I'll be using Rocky's elk rattle cage this year in Montana during the first and second week of September. Do you guys have any ideas regarding how to use it in different situations?
One example...closing in silently after getting a response to a location bugle and then using the box once we get into the threat zone? Good idea or not?
A more obvious example...cold call setup incorporating the box into a variety of elk sounds?
Any other ideas and/or scenarios?
On another subject...I got a kick out of watching 'The Linguists'. The Wayne Carlton article about using a turkey call for elk was what got my partner and I started into elk hunting/calling. We read the article in Field and Stream or Sports Afield, went out and bought some bows, practiced a lot with shooting and the diaphragms, and got a bull that first year. We've been at it ever since.
We probably watched the 'Elk Fever' video by Larry Jones a couple hundred times. I got a kick out of hearing Steven Jones say he'd 'hunker down here' in that video.
Good stuff...I was surprised that we were there at the beginning. Obviously, although we were there at the beginning, we've been overtaken by a whole bunch of more accomplished elk fanatics. Never the less, chasing elk isn't too far from my mind all year round.
One example...closing in silently after getting a response to a location bugle and then using the box once we get into the threat zone? Good idea or not?
A more obvious example...cold call setup incorporating the box into a variety of elk sounds?
Any other ideas and/or scenarios?
On another subject...I got a kick out of watching 'The Linguists'. The Wayne Carlton article about using a turkey call for elk was what got my partner and I started into elk hunting/calling. We read the article in Field and Stream or Sports Afield, went out and bought some bows, practiced a lot with shooting and the diaphragms, and got a bull that first year. We've been at it ever since.
We probably watched the 'Elk Fever' video by Larry Jones a couple hundred times. I got a kick out of hearing Steven Jones say he'd 'hunker down here' in that video.
Good stuff...I was surprised that we were there at the beginning. Obviously, although we were there at the beginning, we've been overtaken by a whole bunch of more accomplished elk fanatics. Never the less, chasing elk isn't too far from my mind all year round.
