? for you pros

when you are still hunting in the pines/quakes, do you blow your cow call occasionaly to make the elk think the noise you are making is just another elk, or do you just keep the call in your pocket and dont call? thanks for the help!

to me i think it can just depend one the situation, sometimes a call here and there wouldnt hurt, but then other times its better to be very quite and slow, so lets hear your thoughts

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ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!!
I ALWAYS cow call when i'm going through timber, it works amazingly well!
Elk are noisy creatures and if anything comes at them making very little noise...it's a predator to them.
The ONLY draw back to cow calling while "still hunting" is they will be looking for you, but they WILL be calm thinking your just one of them.
Also, watch your back for "silent bulls". :thumb
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killerbee
"skull krazy" wrote:ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!!
I ALWAYS cow call when i'm going through timber, it works amazingly well!
Elk are noisy creatures and if anything comes at them making very little noise...it's a predator to them.
The ONLY draw back to cow calling while "still hunting" is they will be looking for you, but they WILL be calm thinking your just one of them.
Also, watch your back for "silent bulls". :thumb
 that pretty much sums it up. there are pro's and cons to it. you either let them know your their but convince them your just more elk or try and be REAL quiet. And like you stated, it depends on the situation. if i'm in the aspen trees after some leaves have fallen, there is know way you can be quiet so cow call and try to be a heard going through the woods. after all Elk are probably the loudest animals to go through the woods. but if i can be absolutly quiet then i would prefer to stay silent and not give them any heads up. but that is a lot less likely.
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i call
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ABert
I will only call when I make a noise that I know can be heard. Like it has been said, elk are very noisy but I have sneaked up on them on a few occasions in the timber. Better for them to not know you are there than announcing you are coming to join the party and have them looking for you.

In my experience, once the sun comes up, elk get quiet vocally. That is another reason I don't chirp too much. This is hunting in early Nov rather than the rut, though. Before daylight and after sunset they can't keep their traps shut.
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Here in Utah i have been in the middle of hard rutting screaming bulls and chirping cows all day long. But when that has happened, it's been very large herds with lots and lots of bulls. For the most part, they do quiet down during the day. But when a cow elk is traveling through the timber, she's usually stepping on sticks and chirping looking for a herd to join.
This is what i try to mimick and it has worked very very well. If i have bumped them, it's been like a pheasant, right under my feet.
In the natural wild, only predators are silent. You can try to be as quiet as possible but when you make a mistake and snap a twig unannounced....your busted. :nono:

But what works for one person may not for another, and this is just based on MY experirnces. :1
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proutdoors
"skull krazy" wrote:ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!!
I ALWAYS cow call when i'm going through timber, it works amazingly well!
Elk are noisy creatures and if anything comes at them making very little noise...it's a predator to them.
The ONLY draw back to cow calling while "still hunting" is they will be looking for you, but they WILL be calm thinking your just one of them.
Also, watch your back for "silent bulls". :thumb
 +1

I have got bulls to respond many times while walking to a wallow or glassing point by calling as I go. A wild animal is much more leery of another 'critter' sneaking thru the woods than something merely walking around making cow sounds.

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