We also have a step by step description of how to make basic elk sounds on the external reeds, or diaphragm calls that go in your mouth on the How to Make Elk Sounds page. We have a separate page with links to lots of actual recorded elk talk that you can listen to. ElkNut's Sounds by the Elk CD categorizes the elk sounds and enables you to practice them while you listen and learn. Hearing them first hand is certainly a thrill and the best option, but sometimes we just can’t be where they are to listen. The best place to start is spending time listening to elk sounds, live or recorded. So, some practice is in order, as well as understanding elk vocalization. If you make sounds with your call that are nowhere close to elk sounds, you can push elk away from you. Consider the many varied types of calls available on the market by clicking here for our discussion and review.ĮlkNut's PlayBook and Sounds of the Elk CD are now available here with free shipping! It was a herd bull growling, finally throwing in a challenge bugle to another bull.Įven if you aren't that good yet at replicating bull elk sounds, elk calls on the market today make it easy to fool elk sometimes into letting you find them and get close to them. At one point we heard another moo, without pause it progressed right into a full out bull bugle. We heard the moo sound several times and I kept insisting, “There are no cattle in here!” Randy said, “Well, there are now.” As we moved in that direction the mooing got louder. I whispered, “There aren’t any cattle in here.” We were on national forest land far behind locked gates on a logging road. Many years ago I took a friend to one of my favorite spots in Montana. They don't like other bulls talking to their cows! You could use this call to get another bull with cows to come check you out. Or, he could be talking to you, when you make cow sounds. It can indicate to you that there are cow elk near him. Here is a short audio clip of a bull is doing a lip bawl bugle. This call is used primarily to commiunicate to cows. Even glunking can be used in your elk calling arsenal. The bugles are from bulls advertising their dominance and worthiness of breeding the cows. Glunking is a show of dominance of a breeder bull. You will hear glunking at 6:00 in the video. I couldn't see a thing, but hey were only feet away! Glunking is not loud and it always means there is a cow in estrus. Have you ever heard an elk glunking? If you have, you were very close! Once when I heard it, it was in very thick brush. The knowledge gained will add huge dimentions to your elk calling ability. Hear, see and read more with ElkNut's Playbook, Sounds by the Ek CD and the many other ElkNut resources available. They will stop on a dime, right inside your shooting window! You will have a chance to shoot at that point. It can also be used to stop a bull for a shot. You should be close enough and ready to shoot when you do it. You can use a nervous grunt to command a hung up bull to show himself. If it was a warning bark, they would leave immediately. It is a command to what they think is an elk to "show yourself". They sound much the same, but this one is clearly a nervous grunt, because the elk hang around looking for what has their attention. This is a clear warning or challenge bugle series!Īt 4:00 there is a great opportunity to see the difference between a nervous grunt and a warning bark. At 3:22 you will hear a bull warning another bull who is calling to the bull's harem. Learn how to recognize and make advertising bugles in ElkNut's DVD called, Elk Hunting Techniques: The Advertising and Breeding Sequence.Īt 2:00 minutes you'll hear some lip bawl bugles. Bulls advertising themselves as worthy breeders. At 41 seconds to about 3 minutes into the video you will hear advertising bugles.
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