Electronic Elk calls?

ChubbyTuna · Feb 23, 2013

I archery hunt and am always amazed how a bull can pinpoint exactly where a call originates from. Since I hunt solo I dont have the advanage of a calling partner. I was watching a predator show the other day and saw how these guys used a remote controlled call to lure in the coyotes. So I'm thinking, why can't I use this same setup for elk. After locating a bull, I drop the call and move in 100 yards or so. Maybe throw a decoy up next to the call. Essentially it would work like a 2 man setup with 1 guy. Has anyone tried this and what do you think?

I do understand that some states do not allow electronic calls.Do any of the calls allow for uploading or customizing sounds.

Bullelk1 · Feb 23, 2013

It wouldn't be legal in Idaho.

PleaseDear · Feb 23, 2013

How weak to even start a thread like this......

Robb

ChubbyTuna · Feb 23, 2013

LAST EDITED ON Feb-23-13 AT 06:19PM (MST)[p]So pleasedear doesn't approve. Guess I have to get my post count up before I'm allowed to ask a question.

Like I said above... I understand that some states do NOT allow electronic calls. I'm curious as to how you think this would work in states that do.

Lightninginabottle · Feb 23, 2013

I think it's a great idea. And an interesting topic. Do they make them? Pleasedear can pound wood.

HorseCreek · Feb 23, 2013

I don't think they are legal in Utah as well. I enjoy the calling part of the hunt. It's an added mental challenge for me. So I personally wouldn't choose to use an E-caller for elk.

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Cutbow · Feb 23, 2013

I would tend to side with HorseCreek....calling is a fun part of the hunt. Not that I'm against it either....I would think it would work well if you had the right calls plugged in.

Cutbow

WapitiBob · Feb 23, 2013

FoxPro Fury II is the hot setup from what I have heard. See if you can get Al Morris's email from the foxpro site and pick his brain. He spent some time up here using electric calls for Elk and had lots of success.

PleaseDear · Feb 23, 2013

Okay----my bad, point taken ~~ hope it works out for ya.

Robb

ChubbyTuna · Feb 24, 2013

I love the calling too but there has been so many times when those bulls hang up at 100 yards or peg me as the caller. If I had an E-call beck behind me with 5-6 different calls programmed into it, I think it might be the ticket. Funny the stuff you think about while suffering through the winter months.

Couldn't find anything in the colorado regs against it..anyone?

Gator · Feb 24, 2013

Yes their is some calls that are programed into foxpro callers, go to their website and you will see.

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elks96 · Feb 24, 2013

>I love the calling too but
>there has been so many
>times when those bulls hang
>up at 100 yards or
>peg me as the caller.
>If I had an E-call
>beck behind me with 5-6
>different calls programmed into it,
>I think it might be
>the ticket. Funny the stuff
>you think about while suffering
>through the winter months.
>
>Couldn't find anything in the colorado
>regs against it..anyone?

They are illegal in Colorado as well. Can't be used for any big game. Even stupid lions. Talk about fun calling working for lions with a hand call is always a fun thing.

As far as calls all of the top calls can be customized to your sounds. You can buy and program different calls online or you can record your sounds and download.

Ecalls are great for solo hunting, but not sure I could ever justify them for anything but predators.

jodog · Feb 27, 2013

I know it would work and it would be a good way to bring a bull in the rest of the way just like a coyote. I have had a few good bulls come in to about 75 80 yards and just stop and look for 15 mins. looking for a cow. I've always wished I had a caller back another 75 yards to bring him by.... Seems sometimes they lose interest their gone no matter what you do.

awbmab · Feb 28, 2013

I bought a fox pro for my 2011 Utah elk hunt. You can load multiple bugles, cow and calf sounds.
http://www.cabelas.com/product/Home...80/FOXPRO-Spitfire-Predator-Caller/734955.uts

roperlt · Feb 28, 2013

Tuna, If you need someone to call for ya, I,m sure we could find some willing paticipants...Calling and using a decoy is half the fun of hunting big bulls in the rut!!!
Later, L.T.

ElkManDan · Feb 28, 2013

LAST EDITED ON Feb-28-13 AT 10:23PM (MST)[p]Honestly I don't think it would work all that well compared to having someone behind you calling or even calling yourself. Calling in elk is an art and it is not just about throwing out elk sounds. It is more about communicating with the elk and every elk is different, and you really have to read their mood and aggression and call accordingly. I know I would have a lot more success trying to call in a bull to myself than have some random elk calls going off behind me. The key when hunting alone is to pick a good setup where the bull is not expecting to see you until he is within shooting range. I have shot a few bulls that I called into myself and the setup that I go for is thick to moderate trees just on the other side of a rise. This way he has to come up over the rise before he expects to see another elk.