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5 Have patience, especially in the early part of the season.
 This past season, I guided a hunter to a bull that scored 320 B&C on public land in Colorado . On the first day of the season, we took the bull at our first spot, but not until 11:45 a.m. We sat in the area I'd chosen to call from for 45 minutes and never heard an elk, even after I'd gone through a series of calls. Finally, we heard one cow call back. I went through a series of bugles, using a Hunter's Specialties Mac Daddy and some of my diaphragm calls. Then I gave a long dramatic cow call, really dragging it out. After sitting in that spot and calling for 50 minutes, I finally
Wayne Carlton developed the diaphragm elk call and uses it to lure elk in to his location each season.
4 Know what calls to use when mile you get in close to big bulls.
One of my favorite calls is the challenge bugle of a young bull. The lost cow call or aggressive cow call are two other calls you need in your calling repertoire. Don't just learn how to give one call, but have many different calls you
  
can use to talk to that bull elk Learn the different types of bugles. You don't just want to use a fluty type of bugle. Also, learn to do a screaming bugle call, which will aggravate the bull you're trying to take and make him come in to you. You want to challenge that bull and let him know you've come into his bedding area to date his girlfriends.
 
   
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