What Is A Satellite Bull Elk

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What is a satellite bull elk.

As the elk move to the bedding area the bull elk will be working hard to keep the females moving in the right direction. A young bull elk that has not yet reached full maturity. Elk act in a similar way. When calling elk try for the herd bull but take what comes most times a satellites gonna get there first it has been my experience that a satellite will show up without making a sound they will often sneak in trying to pick up a cow or two undetected by a larger bull so if you have a bull bugleing stay put and use soft cow talk to entice him in if you decide to bugle use a high pitch bugle.

Elk are multiplying well in the southern appalachian mountains and huntable populations are increasing throughout the region. The satellite bull ramped up the herd s enthusiasm giving me an october window of opportunity. Here while a huge herd bull pushes his harem of cow elk away across a. They are distracted and they will no doubt lose focus.

Franklin made good on the shot and within minutes was standing over the grandpa bull and the. The hunters waded through several satellite bulls before slipping to within 35 yards of the giant. Realizing that finding the previous leader was now going to be a needle in haystack affair i opted for the satellite. A bull s antler which the cow does not have also adds about 40 pounds to its weight.

Adult elk cows can weigh anywhere between 496 to 531 pounds about 225 to 241 kilograms while bulls can weigh from 700 to 730 pounds about 320 to 331 kilograms. We have our first full day of hunting on the mountain and we got on a good herd that brought in a nice satellite bull. A bull elk is a male which is much larger and heavier than a female called a cow. This is a good opportunity for you to catch a big elk as it tries to go after a female.

Avoiding confrontation when a bugling elk or hunter is approaching is his strategy to make sure that happens. I tagged him a day later using a simple ambush highlighted by the bull s boisterous bugles. The satellite bulls are trying to steal as many cows away as he can and not get whipped in the process.