Elk Bugling already?

[coquitlam]

I was talking to my brother inlaw that spent the last weekend in the mountains fishing near where the coquihalla toll booth use to be. He said that each morning and evening he could hear elk bugling. He did not just hear the 1 , he could hear a response coming from up a mountain .It was daily happening and the response was also happening from different directions each time. Is this possible. He is not a story teller

[daywalker]

Anything is possible lol

[shawnwells]

hmm goin to set up the trailcam tomorow morning out here in fort st john....if i get out early enough i'll bring the elk whistle...what the hell....nothing to lose....maybe there was some hunters campin up there practicing for the season?....you know how a guy feels like bugling after a few beers ha ha..

[hunter1947]

Elk will bugle at anytime of the year..

[RiverOtter]

Yep, a buddy watched and listened to an elk bugling on a slide a couple springs ago, while looking for a grizzly bear.

[pearljam]

they have been bugling up in Rossland the last few mornings.

[boonerbuck]

They are usually bugling by the time I hunt moose in Aug.

[mtnmanmike]

Elk will bugle at anytime of the year..
it's true, it's their way off communicating in the herd just like we talk everyday.

[mark]

Thats all I need to hear is a bugle to lose sleep for the next month!

One of the sweetest sounds on earth!

[SR80]

I never knew there was elk up there, i'll have to pay extra attention next time i drive through there.

[coquitlam]

Could you actually call one in , or just be satisfied with a response ( i would be)

[Darksith]

I don't think there are elk up by the toll booths. It'd be the first Ive ever heard of it, and Im not too far away.

[Ubertuber]

There are Elk up that way, I've seen em North of the booth, on the East side of the Hwy. A buddy said he saw one near upper Larson creek.
Years ago I read a old paperback of hunting stories, the author told the story of bagging an Elk in the area just South of the booth.

[~T-BONE~]

believe it they are there!!!

[BlacktailStalker]

Thats all I need to hear is a bugle to lose sleep for the next month!

One of the sweetest sounds on earth!

Absolutely !

[elkdom]

there does not necessarily have to be any elk in an area for people to hear them bugling,,

there does not necessarily have to be elk present in a certain area for people to see them neither,,,

:shock:

[Slee]

we ran into a couple nice 6x's last week up the top end of bear creek in Trail while quading. Didn't hear any bugling though. Sure would have been nice to hear them bugle.

[coquitlam]

There are Elk up that way, I've seen em North of the booth, on the East side of the Hwy. A buddy said he saw one near upper Larson creek.
Years ago I read a old paperback of hunting stories, the author told the story of bagging an Elk in the area just South of the booth.

Bingo,

I have seen a cow elk , not there but not far away

[elkdom]

There are Elk up that way, I've seen em North of the booth, on the East side of the Hwy. A buddy said he saw one near upper Larson creek.
Years ago I read a old paperback of hunting stories, the author told the story of bagging an Elk in the area just South of the booth.

I used to hunt elk in the Coldwater and Tulemeen drainages in the early 1980's, a three point or better GOS about 2 months long,

most years between 2 or 3 of us we would get a couple of bulls, mostly late Sept,,,

[hunter1947]

I used to hunt elk in the Coldwater and Tulemeen drainages in the early 1980's, a three point or better GOS about 2 months long,

most years between 2 or 3 of us we would get a couple of bulls, mostly late Sept,,,


I remember you you drove a pink and red truck :wink:..

[elkdom]

I remember you you drove a pink and red truck :wink:..

actually it was a "pink caddy convertible" and I always had 2 or 3 Surrey girls for my E.R.T.(elk recovery team),,,

actually thinking back,,, Surrey girls weren't so bad back in the 80's,,,

possibly mommas to a reader or two here on Hbs'r Inc,,,,:neutral:

[deeks1989]

we ran into a couple nice 6x's last week up the top end of bear creek in Trail while quading. Didn't hear any bugling though. Sure would have been nice to hear them bugle.

good old bear creek....was up there on tuesday.

[Slee]

good old bear creek....was up there on tuesday.


Was up above oasis today and saw a few cow elk. Most elk ive seen in years.

[luckynuts]

Earliest I have heard elk bugle was august 16th in 94/95 Hudson Hope country. Guys didn't believe me thought I was sniffing gas next day we ran into 5 cows:wink:

3yrs ago they were bugling a few days before Sept 1 and were answering calls but not coming in,that was up in the Sikianni country. And man were they up high right on top with the goats.

W.

[rollingrock]

I can verify that. ;) Just go home from a short scouting trip.

This morning I was waken up by elk bugling at 5:30. At first I thought I was dreaming. The first bugle came from across the river. Then a response came from the mountain right behind me. That was totally unexpected in that area. But then I found a pile of scat which proved I wasn't wrong. Unreal.

I had to bust a trail with my machete to follow the scats. To the very end I found a lot of prints.

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/S7300998-1.jpg

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/S7301002-1.jpg

This chick posed for my camera for at least 10 mins.
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/S7300990-1.jpg

[coquitlam]

your avatar says port moody, you must of moved to hear elk.

[rollingrock]

your avatar says port moody, you must of moved to hear elk.

No I didn't move. :mrgreen:

My definition of short trip is very broad. :wink:

[hunter1947]

The scats in the picture are old moose scats ??? :confused:..

[Brew]

looks like moose nuggets in that pic

[rollingrock]

The scats in the picture are old moose scats ??? :confused:..

I thought it was moose scat in the beginning. Yes it was old, but the prints were quite new. :confused: And they were up high...

[pearljam]

anouther vote for moose scat......... And old moose scat tooo boot...

Moose will travel all over the place even way high up on mountain tops...

[Brew]

I have seen moose in the alpine up the coq. They travel up high. thats how they get from drainage to drainage. Just like all the other animals you will see sign of them around the alpine ponds

[trigger]

yeup. very old moose shit. deffinetly not what you heard calling