Don Qui Puncher
WKR
Hey guys I’m in Idaho on my first archery elk hunt I had a buddy show me around a few spots for the first couple days that is familiar with the area. We have got into elk every day. First day we had two come to our bugle maybe 100 yards or so then silent. Next day it happened 4 times throughout the day. We bugle they respond from far away wait a few minutes bugle again and they are close but won’t come in. Almost all of them won’t bugle more than twice. A couple times we waited ten minutes and went to where we heard the call and they blew out of there once we waited 40 minutes and went to where we heard the call and blew out a monster with 2 smaller bulls and 30-40 cows. Today we tried to make it to where we glassed a heard from another mountain, we bumped into a grandfather son and his son cutting up a nice bull they were on horses maybe 2 miles back they said he was super tough to call in her kept hanging up and that there were a few others that dropped down the ridge, well we followed the tracks fresh crap and pee for maybe 3/4 of a mile till we catch up and saw a giant with 3 cows at 107 yards on the hillside opposite us. We sat for a couple minutes checked the wind and it kept swirling every time was different. He went up over a ridge maybe ten yards from where he was and let out a bugle I answered and that was it. We crept up the ridge and followed there tracks for a half mile before heading back. We just can’t close the distance, part of me thinks I should just creep in to where I last heard him but we have blown out a couple, bugling hasn’t helped closing the distance and yesterday I cow called for 30 minutes then moved in on him and he was gone. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.