Simple ELK CALLING TACTIC That WORKS

Simple ELK CALLING TACTIC That WORKS - Live Demonstration!

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Cliff Gray

Күн бұрын

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@jonnygannon1 4 ай бұрын

Hey cliff do you have any tips for hunting elk in thick timber with no glassing areas?

@darrensmall4313 4 ай бұрын

Cliff has one of the very few no kidding real western hunting channels. Truly grateful for passing on your experienced based knowledge! Thanks Cliff

@CliffGray 4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@michaelnelson1911 4 ай бұрын

That’s a great tip. Thanks for sharing.

@CliffGray 4 ай бұрын

👍

@ZachSilverberg 4 ай бұрын

I could have used this info earlier this month! Looking back, I think I had a very similar set up. I’ve learned a bunch from you Cliff!

@DavidAustin-z5w 4 ай бұрын

I did this 2 days after watching this video. Had a lone bull who bugled once or twice and then nothing, so I did this exact method and next thing I knew I was face to face at 35 yards with this bull. Thanks!

@skunky507 4 ай бұрын

@CliffGray i see a lot of these videos and it looks like mid day. What time of day are you able to call these elk in? Seems like they're bedded down and completely quiet where I'm hunting. Thanks for the videos! Love your stuff

@seawolf1330 3 ай бұрын

Just saw you on Dave’s show huge fan new follower

@justme.9711 3 ай бұрын

Are you using an external speaker/s? If so, what and what volume do you use?

@WildTines 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Cliff!

@CliffGray 4 ай бұрын

👍

@ConnectK9Training 4 ай бұрын

I'll try this the last weekend of season. Thanks famous Cliff!

@CliffGray 4 ай бұрын

Good luck !

@jwdundon 4 ай бұрын

I was told the reason! Some men like to fight, most men don't. Some bulls like to fight, the challenge bugle works on those bulls. Almost every man is going to put his guard down and go help a child that's crying or a baby that is crying. The bull is the exact same way, he hears a calf in distress he's going to go see what's wrong...

@CliffGray 4 ай бұрын

For sure a possible reason 👍

@rynedoppel6873 4 ай бұрын

@@CliffGrayI’ve heard this exact “child in distress” theory and have always tried to utilize it a bit. I’ve only killed one bull so far and it wasn’t during that type of setup though so who really knows

@jwdundon 4 ай бұрын

@@CliffGray this was the theory of Dan Kloer, he owns "deep timber sounds". Elk bugle and calls. His BIG thing, at least 20 years ago, when I hunted with him was "understand the language", not "speak the language". -- he really seemed to know his shit.

@lymanclark5537 4 ай бұрын

I have seen and heard lone calves in the woods. They would continue to make the repetitive sharp mews for long periods of time while moving through the woods. I think you are correct to a point, but I believe the bulls chasing the hot cows separate the calf from the momma cow. The calf cannot stay with the momma cow running from the bull, who has his nose in her butt. Those lone calves making those lost or gathering calls looking for momma are an indication a hot cow is in the area. Those bulls know the calf mews will tell them (sound) where the activity is happening, and they come in hoping to get a smell of the pheromones. I have used that technique on several occasions in Colorado. Thanks for sharing the info, not many hunters no about this.

@shawnbahr4508 4 ай бұрын

Think this will work 1st rifle in Colorado?

@CliffGray 4 ай бұрын

Yes

@MiddleOutdoorsman 4 ай бұрын

Sounds like using calves as a decoy, and probably works best during peak rut. I'll have to try this out next archery season. As calls in general go, personally i've just been using a cow call, letting out a few mew's every now and then and not worry about it. Occasionally something comes, most of the time they probably just think i'm another elk. Although, you have me wondering if i did a calve call last year and didn't realize it. Had a bachelor group come RUNNING in on me, about 3 minutes or so after calling. Got way too close to one of those bulls for comfort, about shit my pants as he slammed on the brakes and pointed the business end of his tines towards me at 3 yards. But this was august, not september. I think it was that very unique period where elk were still in their groups, but that itch to rut was just barely starting.

