![]() ![]() We have experienced bugling even a couple of weeks into the rifle season. “It really depends on how vocal the herd is. Bull elk are most likely beat up and hiding to recover from the month-long battle that is the rut, but odds are a bull will get right back to his loving mood if an amorous cow comes around. If you happen upon a herd and set up to call, take cues from the herd on the intensity and frequency you should apply to your own calling. If you are very close to the herd you can almost always hear cows communicating to one another,” Waller said. We heard a bugle coming from deep inside a different canyon and it gave us directions on where to hunt that evening. It was the first week of rifle season here in Montana and Bo had just spent a lot of energy crawling to the top of one of the canyons. “I can think of an example of when we were hunting with double-amputee Navy SEAL Bo Reichenbach. Besides bugling, cow elk will communicate with each other year round, so cow calling, especially if you have a cow tag, is a good strategy. The bugles won’t be as regular as during the peak rut but can still act as a beacon while you creep your way closer. ![]() ![]() She said bulls will often let out random bugles, which are great for locating. Even that late in the season, she said the only reasonable thing to do was call back and gauge the bull’s interest. Waller said she has heard bulls bugle well into the second week of rifle season. According to Waller, around four weeks after the peak of the rut, cow elk that did not get bred will go into a second estrus reigniting the bugling and rut activity. ![]()
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