Over the last few years the trend among elk callers has been to do more cow-calling and less bugling. But you might still let bulls know that something is amiss if you do too much cow-calling.

Because of the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Elk Cam, which has launched for the 2025 season, it has never been easier to ...

From diaphragms to bugle tubes to reed-style cow calls, we break down the best elk calls from Primos, Phelps, Rocky Mountain, and more.

While it is true that cow calling has replaced bugling as the go-to-call for most elk hunters, you will still encounter situations when a bugle is a better choice than cow calling.

A cow elk “suddenly charged and stomped on” a 4-year-old boy at a playground, where two elk calves were hidden in nearby rock, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife.