September 16th, the rut is on!
If you're impatient and don't want to listen to me calling or him bugling, just skip to 6:40 to see the bull. ;) For those experienced callers, please excuse my poor calling, I'm still learning. Haha, but this was the first bull I've ever called in... And really, my first time ever trying! (Later this same day I called in two other satellite Bulls) There is car noise as the road was about 80 yards down the hill from where I was set up. But here's what happened.
We found a herd of elk bedded down in the thick trees off the side of the road. It was mid-day, so I snuck in uphill of them, to have the thermals in my face and started calling when they got up to move. I used a lost mew to make contact w/ the cows, who mewed back. At which point I switched to Assembly Mews, Long Mews, Whines and Demanding Mews as Chris Roe teaches. The cows began working my way with the bull in tow. After the cows had passed, I had my chance at the bull. And apparently he was convinced and came to round me up, walking w/in 5 yards of me.
I was standing there in jeans and a grey shirt, no camo. So when he got an eye-full, he meandered off back to his cows.
Chris Roe isn't joking when he says "Call them to your toes"! Best $50 I've ever spent on hunting elk. Check out his stuff at roehuntingresources.com