COW ELK DECOY MANUAL
COW ELK DECOY FULL

When you are hunting elk before the rut (early September) and there is hot weather, expect elk to move and feed for a couple of hours during the day if it cools off, or after a rain. Prior to the rut, and when the weather is hot, wallows are used somewhat regularly, depending on how many animals are in the area and their proximity to the wallow. In the late morning and early afternoon you can setup near wallows. To attract elk during the rut get as close to bedding sites and feeding areas as you can, or setup along the travel route between the two in the morning and evening. But, elk do use scent to identify each other by sex, age and social status when they are near each other. When you are using scent to hunt elk don't forget that elk use sound as the primary means of locating each other. We offer all of these calls in the Haydel's section of the Trinity Mountain Outdoor Products catalog. When I use diaphragms to call elk I use Hayde'ls SR-91 Single Reed Turkey call to sound like cows, calves and yearling bulls, I use the E2-89 Double Reed Elk to sound like cows and 2 year old bulls, and I use the E3-89 Triple Reed Elk to sound like 3 year old and older bulls.

COW ELK DECOY FULL

For dominant bulls Social/Low Mew, Contact Grunt, Fighting Squeal, Loud Inhale/Exhale, Cough, Glug, Dominance Grunt, Gurgle, Growl, Roar, Bugle, Chuckle or Full Bugle Sequence.įor calling elk I use Haydel's MEB-85 Magnum Elk Bugle and CE-03 Cow Elk calls. For any bull Contact/Cow Mew, Contact Grunt, Fighting Squeal, Glug or non-dominant Bugle.Ĥ. For any elk Contact/Cow Mew, Fighting Squeal or Contact Grunt.ģ. For cows and young bulls Distress Call or Fighting Squeal.Ģ. The fourth technique is not as effective after the rut because the bulls are exhausted, not as aggressive, and not as interested in breeding.ġ. There are basically four different techniques for calling elk that can be used anytime. Herd bulls also respond to Roars, Bugles, Chuckles, Contact or Aggressive Grunts, and Gurgles out of dominance. All bulls respond to any call that may lead them to an estrus cow, especially a Social Contact Mew or Low Mew. Older cows may respond to Distress calls and Maternal/Neonatal calls out of maternal instinct. However, lone cows may come to a Social Mew, Low Mew or other cow/calf call to join a herd or to the Bugle remember it's the cow that chooses and responds to the bull. Cows don't normally respond to any call, preferring to stay with the herd and their young.

Peak Elk Bugling Dates I Elk Activity Graphsĭetermining what call to use when you are hunting elk is not a matter of what time of the year you are hunting, but which sex and age class elk you want to attract.

COW ELK DECOY MANUAL

T.R.'s Elk Hunting Tips: Elk calling, scents and decoyingįrom the Elk Addict's Manual ($14.95 + $5 s&h), by T.R.

Cow elk decoy