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Show us the scar.......

No scar just a close call... still wanna see my azz? 😬 I think I already showed it once last week.

If you are hunting early season, the hyper hot the one made by woods wise mixed with the but a lo, cow call muffled and what not works really really well where I live. As the season progresses the hyper hot will become more like elk repellent and the more subtle and infrequent you cow call the more effective in general. Remember if setting up to call......give yourself 15 minutes of noise, then 15 minutes of quite before you move. Put the shooter a head of the caller in relation to the wind. WATCH FOR BEAR.

That's just crazy. People shouldn't be hunting elk with round balls, conicals are much better.

Good advice......I know this.......


Casey

watch4bear is no longer in colorado.......grin

I almost said something about that but I didn't want antagonize W4B any more than I usually do......😁

You guys are puzzies. I close my eyes and listen4bear.

Any more last minute tips?

When are you going hunting? It makes a big difference as far as whether they're pre-rut, or in the rut.

I should be in Colorado from the 11th to the 22nd.

The 11th is a little early for the rut, most years. Usually pre-rut, aggressive calling doesn't work as well as during the rut when they lose some of their caution. And sometimes a bull will come in without answering so be on the lookout for that. Bugling works better once the bulls start going off.

Good luck!!

I find the hyper hot works best pre rut. Aug 31 to about the 15 September. Once they start hanging with the cows, the lead cow starts to call the shots

. The lead cows don't like bat [bleep] crazy ho s in da house!

The lead cow calls the shots for the bull during the rut?

Dang, it must be impossible to call in a bull during the rut then.

Who knew?

A Hoochie Mamma hand cow call or similar. Watch some YouTube HOW TO CALL ELK. You have three weeks to practice. Don't even worry about a bugle call.

Don't call very much if no elk are responding. Try giving it a squeeze twice every hour. If an elk responds to your call, wait five minutes and call back.

Primos Hoochie Mamma Elk call

I used to think that way until I tried every cow call I had on a bull working his way up the mountain at 8 AM to bed down. None of them worked.

Then I used the bugle and it worked like a charm. He was in a place where not too many people hunted, which always helps.

Once again fake news Smoke troll strikes!

What a freaking loser.

Which part is fake, Agnes?

Taking quotes out of context.

Your absolute supportive intent!

Your total grasp of anatomy and herd behavior.

Your complete grasp ballistics.

Your all around being a swell guy!

I never said I was a swell guy. But the rest is true, thanks for noticing. Except the "taking quotes out of context" part. Although I will say that discerning the context of most of your posts is quite the challenge so taking one out of context (as you see it) could be common if not likely.