RE: Bought Hoochie Mama...now what???
Now what??? Well for starters do you know how to use a diaphram with a bugle tube and can you bugle with it or at least make a cow call? Also do you have any of the bite and blow reed cow calls like the fighting cow call or the hyper lip single and double or hyper hot? If not get them and learn to use them as well. I carry a assortment of different calls with meincluding the hoochie mama and thesqueese me. Calling in elk could be compared to a football game.A certian team might have one play that is justawesome and gets thejob done. Kind of the the hoochie mama for making a good cow call.But if that is the only play they know how to exacute during a game the other team might be fooled a couple of times but by the end of the first quarter they will know its commingand also know how to stop it. Elk are no different, sure the hoochie is a excellent call but it can only make the same tones over and over again. Yes it can go from a cow to a calf but its still the same day in and out. Very seldom does a bull justcome running on on a whim of a single cow call, lost, lonesome or any other for that matter. But if you can use a diaphram or external reed bugle to sound like a small bull or two plus use a variety of cow calls to sound like a herd of elk. Then you will increase you chances greatly for a call in. Plus whenyou get busted (trust me you will, if you haven't then you haven't been hunting much) you don't want to use the same calls or style that you were making when you got busted. If you do the elk will be laughing and know its justanother hunter dan trying to call them in. So switch calls sound like different elk and go after the same elk that busted you. If you don't then you are honestly better off trying to find new/different elk to go after and hope that other hunters haven't tried the same calls as you and educated the elk. By the way I would guess that the majority of elk hunters on the mountain have either the hoochie mama or squeese me. Something to think about... Hope this helps