The Accurate Reloading Forums
Elk Hunting New for me,what about Calling or Bugling..Need Help!
19 September 2007, 19:44
SAFARIKIDElk Hunting New for me,what about Calling or Bugling..Need Help!
Well,I just booked a hunt and think I got what I need,but think I want to learn the bugling/calling process..what is best,easiest and most user friendly?(I dont want to scare them off!)
Thanks! (Ithink I will try my Big Handgun or if not in range,my lil 500 Jeffery!
"That's not a knife..THIS is a KNIFE" !
19 September 2007, 22:47
wapiti7Hey bro,
Get yourself a Primos Hoochie Mama. Its fool proof and sounds great! Leave the bugle at home and have a great hunt.......wapiti7
19 September 2007, 23:55
ravenryou can't learn to"speak elk" over night. compare it to learning to speak a 2nd language, you would be doing more damage than good w/o knowledge of what to say and when to say it.the cow call is the best bet and only use it with your guides direction,i'm not talking down to you please don't misunderstand the advice.practice your shooting and commit to memory your ranges and trajectories and leave the conversationial elk talk to your "interpeter"
have a great hunt and the best of luck to you!
20 September 2007, 01:39
SAFARIKIDThanks guys...I can call dem ducks n geese in ( I am a Cajun),but I will take advice so I dont sendem' running....the other way!
"That's not a knife..THIS is a KNIFE" !
20 September 2007, 03:39
MT GianniWhen you booked a hunt that expertise is what you booked. Gianni
20 September 2007, 08:30
L. David KeithEver been in a blind with a guy that decided he would "practice" his duck calling for the first time? You know the experience. If your guided, let him earn his money. If your alone call me. I've been calling Elk for years and I may not be able to teach you in short order but can recommend calls that work...and those that won't. Sometimes getting a bull in requires no calling, but replicating sounds another bull makes by scraping and rubbing. They have a vocabulary that is large. The Hoochie Mamma that wapiti7 recommended is truly fool proof, but knowing when to call and when not to is very important. Good hunting, David
Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris
http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333
Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com
NRA Benefactor
DSC Professional Member
SCI Member
RMEF Life Member
NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor
NAHC Life Member
Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer
Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt:
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007
http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more:
http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added
http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#926103994110 days in the Stormberg Mountains
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson
Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running......
"If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you."
20 September 2007, 18:48
HeatEverybody has covered it here in that elk calling takes time to learn... Without a doubt you are paying a guide good money so he should be the one doing any calling
...
Ken....
"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn't so. " - Ronald Reagan
23 September 2007, 07:01
jstevensIf you're going in Oct, probably the biggest part of the bugling is over. I have heard them bugle clear to the 20th or so, but it is unusual. Most bugling seasons start around Sept 15th, depending on the area.
A shot not taken is always a miss
23 September 2007, 08:53
Lar45There is a species of bird that sounds like a cow call. Anybody know what the name of it is? We call it that #*&^ing Elk Bird.
Just realize that they are out there and then try to learn the difference.
Lar45
White Label Lube Co.
www.lsstuff.comCarnauba Red high speed cast bullet lube.