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Originally Posted by obsessed1
Learning how to be subtle with the bugle tube and playing off the elks emotion will lead to success.
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This is key. Locate the bull and see what he does.
And to this point, those interested can watch this YouTube video by Paul Medel:
https://youtu.be/gvwn8MgI6Ms
In the video he says that it can take 10-15 minutes. In my reality, it takes up to 40 minutes for a bull to let you know about his presence, if you play your cards right.
I went out today about 1-1.5 hours past sunset to a couple of points up the valley to listen and they are bugling; while there was some action, they weren’t as vocal just a few days ago. Exciting times. A couple more days until rifle season. Last year I shot my bull on the evening of the 20th of September and my cousin shot his in the morning of the 21st. We located the bull he shot on Thursday evening, deep in the bush, and he shot him right in the exact same spot on Saturday morning at first light. I called mine up to a field from the valley and it took about 1.5 hours for him to come up, mostly silent. He was up on the field when he bugled the first time. I was about to leave, actually.
Will see how it pans out this year. Good luck to all!