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Elk Bugle Reccomendation
Elk Bugle Reccomendation
Would anyone reccomend an elk bugle?
I've never felt the need to try a bugle as elk season runs fairly late in Washington. At any rate, I'm looking to buy one. What make sounds best?
Thanks, Stu
My favorites are the Primos Terminator for a bugle and their Hoochi Mamma for a cow call. Both are widely available. If you can't find 'em locally, Cabellas has them.
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18 July 2008, 08:13
gophershooterhoochi mamma is hard to beat will drive them crazy. w/regards
18 July 2008, 10:51
Ol BullI use a Primos triple reed and the hoochi mamma cow call....good luck buddy!!
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18 July 2008, 11:23
twilliE.L.K out of Gardiner. Try them out
If you're not hunting the rut, don't waste your time with a bugle. The only thing you'll end up doing is letting the elk know where you are, and also educating them even further. I think way to many people bugle more than they should, you're much better off to use it for locating elk verses calling them in.
Buy a couple cow calls and use them sparingly if you must. I doubt you'll have much luck calling anything in but cows after the rut though. If cows are talking... they're likely lost and looking to join back up with the herd.
I like the Primos calls as well. My favorite is one made by Woods Wise (I think), called a Hyperhot Cow call. I mostly just use a reed/mouth call.
You've said everything that needed to be said Ivan, good post. The Primos calls are the ones to use (SPARINGLY).
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18 July 2008, 22:53
lhanson8Ivan hit it on the head. However, you want to learn to bugle get a good reed/mouth call. Quaker Boy is my favorite followed by primos. They are much more versitile than bugles like the terminator and the hoochie-mamma. I carry a hoochie-mamma, but hardly use it. I prefer the hyper-hot that Ivan mentioned or the primos Hyper-lip. The down side is that all three calls are pretty hard to use at full draw! That's when a cow chirp from a reed in the mouth pays big dividends. +IMO bugles like the terminator sound like chit!
another vote for the Primos calls. I think some hunters are under the impression that the inventor or company must be in "elk country" to make a quality call. SOOO not true.
Will and his company know what they are doing and imo, make top tier calls, especially elk.
As mentioned, a lot of hunters call too much. If I was hunting after the rut or on the downside of it, I'd only use the Hoochie Mama call. No bugling.
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Thanks for the help men.
Stu
25 July 2008, 02:03
L. David KeithPower Bugle by E.L.K. gets my vote. You can mimic every call a bull makes even a glunk. But as mentioned, unless they are in the rut, I'd use a cow call to locate, then silently slip in front of the herd and cross your fingers.
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