Elk Calling with Jermaine Hodge
Show Notes:
A lot of people ask me about the top four or five elk sounds to learn. For beginners, I would suggest working on calf sounds but if you want to consistently call elk, practicing on cow sounds is your best bet. In this episode, we have world champion elk hunter and expert caller, Jermaine Hodge, to demonstrate how you can use a diaphragm to make cow and calf sounds.
“Those two are the most important for me, in the woods. Those were the ones that were getting it done for me on a consistent basis.”
A good location bugle will help you find the bull. Then, you can move in and start your cow and calf sounds to draw him in. Jermaine shows off and explains his location bugle on both a tube and a diaphragm. That’s definitely the next thing to learn. After that, grunts and chuckles should be your focus.
As a somewhat more advanced caller, I was curious to pick Jermaine’s brain about different bugles. Listening to the way the bull responds to your location bugle can tell you a lot about the animal’s temperament. If you get a chuckle as a response to your location bugle, then the bull is mad and doesn’t want you coming close. Personally, I get a lot of success using courting bugles when I’m having trouble getting a location call.
You don’t have to be the best elk caller in the world. Sure, it helps, but you don’t have to be perfect to successfully call some elk. Practice the calls that you’re not good at, and the ones you are good at will improve along with them. Youtube can be a good way to listen to elk if you can’t get out into the field.
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Short Description:
Jermain demonstrates and discusses the most important beginner elk calls: cow and calf sounds, location bugles, grunts, and chuckles. Also, the way a bull responds to your calls will tell you what he’s up to and how he’s feeling.
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How to call bull elk, elk hunting, elk calls, elk bugles, location bugles, how to call with a diaphragm, cow sounds, challenge bugles, better elk calls, what does an elk sound like
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