Calling in Cows?

[Alder]

I?m hunting the Oregon coast during late season cow hunt in a few weeks.  Looking for some advice for calling for cows.  Here the herds are typically pretty small.  Lots of 5-8 sized groups and only a few big herds.  Any tactics which have worked for people in the past?

 

[Dylanthomsen12]

I have never hunted in Oregon but in CO I have had success using a lost or distressed calf call.

 

[Clayman56]

I'd do the same as dylantomsen12

 

[ribo451]

I have called in cows in the late season with a locator bugle. If they are close they seem to come in but the times I have done it they wandered in slowly while feeding and didn't say anything.

 

[WyatBaker]

Your not going to probably call one in but you can just use a cow call to locate them. Calves readily respond and where there are calves cows will follow. A hoochie mama would work as well as any mouth or diaphram call.

 

[Dannyboy21]

Lost calf calls are where it is at. I won't say it works every time, but if you use it purposefully and find a cow that is willing to help/pick up a stray calf, be ready, she likely will come in hot! I have almost been run over by a cow before. Luckily, she just missed me. It would also be worth your time to learn the "intensity" of calf calls as some are just playful chirps and others can be as much as an injured calf... you don't want to use them out of place and scare the critters off.