elk calling

[pumatrax]

I started calling elk when I was thirteen ; I'll be fifty-six in April...I've called elk in almost every year since I started...AND as far as I can tell; elk are about as predictable as the wind...from what I've experienced most of it depends on the mood their in...sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't...I think I call less every year mainly because I call in a lot more hunters than elk...it does get discouraging..I've been in several contests(even won a couple)with some mighty big name callers..not trying to toot my horn just trying to say I have some background on the subject.I have seen huge mature bulls throw caution to the wind and charge right in when their hot; on the other hand I've had more than one gather up the harem and haul..point being : they do what they do. The "experts" generally get to hunt in areas the rest of us can't; LOTS OF ELK WITH LOTS OF ENCOUNTERS. If you watch enough "huntin" shows you start to believe em....just saying

[pumatrax]

on a side note; you'll probably NEVER catch me in the woods with an elk hide draped over me in the middle of an elk herd ...I congratulate the above brave soul that accomplished that one...poachers are alive and well out here