talk to the elk with a cow call
 

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I want to learn more about cow calling. I don' t know when to use what type of call . Too many advetisement to know what really works. It woul be nice to use a cow call to locate a herd, not so much a big bull. Can some one steer me in the right direction. I have used the wood wise hyper hot cow call for calling bulls. but how do I locate the heard. I hunt the roosevelt of washington state and these elk tend to be much quieter than the rocky mountain elk, and are harder to get jump started.

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RE: talk to the elk with a cow call
 

mr. elk, welcome to the board!

I am no expert on elk, but you may want to ask this in the big game forum. Lots of seasoned elk hunters frequent that one.

Good Luck!

RE: talk to the elk with a cow call
 

Thanks for the advice big country

RE: talk to the elk with a cow call
 

I hunt the Ghost Of The Forest in Eastern Washington. I have been calles a very good caller. That said, I use Quaker Boy Single, Double, and rarely the tripple reed calls.

Contrary to the belief that our Washington State elk are quiet . . . don' t you believe it! [Although they were last Fall.] I normally use the single and double for cow, spike and raghorn bulls. I almost never use the Herd Bull even if I were to draw a bull permit. I vary my cow calls with a Wayne Carlton Lonesome Call also.

Be agressive, use a squeal [spike or raghorn] to locate animals and when you get a response go after them; I generally call again after a hundred yards or so . . . just to keep the bull and me interested. I don' t set up until I' m less than a hundred yards [by estimation] then I practice " Call Through Technique." I call then move 20 to 40 yards in the direction of the animals and downwind hoping for a shot as the animal circles downwind of the call location. [This works very well with two hunters; a caller and a shooter.]

I recommend the audio tape " Cow Talk " by E.L.K. Inc [Don Laubaugh and Gordon Easton] it is a great tape of Cow Call sequences.