Cow Elk III
 

Have any of you ever used decoys on elk? What kind of reults did you get? What season gun/bow? Did you use more than one, like they suggest?

RE: Cow Elk III
 

I've used them with less success than others. I've used the Rump--The Cow Elk--The Cow Elk-lll------To date I haven't fooled an elk with them yet!! Do they work? Sure they'll work!!

It's just that I've found with good calling and waiting in the same place long enough, interested elk will show up. I like it best when elk come in 10-20min after I've called looking for the elk that made the sounds. This is how we called in my sons bull this year, he took his elk at 14yds with a recurve. A decoy might have worked, but I didn't set it up even though I had it with me!! Go figure!!-------------------ElkNut1

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I have used horses for decoys.They work very very good. As for the cow elkIII I have not seen them work real good so far.Most the elk I call in are looking and listening for movment not just a elk. I think movement is way better than a good pic of an elk.Tie the horse bake in the woods far enough the elk can not see it unless it walks right by you.Some times just the chewing is enough to get a bull to come to you.You may not even need to call :}

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Really curius as to where elk decoys are legel for big game and how many places they are because in MT its really frowned upon.

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NO

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Never even crossed my mind about them being illegal in some states.Surely need tolook into that. thks

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smokechaser
Is not right.It is legel to use a decoy in MT.You can use them for all big game.As for the decoys being frowned on in MT.One of the bigest decoy makers is in MONTANA.

Smoke call up fish and game. They will help you out.From what I know the only real restriction on calling big game in MT. is no electric calls.

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sorry my bad i looked into that after i posted that i dont know why i thought that. I know i read that somewhere once but i dont think it is illegal. sorry again. i might have been confusing it with baiting.

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Sure am glad to hear that the decoy I just spent $100 bucks in is in fact legal. Have me sweatin' there for a good minute. LOL

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yea sorry bout that i was thinkin of baiting

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This year I used andput this decoy to the test, I have found that it workedgreat in certiansituations, and not so good in others. When dealing with satalite bulls it is deadly and they will be licking your toes when the decoy is used correctly. On the other hand with two different herd bulls both with many cows it didn't work so well. It was just another cow out of the many in the herd. Ilike to hold thedecoy inmy hand and move it around just like a real elk. The down side isyou can't shoot and hold the decoy at the same time. But I found this to be much more effective than juststakeing it to to ground. This year I wanted anice6x6 or nothing and Ihuntedmy butt off and wasveryclose tocompleating that goal.My closest chance at a 6 pointcame becauseof both calling and the use of the decoy.The bull came into me and was 18 yards away but I just didn't have a good shot at him. I have used decoys in the past as well but this year I used it every chance that I got. I think the cow III is the best of them all IMO. Hope this helps Jason.