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09-12-2013, 09:49 AM
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Elk Calls
Just asking on what type, style or brand name some of the elk hunters are using these days. Heading out next week with a bull and cow tag. Good luck to the rest of the boys that are heading out.
Thanks
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09-12-2013, 10:25 AM
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How'd you manage two tags?!
I'm sure lots of people will shut this down, but I really like the Primo's Super Pack. Primo's isn't a high-end brand but I personally like that bugle and find it easy to use.
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09-12-2013, 10:42 AM
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I like bugling bull reeds and tubes.
The primos hoochie mama is pretty top notch sound for a hand call.
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09-12-2013, 10:48 AM
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I'm VERY new to elk calling so take this with a huge grain of salt. I have the Berry Thunder bugle as I found it to be one of the easier ones to operate. I think if you're going out in a week, if you're "call challenged" like me you probably should of been practicing long before now. If you haven't been practising much I this bugle will still give you a good chance of producing some "elk like" sounds. Who knows, maybe you will pick it up quick, I just know that I didn't.
For cow calls I have a Primos "green one", it's closed reed but I can't remember the name. I tried a flex tone cow call and it sounded really good but crapped out after 5 minutes so it's going back to Cabellas. I've heard to take a couple cow calls because sometimes they won't respond to a particular brand or type for what ever reason. Probably over calling or just doesn't sound right to those elk.
Good luck with your hunt, I hope this little bit of knowledge comes in useful and post some pics when you get your elk.
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09-12-2013, 12:04 PM
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What Mike W said.
I own about 4 - 5 bugles, from power bugle, thunder bugle, mossback and a few others.
I find that no bugle with an internal diaphragm is as versatile as the regular mouth reed and tube.
But you gotta practice.
So you're heading out in a week, and asking now ? Better get on it if you choose the reed.
And my cow calls are the mouth reed, squeeze me, maka da bulls, and mama together.
A combo of a few of these usually.
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09-12-2013, 06:03 PM
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I tried a mouth reed and hated it. Now use a Primos Super Pack, it sounds ok and is easier to use, but not as good as the old call my dad used to have 20+ years ago. That was a hard plastic ridged tube, about 1/2" in diameter, maybe 12" long coiled in a loop. It made a great bugle and was super easy to use, but I've never seen one in the stores.
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09-12-2013, 06:13 PM
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hey jpohlic try using 1/2" or so flexible heater hose dose the same thing my dad made them for me and they worked great.
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09-12-2013, 09:04 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jpohlic
I tried a mouth reed and hated it. Now use a Primos Super Pack, it sounds ok and is easier to use, but not as good as the old call my dad used to have 20+ years ago. That was a hard plastic ridged tube, about 1/2" in diameter, maybe 12" long coiled in a loop. It made a great bugle and was super easy to use, but I've never seen one in the stores.
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JP, elk seem to have smartened up in the last 20 (or 53) years, in regards to coming to just any call!
In my early teens all I used was a foot & a half of "wild carrot" stalk, you know, bean shooters. Leave the closed nodule on one end and blow like heck ACROSS the open, clean-cut end.
In the late 70's while trapping in late october, I thought that I had heard a short bugle. For the heck of it I blew across the bbl of my 22/20ga.
That bull carried on for over 2 dozen exchanges & ended up 30 paces from me!
Now I must rely on several Cow-Talk calls and a Power bugle, used sparingly.
Incidently, your dads call may have been in the vicinity of 22" long in order to hit the right tone.
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