@sh95100 3 күн бұрын

Clif, can a person persue the elk during rut with only camera and no hunting licenses Is this legal. Would like to scout during this time b/c I’ll have a rifle season tag. Thanks

@Redcon22 4 ай бұрын

I had a new scenario this year. Bugled up a bedded bull with cows. Sept 23rd. Pushed in to 100 and tried the slow play. He went silent. When we backed out and got a few hundred yds he went nuts. Set up to try and get him leaving his bed. Cows came right past us. He had slipped out, left his cows and went down the ridge. The next day he went quiet on us again. Got in his zone and just made cow, calf and display sounds (raking, glunking and panting) he closed 60 yds over a 45 min. Span. Dead silent and busted my shooter peaking around some brush. No clue what to do with a cagey old bull that could care less about his few cows and doesn't respond inside 250.

@christopherbates8586 4 ай бұрын

In griz country, I’m guessing you’d recommend we use this tactic with discretion based on terrain right Cliff? I.e thick timber, bear sign. Etc

@CliffGray 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, good call. Or do it when you’re hanging up high in a skinny tree. See that angle in the video? 😜

@jayxnina 4 ай бұрын

wise discernment mr bacon

@christopherbates8586 4 ай бұрын

@@CliffGray yeah man I see you perched up. Eagle eye status right there!

@christopherbates8586 4 ай бұрын

@@jayxnina you bet Jay! Especially in a wilderness area 😎

@profumocustoms516 4 ай бұрын

What types of calls would you suggest for doing this?

@CliffGray 4 ай бұрын

Mouth reeds are the easiest once you get them figured out

@profumocustoms516 4 ай бұрын

@@CliffGray does this tactic still work late season rifle?

@andrewmiller1761 4 ай бұрын

@@profumocustoms516 also curious on this. Got a 2nd rifle elk, would love to have a bit easier time locating them.

@tygoulding2547 4 ай бұрын

I think more than this tactic works would be more accurate to say this principle works. I’ve literally only experienced the “calf storm” maybe three times in almost ten years of calling. The principle is that when elk are rutting they are gathering. They are a herd animal and when they hear calves, cows, whatever vocalizing like it’s normal they feel safe and like no predators are around. You can accomplish this principle with way more than just cow sounds. Totally agree with the principle but I think if you go sit and just use calf sounds public land you’re going to spend a lot of time and have a mix from the bottom with calves to big bulls occasionally

@monsterman2u 4 ай бұрын

I chirped one time...And a Calf came out of the trees, chirping constantly! Ran the other way up a hill, then he realized he was going the wrong way...Spun a 180 and ran right up to me at full draw...He almost poked his nose on my broadhead. LOL 😅 They're crazy!

@CliffGray 4 ай бұрын

For sure. Sometimes they are in pure panic mode… but keep them around and bulls show up

@monsterman2u 4 ай бұрын

@@CliffGray For sure! You proved it on this video. Always exciting in Elk country!

@tacticalmarshing9548 3 ай бұрын

Sounds like calling turkeys

@indyreno2933 4 ай бұрын

The Elk (Cervus canadensis), also known as the wapiti is a large deer species native to North America and Eastern Asia, it is the largest of the six extant deer species constituting the genus Cervus and the second largest deer species alive today, with only the Moose (Alces alces) being larger, the closest living relative of the elk is the Hangul (Cervus hanglu) that resides in Central Asia, there are fifteen known subspecies of elk: the Tibetan Elk (Cervus canadensis wallichii), the Kansu Elk (Cervus canadensis kansuensis), the Sichuan Elk (Cervus canadensis macneilli), the Mongolian Elk (Cervus canadensis mongoliensis), the Alashan Elk (Cervus canadensis alashanicus), the Tian Shan Elk (Cervus canadensis songaricus), the Manchurian Elk (Cervus canadensis xanthopygus), the †Korean Elk (Cervus canadensis coreanus), the Siberian Elk (Cervus canadensis sibiricus), the Roosevelt Elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti), the Rocky Mountain Elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni), the Tule Elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes), the †Merriam's Elk (Cervus canadensis merriami), the Manitoba Elk (Cervus canadensis manitobensis), and the †Algonquin Elk (Cervus canadensis canadensis).