I've only been hunting elk for a couple years,and sometimes I hear them bugling in the later rifle seasons, and sometimes not. Is an elk rut similar to a deer rut in that it'll be affected by weather patterns? Is the late bugling indicative of a late rut or or just rowdy bulls? I been seeing a lot of posts that say the elk aren't bugling much during archery and early rifle seasons. What, if any, does that mean for the hunters of later rifle seasons? I'm hunting NM unit 16A second rifle season.