Hi, I'm a whitetail/turkey fanatic that is starting to expand my taste. I have always dreamed of calling in a big bugling bull and I have decided that its time to start learning and hunting. I am going to chase them mainly with a muzzleloader and possibly a bow but I can't wait to hear my first bugle!
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EL JEFE
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Musket Man
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ElkTrout
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Welcome! It is definitely an experience to be in the woods when they are bugling! Nothing beats it!
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gonhunting247
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Welcome to EF, There is nothing like a bull screaming right next to you! Good luck and take lots of pics!
Umpqua Hunter
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Welcome to the forum.
If you love to hunt with a muzzleloader, your best opportunities are probably Colorado and New Mexico. Both states have numbers muzzleloader opportunities.
If you love to hunt with a muzzleloader, your best opportunities are probably Colorado and New Mexico. Both states have numbers muzzleloader opportunities.
OregonJim
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Welcome aboard,
I grew up in Western NC, never saw an elk until I ended up stationed in WA.
Shot a lot of whitetail but I didn't know what I had gotten in to.
Hooked up with a bunch of bow hunters and stumbled around aimlessly for the first few bow seasons.
I will never forget how the hair on the back of my neck stood on end the first time I had a bull bugle near me.
And how my first close encounter with a bull had me shaking so bad I could barely draw.
The arrow was banging against the bows riser so bad I just gave up.......... that was about 8 bow kills 12 total elk ago.
Still looking for a big one.....
Again welcome aboard
I grew up in Western NC, never saw an elk until I ended up stationed in WA.
Shot a lot of whitetail but I didn't know what I had gotten in to.
Hooked up with a bunch of bow hunters and stumbled around aimlessly for the first few bow seasons.
I will never forget how the hair on the back of my neck stood on end the first time I had a bull bugle near me.
And how my first close encounter with a bull had me shaking so bad I could barely draw.
The arrow was banging against the bows riser so bad I just gave up.......... that was about 8 bow kills 12 total elk ago.
Still looking for a big one.....
Again welcome aboard
RUTTIN
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Word of advice, once you hear your first bugle, you'll be hooked for life and doomed like the rest of us!
Timberstalker
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Welcome, calling in bulls is as good as it gets! I'm like Oregon Jim, the first few I called in I was shaking so bad I dont think I could have hit a barn. Things have calmed for me since, but it's still very intense!
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