chasing bulls
 

I've been charging the bulls that I've called in the last week, (four times). And all four times the bulls have left, bugling all the way but leaving faster than I can go. Tommarrow I am going to try something else. Setting up and calling from one place for maybe an hour to an hour and a half. Anyone ever try this? It will be hard to stay there,but there is so much sign there that there is no place I would rather be sitting. The elk will hear me,I just have to remain patient. How do you guys think that strategy will work?? Piece of cake,right... Haaa.

RE: chasing bulls
 

I think it is hard too move in on elk if you do not have someone calling for you. If you have alot of sign in the area you should stay put in that area. Do not over call, be patient and stay alert, as smaller bulls will come in on you with out a sound. It is worth a try anyway.Good luck.

RE: chasing bulls
 

I've just hunted for four years now with a bow, but I have had very poor success with the old charge'em theory. Seems to me that most bulls really don't want to close that bad with an unknown antagonist, sort of like how guys talk all kinds of trash but when it's time to throw down they kind of hold back.

I carry the little butt decoy from Montana Decoys, and do a lot of static setups with her (Wapitilda is her name). Last year I killed a P&Y bull (262) on such a setup that took two hours to coax him in. This year, with the brutal weather I experienced, it was tough to hang out for more than an hour before toes got cold. That's not enough time. However, I still called in a couple bulls this way on rare days when it was warm and dry enough to stick it out. Both came in only after 1 to 3 hours of me calling away.