Cow call or bugle?

[Idahoshedhead]

In peak rut I have found a bugle to be way more effective in closing the gap on the bigger bulls.  How about you?

 

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Most definately a bugle here.........70/30 Bull calls to cows calls. Get in their face and be aggressive!

 

[overthetop]

I don't call much either way. If I do I mostly cow call. I like to sneek in silent.

 

[RockyMountainHi]

For me, closer to 60/40 bugling over cow calling.  My favorite is to mimic a cow with an immature sounding bull; it really seems to get both satellites and herd bulls interested in what is going on just out of the sight.

 

[DIRK DURHAM]

Most definately a bugle here.........70/30 Bull calls to cows calls. Get in their face and be aggressive!

Im with ya! Just enough cow calls to let them know there's something worth fighting for. I hardly ever hear any cow talk when Im working a bull here in N- Idaho.......

 

[rkkmeyers]

I use a cow call more than anything. i will use a bugle to try and locate but from there it is all cow calls.

 

[archery288]

For me, closer to 60/40 bugling over cow calling.  My favorite is to mimic a cow with an immature sounding bull; it really seems to get both satellites and herd bulls interested in what is going on just out of the sight.

I've used this technique myself in the past quite a bit.  However, this year I found myself bugling a little more than cow calling to heat things up.

 

[JPhelps]

At least 60/40, bugles/cow calling.


The majority of my setups are locate with a bugle, get in as tight as the terrain allows,  estrus whine, followed by challenge bugles.

 

[ghost]

Cow call 90%, 10% bugle.

 

[GoatT]

The areas I tend to hunt have a little more pressure in them during archery season, so a cow call works better than the usual bugle.  I will give a slight bugle just to locate the bulls then work them in using different cow calls.  It works pretty good too when you have a partner that can call for you to bring them in broadside to you too.

 

[Bullchaser]

In the area we hunt we have had more bulls respond and get killed by bugling them in.

 

[Trailblazer]

I personally have had all my luck with cow calls....maybe that has to do with my bugling..lol.  The cow call is versitile as well....in the dry crunchy early season I will make sure the wind is right then not worry bout being quite...just throw out the cow calls occasionally and I have walked right up into the elk before.

 

[stalkandspook]

This is what worked for us last year!


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Cow call 90%, 10% bugle.

 

[troyc]

I say both, bugle to locate from a distance but cow call after that.

 

[foxriveroutlaw]

Cow call more than bugle

 

[Backpack Hunter]

Usually the bugle works a little better for me.

 

[Fullabull]

Here in WA we never get to hunt the peak rut, we only dream about what it would be like    although I do find that I find more bulls while using a bugle then with a cow call no matter what the season.