No Calling Partner?

No doubt the best strategy of calling elk involves 2 people.  One shooter and a caller positioned strategically behind the shooter attempting to call the elk upwind of the shooter.  This method fools the elk to focus beyond the shooter.  It is an ambush method used by most hunters today.  This double team method is [...]

Hung-up on Bull Elk

  Every season we look back and reflect upon what we could have done differently on a particular elk hunt.  The scenario goes like this - ” I called back and forth with a bull for at least an hour.  He charged in, only to hang up just out of archery range.  Sound familiar? Especially those of us who hunt [...]

Bugling Bull Game Calls – New Elk Calls for 2010

Bugling Bull Game Calls, the designers of the original palate plate elk diaphragm, have released their 2010 product catalog, complete with an exciting new line-up of elk calls! I had a chance to get my hands on the new products in late December and can’t wait for September to put them to good use! Perhaps [...]

Calling for success

The year was 1989, I was fifteen and wanted to hunt elk with a bow.
My Dad had long since lost his drive to “beat the brush” as he called it. So I was on my own. Being an avid hunter I wanted to take advantage of the early season that archery hunting offered. I new nothing about calling elk. My best friend Randy ( now my brother in-law) Wise also wanted to get involved. We made a pact. We would learn to call elk no matter what the obstacles , we would learn.

Idaho Archery Company – Opening in Boise!

Boise will be getting a new archery pro shop this weekend with the soft opening of Idaho Archery Company on Saturday. The new 4000sf store will be located across from Hawk’s Stadium on Glenwood in Boise. Inventory is continuing to arrive daily and the grand opening is planned for mid-March. Idaho Archery Company will be [...]