come to me. He came to about 20 yards and gave me a good broadside shot at which I took. Good luck with your tag and I hope this helps out a little, and hope to read a good story with some pics this fall. :tup:
Post by: mfswallace on June 22, 2012, 09:53:26 AM
keep clossing the gap when you have a bull within about 75-100 yards and clossing , try to move forward twenty five or thirty yards and stop calling that way you wont get pinned . if he's comming to the cow call dont bugle often a herd bull wants to keep his cows and will try to move them out !
:yeah: I had a similar situation this past fall with 3 bulls coming in from different directions. I was cow calling and bugling satellite until 1 stopped calling and came in to about 40 yards and I couldn't see him where he stopped from my vantage point but my wife could and she said he was big. He trotted off the same way he came when a truck down at the bottom was burning rubber down at the bottom for some reason. The other 2 kept calling away and the closer of the remaining 2 was the one I closed in on. I closed, bugled and racked like I was another bull til about maybe 75 yards and positioned myself in concealment and waited for him to come to me. He came to about 20 yards and gave me a good broadside shot at which I took. [/u] Good luck with your tag and I hope this helps out a little, and hope to read a good story with some pics this fall. :tup:
Well....... :chuckle:
Post by: PlateauNDN on June 22, 2012, 10:01:25 AM
keep clossing the gap when you have a bull within about 75-100 yards and clossing , try to move forward twenty five or thirty yards and stop calling that way you wont get pinned . if he's comming to the cow call dont bugle often a herd bull wants to keep his cows and will try to move them out !
:yeah: I had a similar situation this past fall with 3 bulls coming in from different directions. I was cow calling and bugling satellite until 1 stopped calling and came in to about 40 yards and I couldn't see him where he stopped from my vantage point but my wife could and she said he was big. He trotted off the same way he came when a truck down at the bottom was burning rubber down at the bottom for some reason. The other 2 kept calling away and the closer of the remaining 2 was the one I closed in on. I closed, bugled and racked like I was another bull til about maybe 75 yards and positioned myself in concealment and waited for him to come to me. He came to about 20 yards and gave me a good broadside shot at which I took. [/u] Good luck with your tag and I hope this helps out a little, and hope to read a good story with some pics this fall. :tup:
Well....... :chuckle:
My bad, the monster hasn't kicked in just yet. He was a very tasty 5x6. :drool: :chuckle: I still smack myself even though it's not entirely my fault because my wife says the one I couldn't see or get a clear shot at was bigger than the 1 I settled for but, oh well, there's always next year and by that I mean this year. :chuckle:
Post by: Kola16 on June 22, 2012, 10:37:54 AM
(In a perfect world :chuckle: )
Well in that case it is simple. You pass on the raghorn, and the herd bull comes out five minutes later :tup: Even without a perfect world, I would say pass. If you were to shoot that little guy, and a big bull pops out five minutes later...... :cryriver:
Post by: Bigbuckoholic on June 22, 2012, 10:40:45 AM
And i was just curious on how you pass the raghorn up without having him bust you and tear ass through the woods spooking up everything within a country mile.
Post by: Kola16 on June 22, 2012, 10:47:56 AM
And i was just curious on how you pass the raghorn up without having him bust you and tear ass through the woods spooking up everything within a country mile.
Don't let him see you, and put on loads of scent killer before you start your hike.
Post by: coachcw on June 22, 2012, 12:11:13 PM
Post by: Elknut1 on June 24, 2012, 06:09:20 PM
When getting great response from more than one bull with your calling it's common to have the satellites show first, not to fight but out of curiosity! This is one of those times you can bugle your way to good bulls, they are already being harassed to no end so one more bull entering the equation is nothing to them during this rutting venture! As soon as the satellite shows & he's within 50yds run at him with very loud & excited cow whines, he will turn & blow out of there making all kinds of commotion. He will not bark!!! As he does this turn around a give a very coarse Lip Bawl Bugle, if a lone hunter. If not have your buddy stay back 50-70yds behind your aggressive cow calling & give this bugle, have him follow you screaming you keep going in the direction of the bulls hitting the excited cow sounds nearly non stop. The Lip Bawl represents this Bull (you or your buddy) trying desperately to call his cow back but she is showing real interest in the real bull going forward. (the shooter) Once the shooter starts getting close shut down all cow calling & move 20 yds or so from last call. The herd bull should be on a dead run calling this whole time giving you his location, of course we are talking seconds here, he should be on you the cow caller faster than it takes to type this! (grin) Guys, we've taken a ton of good bulls with this scenario! Good Luck!!
ElkNut1
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