All we hunt is public land OTC pressured elk, you just have to learn how to use your equipment correctly, timing is everything even with cow calls! We hear this same thought in our neck of the woods, that is you cannot use bull sounds on our elk yet we prove every year that you can. Most hunters just want to blow there bugle & have bulls come a running, it doesn't work that way as most here know! We don't walk through the woods blowing any elk call repeatedly without a solid purpose in mind. We locate then shut it down, move in quickly for a shot opportunity, any calling that's needed after the location is encounter dependant! With over 150 elk on the ground in the last 22 years by the 5 of us in the ElkNut Crew I'd say we're doing something right. This includes us calling bulls in for others, we all do quite a bit of that! Whether hunters want to use a Bugle, Cow Calls or both, know when to use them & fit in with your sounds, use sounds when needed that elk expect to hear under specific encounters. You need to be one of them!
Because we own a set of golf clubs does not make us good golfers, we still have to know the role each club has & how to use it. With proper training & diligent practice we can become respectable at the game, this applies to our elk calls as well!
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