I like to let the elk tell me how to call. If he is coming in and is screaming at me I scream right back at him. If he is liking this then he is pretty pissed off and will be there in short order.

If he is kind of shy I use cow talk or maybe a young sounding bugle or both to make him think I am stealing a cow or two from him.

I throw out some cow talk when I am walking through the woods also. If there are any in the area #1 they won't be nearly as spooky and #2 they just may talk back.


As far as my grunt goes I press hard against the reed and quickly remove it completely from my mouth while saying oooh in a deep voice. It gives me the initial quick high pitched straight down to the low grunt sound. And of course repeat quickly.

I use a terminator bugle.