Aluminum bugle tubes?

[camelcluch]

Have any of you tried the metal tubes yet? I bought the Rocky Mountain tube. It’s a great size but a tab heavy. I think it’s a higher pitched sound then the my normal tubes. I love the neoprene cover but that is a small feature. I don’t think I’ll carry this year because I like the lower tones of my Phelps bat. Any metal Phelps out there yet? Any other thoughts?

 

[Bobcat]

Following.

 

[wytx]

What happens if you fall and bend it?

 

[Maverick1]

What happens if you fall and bend it?

I’ve had my plastic ones become deformed for a variety of reasons (sitting on them, crushed in the vehicle, stepped on, etc.). Sometimes they don’t bounce back!

 

[TheTone]

I’m not going to say they may not sound or be good but there always has to be something new to sell.

 

[OregonSteeler]

I’m not going to say they may not sound or be good but there always has to be something new to sell.

My thoughts exactly. Need something new and make it a "must-have" or you won't kill an elk...

 

[camelcluch]

Damage can happen to anything. Just curious on what people think of the tubes as sold.

 

[3forks]

I’ve got an aluminum Phelps with the incorporated diaphragm.

While I can cow call with a diaphragm, I’m not great at bugling with it.

I have had most of my success just using cow calls, but felt like I was limiting myself by not being more proficient with a bugle tube.

I can say the tube is definitely heavier, but it‘s ridiculously easy to call with. I’m not sure whether anyone who is proficient with a diaphragm and plastic tube would want to go to aluminum because it’s heavy. I have seen videos and reviews stating the aluminum tube is louder, but I’m not a good enough caller to really comment on sound.

Who knows, maybe aluminum is going to be great for season or two, then becomes essentially the Hootchie Mama of bugles.

 

[wapitibob]

Most people I've heard would have better success with a hoochie mama.

 

[cnelk]

Yeah.... thats the last thing Id want on my pack during a thunderstorm

 

[sndmn11]

Yeah.... thats the last thing Id want on my pack during a thunderstorm

Could you throw it high in a tree and hide 50 yards away to decoy the lightning's attention away from yourself?

 

[CoStick]

Yeah.... thats the last thing Id want on my pack during a thunderstorm

carbon Arrows, aluminum or carbon stays in a pack, why would this be any different?

 

[cnelk]

carbon Arrows, aluminum or carbon stays in a pack, why would this be any different?

Because when Im in a lightning / thunderstorm, I hang my bow/pack in an entirely different tree than the one Im sitting under. And they are quite a ways apart

 

[Turkeygetpwnd38]

I have one. It’s definitely louder and has a different tone to it. It’s heavy for sure, one area I hunt is mainly day hunts, I will probably use it for that this year. Better? Who knows. Packing in or for an all around, hard to beat the RM Bully tube.
A plus with the aluminum tube, if you run out of arrows you could club something to death with it.

 

[wytx]

I can see how it would have a different tone , think musical instruments.
Does it have some sort of covering over the metal, noise reduction when banging it on a rock or something?

 

[wapitibob]

I'll stick with my $3 bat.

 

[TheBootBowhunting]

It is much beefier than I expected (Phelps). Seems like it would take a lot of force to bend it, it’s a good chunk of aluminum. It does sound pretty good but it is also noticeably heavier. I do think it sounds slightly better, but I’m sticking with the renegade. The metal tube is a couple inches shorter and not as bulky, the thing is a real club. It also has a thick neoprene cover on it, feels like a knee sleeve. Definitely thicker than the ones on plastic tubes.

 

[Maverick1]

Yeah.... thats the last thing Id want on my pack during a thunderstorm

Might bring a different definition to the saying "light 'em up!"

 

[Maverick1]

It is much beefier than I expected (Phelps). Seems like it would take a lot of force to bend it, it’s a good chunk of aluminum. It does sound pretty good but it is also noticeably heavier. While I do think it sounds better, I’m sticking with the renegade. While it is a couple inches shorter and not as bulky, the thing is a real club. It also has a thick neoprene cover on it, feels like a knee sleeve. Definitely thicker than the ones on plastic tubes.

Probably more durable and lighter than a glass-blown bugle tube.

 

[sneaky]

Have fun with that on a cold morning

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