I dont think that he's going to hurt anything if he calls during preseason. What will is if he jumps up and screams like a banshee and spooks them. The elk will just think that they stumbled across a human that was between themselvesand the elk that was calling.Coyotes are the same way, but if your really aware youll notice that even educated coyotes come to calls, they just learn that those wounded rabbits are usually accompanied by hunters, and they check things out really well and circle for scent before they go for the buffet, you can prove this by useing scent elimination when you call. Youll be able to go call coyotes in, in areas where the yotes are "educated".