Rut hunt CO

[Jlgibbon1]

Hello- Myself and hunting partner are planning a muzzleloader hunt next fall in CO. How important is it to perfect bugling? I am struggling to sound consistent. Any advice is well received. Thanks in advance.

 

[Caseknife]

Not necessary at all really. Let them tell you where they are and then sneak in and blast one. Not like you have to draw them into bow range.

 

[Stocker]

Knowing when to call and when not to is as important if not more than sounding perfect.

 

[rogerthat]

Just work on a locate bugle and it doesn’t have to be perfect. The rest is pretty unnecessary really.

 

[NoWiser]

The worst sounding elk calls I’ve ever heard were made by elk.

 

[Bullshot]

Please do not plan to bugle at all on public in Colorado. Not needed, actually often counter productive.

 

[cohunter14]

Here is a great series that Corey Jacobsen did on how to use diaphragm calls:

 

[elkduds]

I find cow and calf sounds more effective than bugles for finding and enticing bulls.

 

[ShootsManyBullets]

just go watch you tube videos of the guys that bugle every 100 yards

then do the opposite of what they do

 

[elkduds]

I find cow and calf sounds more effective than bugles for finding and enticing bulls.

But please, not Hoochie Mama!

 

[Stocker]

But please, not Hoochie Mama!

I have one rigged up on my boot so every step I take I’m calling.

 

[The_Coloradoboy]

Best advice, especially with a muzzleloader. Don’t touch your calls unless you have to. At most some soft cow calling. Let them make the noise, say quiet and move in on them or get ahead of them. A lot of times, nothing will make pressured elk go silent faster than ripping on a grunt tube.