Elk Calling
Elk hunting has gained it’s popularity over the past years as a good sport that offers a satisfying result to beginners. Hunting for elks are legal in most countries provided you have the approved documents that were assigned from your local government agencies. The growing numbers of elks in some region threatens some local ecosystem such as elks competing for food among other herbivores. Hunters are allowed to kill a certain numbers of elks each year, commonly with the limits of a license system that identifies them as an approved elk hunter.
To hunt an elk, one must have their equipment ready beforehand. Rifles or bow and arrows are the main weapon of choice for most hunters. Getting them correctly set up before leaving for a game is very important. Now, having every piece of equipment ready, a good location is chosen, and you have bought your license, it is then all up to how you attract the elks to you.
When you are out in the wild, you are basically stepping into a world where only the elks know where it is, but not you. To say it in a simpler manner, you are simply out hunting in a new environment because the elks know the landscapes more than you do. You are disoriented out there and unless you have a guide that understands the ground more than you do, you are pretty much going to be left with an empty game bag just like any other beginners. And this is when the elk calling technique steps into the picture.
Elk calling is a simple way of attracting elks towards you for you to kill them easily. To find an elk is not easy, calling them over proves to be easier than nothing done. Hunters mimic the sound of barking and bugle of the cows and bulls. This is still not enough to attract them; they include squeals and grunts too as most of the hunters often missed out.
Hunters practice bugling and calling at home based on audio tapes and so to get the ultimate sound that any bull, cow or calves will pay attention to it. It is a technique to put into the overall hunting experience too and to know how good your hunting skills are, your elk calling skills are taken into consideration in judging how good you are. Getting to shoot the elk down is a matter of technique, where calling the elk towards you is also a technique to be paid attention to.
Elk rutting season is one of the most active season for elk hunting. This is when bulls are actively searching for cows to copulate. In this scenario, if a hunter is to hunt a prized bull, he will succeed by mastering the cow talk technique. Rut crazy bull is known to be very sensitive to cow’s call. Often being missed by hunters to learn how a cow squeals, those who have tried will definitely know the effect of cow talking.
With technologies advancing fast, there are so many elk hunting aids available. Apart from being able to record the way elks communicate with each other, then selling them in the form of tapes or media to hunters to learn them, there are also equipments made to mimic the elks vocal properties. Elk whistles are made specifically to give out the correct pitch and sound waves other elks are giving out. Elk whistles are just an example, not missing elk whistles, and also sound producers as simple as pressing a button or two to emit the calling sound you wanted.
No matter what ways you use to hunt an elk, calling them to you is an art, while mastering them will bring you good results in your hunting experience.