Any elk action yet?

[elk aholic]

Anybody getting any bugles yet. might still be a bit early, just seeing if any one has had any luck with calling yet.

[bigbfidaddy]

Still quite in Sundre. Well west and south a ways lol

[kujoseto]

I'll know on the 4th

[arrow_baron]

I'll let you know on the 1st, my cousins fiancé was out 2 days ago and heard 2 bugles off in the distance

[cfinn]

Just from other hunters... The bulls dont care about too much yet.

[Venginator]

I heard half a dozen bugles yesterday morning. They didn't sound like hunters at all, varied pitch and had chuckles at the end. Sadly none of them came my way.

[finner-duramax]

Originally Posted by cfinn

Just from other hunters... The bulls dont care about too much yet.

Ohhh?

[Xbolthunter]

2 of my friends have there's in Edson area

[remmy300]

In a lot of areas it's still early. There are pockets where elk get at it early. I seen 4 groups of cows/small Bulls, probably 400 in total the past 3 days. No big Bulls with cows yet.

Unfortunatley every pecker wood in the country is bugling their faces off educating have the elk in the province before they really even get going. Love it watching guys drive into a field with the elk watching and the srick the grunt tube out the window and let it rip.

[RayM77]

Called one in for my friend yesterday. It was his first archery kill.

[crownb]

Originally Posted by Stinkhammer

Called one in for my friend yesterday. It was his first archery kill.

Any pics?

[RayM77]

Of course but I will leave it up to my friend on weather he wants to post them or not.

[blgoodbrand1]

Haha. He's allergic to technology

[crownb]

Originally Posted by Stinkhammer

Of course but I will leave it up to my friend on weather he wants to post them or not.

Well congrats anyways !!!!

[Don K]

Heard one out in our field this morning

[elk aholic]

Seen a bull last night rounding up his cows. Shouldn't be long now!

[Stumpslayer]

Know of two different bulls that have been called in and came in bugling, one was a long shot miss the other a kill. Both were rag 5x5's big boys are still quiet. These elk were active at first light...not so much in the evening, cooler weather for the next few days...opener on Tuesday for my spot...fingers crossed.

[-CLM-]

A friend of mine killed a rag horn 5x5 last night. There was a smaller 3x4 in the field with him that was bugling. Cows were pretty quiet.

[Sparx]

Originally Posted by -CLM-

A friend of mine killed a rag horn 5x5 last night. There was a smaller 3x4 in the field with him that was bugling. Cows were pretty quiet.

How do you get a rag horn 5x5? Any pics?
Anytime I heard of raghorn was always a 2x2 forker style bull, nothing even and to the scale of a 5x5 in symmetry? Maybe a sticker or two here or there, but rarely anything over 3 points that's for sure...

[normanrd]

Originally Posted by Sparx

How do you get a rag horn 5x5? Any pics?
Anytime I heard of raghorn was always a 2x2 forker style bull, nothing even and to the scale of a 5x5 in symmetry? Maybe a sticker or two here or there, but rarely anything over 3 points that's for sure...

A rag horn bull refers to a bull that is 2 1/2 years old and generally they are a smaller 5x5. Spike bulls are 1 1/2 years old and are generally single spikes, but may get small brow times and forks at the top, even if they are a 3x2 or a 3x1 they are referred to as "spikers"

[fishmonger535]

I have had two different bulls come through my cameras the last week. there is an elk farm with mainly bulls about a mile north of me. The farmed elk are bugling quite a bit. I heard one faint bugle the opposite direction late Saturday night.

[Sparx]

Originally Posted by normanrd

A rag horn bull refers to a bull that is 2 1/2 years old and generally they are a smaller 5x5. Spike bulls are 1 1/2 years old and are generally single spikes, but may get small brow times and forks at the top, even if they are a 3x2 or a 3x1 they are referred to as "spikers"

I've shot a couple 5x5 bulls 2.5yrs old, one was aged by F&W. One from Chain Lakes Area and another from Whitecourt area, both very symetrical on both sides and like twins. The old timers from the Chain Lakes area always referred to the 3x2 or 2x2 bulls greater than a spiker as raghorns. First I heard as raghorns related to age over antler structure. Probably more of a group terminology thing.

[Silas]

did not hear any bugles over the weekend north of edson.

[7mmremmag]

Seen a spiker bugle this morning.
Cows were chirping a bit, but nothing serious.

[pintailslammer]

Just starting to chirp here, got my eyes set on a beauty 6x6,got permission and the landowner showed me where his water hole is. It a highway to the drinking hole. This is my first year bow hunting(always been a rifle guy) so 30 yards is going to be my max.I can hit fairly decent at 40 but Im not wanting to wound an animal have it go to waste.


Trail camera is up will post pictures if I capture him on it this weekend, Not going out this weekend,One more family weekend at the lake


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[coyotekiller]

They were pretty quiet this morning, hoping they start bugling by the weekend

[ResidentSpokesman]

Called in a 2x2 this morning in a monsoon. He came in squeeking hard trying to bugle lol.

Tonight had 3 bulls answering and 1 coming but had to back out as he would have got there too late. Back at it in 6 hours...

[Torkdiesel]

I'll just leave this right here. 427" is the word on the street. Archery bull from ???

[ResidentSpokesman]

I got that picture from a few guys today, all with different stories...

[normanrd]

Originally Posted by Sparx

I've shot a couple 5x5 bulls 2.5yrs old, one was aged by F&W. One from Chain Lakes Area and another from Whitecourt area, both very symetrical on both sides and like twins. The old timers from the Chain Lakes area always referred to the 3x2 or 2x2 bulls greater than a spiker as raghorns. First I heard as raghorns related to age over antler structure. Probably more of a group terminology thing.

When I was a member of the North American elk breeders association, NAEBA, whenever you talked if a raghorn bull and a spike bull, regardless of whether he was a multi-point or not and everyone knew what you were talking about. As a matter of fact, at livestock auctions they were even marketed as raghorns and spike bulls right in the sale fliers, age based of course. But whatever, call them what you want. I've killed 11 5x5's with archery tackle and gun combined, and iirc, 7 or 8 were 2 1/2 years old. The remainder were just geneticly inferior older bulls, lol.