Rode and Audrey Hagen of Jackson Hole, Wyo., share a SoundClip with us. It's the sound of an elk bugle, an eerie sound that is a sure sign of autumn, when the animals enter rutting season.

Elk sounds vary from grunts, screams and coos to something like an excited chimpanzee – a sound human elk callers refer to as “chuckling.” None of it sounds like something that would emanate ...

Accurate and realistic sounds The calling of an elk bull might sound to the inexperienced hunter as a loud noise of shrieking proportions. But that elk bugle needs to be convincing to any elk.

But learning how to call elk is about more than just figuring out how to sound like an elk from watching YouTube videos (though this is a good idea for newbies).

If your plan this year is to create some sounds of your own—sounds that hopefully earn you an encounter with a ready-to-breed bull—you need good elk calls in your pack.

In the foothills of Mount Rainier at Northwest Trek Wildlife Park, about an hour from Seattle, the eerie bugling sounds of elk ring out, as mating season has begun.

A few moments of reflection during these stressful times with the help of meditative sounds from nature.