All depends on your present hunting skills, bow or rifle? Some guys can most guys cannot! If you have many years of success & the question was asked from here on out then the response could heavily favor Yes! As a new hunter & totally into archery your odds would be slim to have yearly success...
You bet Cows can & do bugle! Why? The same reason bulls do, they can send the same message with specific bugles to other elk!
It's no different than men talking to women & vice versa! Here's a clip of a cow bugle for those who haven't experienced it...
Here in west central ID we hunt countless burn areas from more recent burns to burns many years old. I like where green timber meets the burn pockets. Sometimes these burns are a mile long & who knows ho wide in places. At any rate green timbered mountain sides creeping towards the burns are...
My Son drew a WY tag this year with 11 points, it wasn't the best unit in WY but a decent one, he took this bull on Sept 11th I believe. I called him in for a 20 yard shot. (top pin) He went 345 & some change! It's a very nice bull!
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Hey Matt, welcome! Great story too! That's awesome you offered to help your neighbor out after his buddy backed out! Great outcome for sure, congrats to both of you on a fine bull!
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