Lawnboy
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I've had an incredible opportunity to have been around such a variety of elk with huge bulls all the way down to spikes with a mix of 200 plus cows and calves. I have learned a ton about elk and the sounds they make (I don't totally understand all of them) but I have been able to try things that I normally wouldn't dare because I'd be afraid of blowing an opportunity. That was my main reason for advising on the decoy thread the way I did. I have been 50 yards multiple times for long periods of time while they have been doing this tending glug you call it. You can hear it from a long way away and in the timber it sounds awesome.
What I thought was interesting is that this footage was on around Sept.5. Many would consider this early and nothing really happening. Well as you can see he had a good group of cows with him and other herd bulls in the area were doing the same thing. The rut will last from the beginning of Sept. to Thanksgiving in that area. I believe it is do to the large number of cows and that their cycles are really all over the board. I would have to believe that a cow must of been in heat early that year with the way they were herded up and demonstrating rut activity like a normal 3rd week. Just my guess. Anyway thanks for your input.
What I thought was interesting is that this footage was on around Sept.5. Many would consider this early and nothing really happening. Well as you can see he had a good group of cows with him and other herd bulls in the area were doing the same thing. The rut will last from the beginning of Sept. to Thanksgiving in that area. I believe it is do to the large number of cows and that their cycles are really all over the board. I would have to believe that a cow must of been in heat early that year with the way they were herded up and demonstrating rut activity like a normal 3rd week. Just my guess. Anyway thanks for your input.