Strategies for killing COW elk - calf calls? etc.

[btindall]

thanks cnelk and all the others who made suggestions. But remember, I'm more wondering about lost calf or calf in distress calls and how they work on cows more than normal cow calls. I'm trying to key in on that aggressive mothering instinct that you often see in whitetails than just playing on the social nature of elk.

On the west cost of Oregon, Foxpro's "Elk Calf Distress" works wonders. If we spotted a herd and played that calf distress they would come flying in and the wind direction did not matter. We even got them to come down a canyon and cross from over 1000 yards away. Just place the caller about 40 yards behind you and get ready for a stampede of cows ready to fight. We did check Oregon regs and it is legal to use electronic callers for big game, not sure if all state allow this.

Good luck hunting.