I am getting ready for the upcoming elk season. I bought a new Hoochy Mama elk call, but am still undecided on a bugle. I was never really any good with my old bugle call and am looking to fine something that wont make the bulls laugh at me this fall. Any suggestions?
I bought the Hoochy Mama call because I tired of gagging on my diaphragm calls. This seems like a better way.

Throw away your bugle call....unless you know how to use it very well. Actually for cows all you should have to do is skulk around...we were close to lots of cows last year while hunting for bullwinkle.

I have a abe and sons bugle have had a lot a luck with it

I use the Thunder Bugle made by Berry Best Game Calls. You want to use the white single reeds if you get one - fairly easy to use.

I called in a 6-point with this bugle in early November - way past the rut. He never did answer, but he came right in to about 50 yards on the other side of a small clearing.

Of course, practice, practice, practice. Fortunately, all my neighbours are hunters too so when I start calling around the house and in the back yard noone thinks I am a weirdo. My neighbor across the street even answers on occasion.

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My neighbor across the street even answers on occasion.

Me too. Small towns rock.

I use diaphragms pretty much exclusively, but I do take a Hoochie-mama along to vary my cow calling sounds.

Cheers,
Canuck

I get all the dogs in the neighbourhood excited including some neighbours when I try the coyote howler!

Frans

A few years ago I was in the Panther River hunting elk and watched 2 hunters across a valley from each other call back and forth for a couple of hours. It was quite hillarous watching the excitement build as each answered the others calls.