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behemoth
10-28-2009, 01:00 PM
I'm heading out tomorrow and leaving the bugle at home, was thinking of trying to cross some tracks in the snow and hunting em down!
Agree or Disagree?
d6dan
10-28-2009, 02:39 PM
Agreed, their all but done talking. Now you have to look for them. good luck...
Kody94
10-28-2009, 02:41 PM
Its often amazing when you can get one to bugle. They may not come stampeding in this time of year, but it can still work as a locator. I'd take it.

FWIW, my first bull was bugled in to 30 yards on Oct 17 some years ago. It was the third one we got going that morning.
whitetailsheds
10-28-2009, 02:41 PM
Had a young 6 point bull come to cow calling 2 years ago today. Have heard bulls still bugling though at this time of year.
hunter1947
10-28-2009, 03:11 PM
It won't hurt a thing if you do bugle ,if me I would still try giving some bugles ,if you don't get a response nothing lost by trying is there http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon12.gif.
behemoth
10-28-2009, 03:35 PM
It won't hurt a thing if you do bugle ,if me I would still try giving some bugles ,if you don't get a response nothing lost by trying is there http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon12.gif.

I guess I'm worried I might scare them off. You are changing my mind here...:-?
RiverBoatFantasy
10-28-2009, 04:35 PM
Silence is a good tactic if you know the location of the elk you are hunting.
THE SWEDE
10-28-2009, 04:37 PM
Ive had Bulls answer back as late as the 15th of November while hunting Mulies in the Peace
bcbooner
10-28-2009, 04:49 PM
Never a waste of time,even if they dont come in you can still bugle to locate.Good luck.
model88
10-28-2009, 05:20 PM
Give it a try, you never know, I was out this morning and saw a bull, one of them elusive 6 pointers, and dug out the bugle and well, didnt he answer, not agressivly, but he did answer!! Them 6 pointers must know when the season ends :biggrin::biggrin:

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bullhead
10-28-2009, 05:26 PM
I just came back from fort st. john, bulls were still screaming on there own.They were also calling back to bugles.Saw some decent bulls but no monsters biggest was a thin 6 by 7, my buddy shot us a cow for meat and the bulls hopefully will be trophys next year. Good luck dont forget to cow call.http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon7.gif