Let me preface this by saying I know less about elk calling
than anyone on here.
However, when I was young, I did a whole lot of spring turkey
guiding. The ranch I worked for has some other guides as well
and we did a lot of scouting before season. A couple of the
other guys had their calls in their mouths 24/7 and called to
everything that moved, even from the vehicle. I mentioned to
them that this might not be a good idea, and they'd look at me
like I was feeble minded. Well, when the season would finally
arrive, it would become very apparent that their constant pre=
season calling had educated the birds. Later, when I finally
had the say, I told them to leave their calls at home until
opening morning.
Fast forward to the last couple of years, where I've been lucky
enough to do some elk hunting. I've notice a couple of the guys
I hunt with will cow call to an elk, no matter what. We were
watching a little herd with a couple of Bulls in it two days
before season and one guy was just calling to beat heck. It made
me cringe. Several weeks later myself and one of these guys were
walking off a mountain after deer hunting. We came upon a small
group of cows that had no idea we were there. My gut was to ease
around them and leave them alone. But you can guess what he did,
he pulled out his cow call and started calling to them. We were
standing out in the wide open and of course they looked at us
and spooked.
Are we educating and burning these Elk out by doing things like
this? I would certainly think so. Like I said, I know a fraction
about Elk calling than most of you do. Just looks like to me we
should leave the call at home or in the pack unless we mean
business.
Larry
than anyone on here.
However, when I was young, I did a whole lot of spring turkey
guiding. The ranch I worked for has some other guides as well
and we did a lot of scouting before season. A couple of the
other guys had their calls in their mouths 24/7 and called to
everything that moved, even from the vehicle. I mentioned to
them that this might not be a good idea, and they'd look at me
like I was feeble minded. Well, when the season would finally
arrive, it would become very apparent that their constant pre=
season calling had educated the birds. Later, when I finally
had the say, I told them to leave their calls at home until
opening morning.
Fast forward to the last couple of years, where I've been lucky
enough to do some elk hunting. I've notice a couple of the guys
I hunt with will cow call to an elk, no matter what. We were
watching a little herd with a couple of Bulls in it two days
before season and one guy was just calling to beat heck. It made
me cringe. Several weeks later myself and one of these guys were
walking off a mountain after deer hunting. We came upon a small
group of cows that had no idea we were there. My gut was to ease
around them and leave them alone. But you can guess what he did,
he pulled out his cow call and started calling to them. We were
standing out in the wide open and of course they looked at us
and spooked.
Are we educating and burning these Elk out by doing things like
this? I would certainly think so. Like I said, I know a fraction
about Elk calling than most of you do. Just looks like to me we
should leave the call at home or in the pack unless we mean
business.
Larry