I was Elk hunting in Nevada the first of this Oct and found a valley that held a ton of Elk. They would mostly show up at or after dark, but there were anywhwere from 4 to 10 bulls in the valley at night (most with 3 to 8 cows with them)...lots of elk. The bulls were buglingall night and all through the day except maybe the few hours right around noon. My question for you all is to try and help me understand why none of the cows were calling at all. We were in the region for 3 or 4 days, heard thousands of bugles (and several fights) but only 1 or 2 cows made any noise at all, what gives? Most of the research I have done on calling indicates that cows and calves are supposed to talk all throughout the year, with the bulls bugling the most around the rut. I believe the rut was either at its peak or just past as all the cows were in some bull's harem. Any ideas?