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one side and the spooked bull back from the other. When one bull walked broadside at 10 yards, Mark made a nice shot. Incredibly, while we waited to begin trailing the animal, more bulls came in. I knew I was on to something.”
Why It Works
Carlton attributes two factors to the fighting call's success. First, the pitch is higher than is made from most diaphragms. Carlton has had a small plastic cow call in his line of calls for years and found that the higher "pitch, along with lots of emotion, produces a call that elk can't resist. It attracts bulls and cows. In turkey hunting, a similar technique is called “fighting purrs,” and serious turkey hunters have at least one device for simulating hens fighting to establish dominance. Some folk consider a wild turkey an elk with feathers or,
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conversely, elk as turkeys with horns. Many behavioral comparisons exist between the two species, and the “fighting purrs” concept seems plausible, especially since elk have not heard the sound made by Valerio quickly began using the fighting call and says it works about 60 percent of the time. Given the difficulty in calling elk, this is a phenomenal average.
On the down side, Carlton admits that, despite his success, many hunters are reluctant to make the call, which sounds like a cross between predator calling and cow calling. Like rattling antlers or aggressive grunting for whitetails, you have to believe it will work before it will. “It's like real aggressive deer grunting or fighting purrs,” Carlton says. “You have to generate so much activity that it creates a response.”
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Wayne Carlton has taken three trophy bulls in the past three years with the Fight'n Cow Call. George Sanders, chief guide of the Vermajo Ranch in northern New Mexico, also uses this tactic. "If there's any magic in the elk woods, this is it, "Sanders says, summarizing his experience with the Fight'n Cow Call. On one occasion, he and a hunter worked into a canyon where they had heard a bugle. Sanders did the Fight'n Cow Call, and three bulls showed up from three different directions. "I've tried to spook elk off after they have been called in," Sanders says. "They look at you like, 'What are you doing here. I came to see elk.''' Furthermore, Sanders has used the call when other cow calls won't work. Same elk, same situation, but they respond to the Fight'n Cow Call. For information about Wayne Carlton's "Fight'n Cow Call,'' phone (970) 240-2736 , or write 104 South 1st Street Montrose , CO 81401 . Complete directions come with the call.
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