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08-07-2008, 08:14 PM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: La Grande/ McMinnville
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watched a bull bugle, isnt it early??
im very new at archery hunting so im not sure if this is normal or not. tonight i went out to a spot i hunt and i watched a herd of elk for about two hours. the herd has about 26-28 elk. the cows were calling, the calves were calling. and the 5x5 was bugling? so isnt it a little early?? i mean we arent talking some wimpy bugle. this was the thing dreams are made of. any explination?
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08-07-2008, 08:17 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Redmond Oregon
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Re: watched a bull bugle, isnt it early??
I have a video from my game cam from about 2 weeks ago, and has a bull bugling on it.
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08-07-2008, 08:17 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Oct 2001
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Re: watched a bull bugle, isnt it early??
He may just be trying out his vocal chords, or it may have something to do with the weather change. It seems to be getting cooler up on the hill. Seem elk last night but nothing tonight, not even a stinkin deer.
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08-07-2008, 08:29 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Re: watched a bull bugle, isnt it early??
The elk were bugling at the coast last weekend. If it's early it's not by much. I really think it depends on the weather, some years it's early, some it's late.
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08-07-2008, 08:34 PM
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Tuna!
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Re: watched a bull bugle, isnt it early??
I have had bulls bugle spring turkey season, the thing is....you make esterus sounds...what else are they gonna think! Doesnt have anything do to with weather or location, if you can immitate the excited esterus noises...the bulls will answer
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08-07-2008, 08:51 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Re: watched a bull bugle, isnt it early??
Bulls bugle all year long, or they can. It's the cows' odor, and if they're ready to be bred at the right time of the year, that make the occurances spike!
Kinda like us guys in a way! 
BU
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08-08-2008, 02:31 AM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: in the treetops by who goosed the moose
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Re: watched a bull bugle, isnt it early??
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Originally Posted by RedneckFishin
im very new at archery hunting so im not sure if this is normal or not. tonight i went out to a spot i hunt and i watched a herd of elk for about two hours. the herd has about 26-28 elk. the cows were calling, the calves were calling. and the 5x5 was bugling? so isnt it a little early?? i mean we arent talking some wimpy bugle. this was the thing dreams are made of. any explination?
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Has the 5x5 shed his velvet yet?
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08-08-2008, 06:40 AM
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Steelhead
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Veneta
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Re: watched a bull bugle, isnt it early??
A little known fact; cows bugle very often too. It sounds very similar to a young spike, but instead of starting off low going to a high note they start off high, stay there and drop off low quickly. That is a great call to throw in after you have done an estrus set and had no action. Sometimes a bull will hear that and come running in. I think it is a sound of desperation for the cow that wants to breed NOW!
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08-08-2008, 07:01 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Re: watched a bull bugle, isnt it early??
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Originally Posted by WildernessHunter
A little known fact; cows bugle very often too. It sounds very similar to a young spike, but instead of starting off low going to a high note they start off high, stay there and drop off low quickly. That is a great call to throw in after you have done an estrus set and had no action. Sometimes a bull will hear that and come running in. I think it is a sound of desperation for the cow that wants to breed NOW!
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Very true, I call it an esterus scream...I have used it to call in bulls before....also its common to hear bulls mew in the heard talk...you have to listen for the deep sounding mew..but they do it
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08-08-2008, 07:01 AM
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Chromer
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Re: watched a bull bugle, isnt it early??
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Originally Posted by RedneckFishin
im very new at archery hunting so im not sure if this is normal or not. tonight i went out to a spot i hunt and i watched a herd of elk for about two hours. the herd has about 26-28 elk. the cows were calling, the calves were calling. and the 5x5 was bugling? so isnt it a little early?? i mean we arent talking some wimpy bugle. this was the thing dreams are made of. any explination?
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Bulls bugle all year long as stated above, most of the time it is a younger bull though. Those elk you hunt start bugling early so it is not surprising to hear them already. Opening morning last year they were vocal. I am sure you will have some nice animals scouted by opening morning Jacob.
Last edited by BigSkyHunter; 08-08-2008 at 07:09 AM.
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08-08-2008, 07:26 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Ridgefield, Wa
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Re: watched a bull bugle, isnt it early??
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Originally Posted by sliverpicker
Has the 5x5 shed his velvet yet?
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