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Looking for some insight from people who have had success calling coastal Roosevelt’s. I am not new to elk hunting but I’ve mostly hunted rifle season. Recently I’ve hunted archery with some buddies and tried to help call, with no success😂 any tips would be helpful. Drew a quality tag on the coast during September, so hopefully I can learn a little before then.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
My experience out there is the elk are very responsive. Good luck!
I think that time of the season is a little late for a lot of the calling. It's after bow season and after most of the bulls are already with cows. Seems like the week before archery is when they are screaming and running around the most, then getting chased and quiet down some while the bow hunters are out there.Seems to be weather/moon dependent. If it's hot and clear out seems like little activity during the day. They would probably give a few calls during the night, mostly from the ridgetops. If it is cool/cloudy/rainy they seem to like to talk more during the day.
Weather helps, but rain will also shut things down unless its been raining for awhile and they have had some time to adjust. If your familiar with the areas that hold elk, try to get within a couple hundred yards undetected and then start calling. That has worked best for me on rosie bulls on the coast. Like any elk calling the setup is 90 percent of the success equation and the actual calls are 10. Use lots of breaking, and raking, combined with your calls once in that setup and stop often to listen.