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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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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!

Thanks for the advice big country

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.