Cow calling?

Crunchy

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A question for the pros. I was wondering if the use of a cow call is a good or bad idea when you are not hunting the rut? From my experience the elk are quite during the modern firearm season here in Western Washington. I carry one, and have cow called from time to time, but have never had an elk respond to the call.
 
This is the most under estimated weapon during rifle season. My first experience was in high school we spooked some cows so I quicly cow called immediatly just up ahead a bull bugle which started two other ones off. I had no idea there was even a bull ahead of me until he answered the cow call. We killed two bulls that morning. Last year still hunting the timber I was in crunchy noisy conditions so cow called every so often to sound like cows were moving around. Walked on to a bull looking at me confused. Pow I got him. This year jumped some bulls in the timber began cow calling stopped six of them at 80 yards. My dad shot his this year the same way. So yea I would say they work just don't tell anyone. LOL Good Luck
 
I hunt and live in southwest washington and I use my sleazy cow call in whatever elk season I am hunting. You just need to use caution during rifle elk due to alot of the yayhoos that lose their common sense when they hear or see elk. During late muzzleloader or rifle I mainly use it to stop elk I've jumped and not really trying to call them in like in early muzzleloader or archery.
 
I use a home made mouth cow call during all seasons. Just dont over use it. Use it to locate a herd and then stop and try to get to them. I also use it to stop bulls, as mentioned before. I kept the bull that I stuck last week from running after I shot it, by using a cow call.
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Well I don't consider myself a pro, but the cow call is your friend even during the late season hunts. 3 years ago I freakishly called in a 6x6 bull (which I harvested)in Mid-November using a cow call after busting out a small herd of bulls while tracking them in the thick stuff. I jumped the elk in a thicket of small pines and gave the cow call a try with a few love sick mews to slow em down. Well to my surprise one of the bulls gave a faint short bugle and came trotting back up the hill towards me....the rest is history. Also if you're tracking elk during the late season give a cow call or two every 5 or 10 minutes as you're tracking. You can fool the elk you're tracking into thinking you're just another elk and you may be able to get right up on them. This tactic may not work every time but in the area I hunt it is very thick with conifers and brush and It betters your chances on getting up on the elk. I owe several elk kills to the cow call....one of huntings better invented products.
 
you seldom see a bull that won't stop for a cow call. i stopped one and called it to within 20 yards last week, after it had been hit once with a .300 mag. i never leave home without an elk diaphram call. doesn't matter what i'm hunting. makes a great coyote howler, quail call, turkey call, wounded rabbit noise, will usually stop a buck in it's tracks if used right. if you're just using elk calls durin the rut you're screwin' yourself over. i don't try to call elk in much after the rut, but you can dang sure stop em with a call.
 

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