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.

 

[LuketheDog]

I love to call, the only 'perfect' bugles you hear are going to be other hunters, the elk often make some of the worst ones you hear.

 

[seeth07]

I like to only call as a last resort when hunting elk in high pressured areas. A hail mary so to speak when it appears like it is now a lost cause doing what I'm doing.

If you aren't hunting high pressured elk - private or rare draw tags, calling can sure be fun and as others have stated, it don't really matter how you sound as they sound themselves like garbage most of the time anyways