Preparations:

How To:

Eating Elk!

Miscellaneous:

Interaction:

Find It:

[?] Subscribe To This Site

Elk Recordings: Listen to Elk Talk
to Recognize and Replicate It

Elk recordings are the next best thing to hearing them in real life. Most of us don’t live where we can listen to elk year round. Now you can. Many elk hunters only get to listen to elk on a rare annual hunt, if they are lucky and skillful enough to get close.

On this page you now have access to actual recordings of live elk in the wild. From majestic sounding regal elk bugles to cow elk calls and calf chirps. Here you will find dozens of elk recordings of all varieties of bull bugles, grunts and chuckles. You can listen to lots of cow talk, including the estrus whine. There is a very long recording of a lost elk calf that walks up close to the microphone (in response to a hunter making a cow call).

The elk recordings are grouped into loose categories for ease of use, but some sound bytes have both cows and bulls in them, as well as other animals, like coyotes, woodpeckers, squirrels, etc. The recordings are high quality, so the sounds of the forest are in the background, like the sound of creeks flowing.

Enjoy the sounds of the great wapiti!

Bugling Bulls

2 Herd Bulls, Long Bugle, 3 Note, 5 X 5, Big Bull, Aggressive, 6 X 6 Leaving, Alpine Bugle, Big 6 X 6, Approaching Bull, Bugle Bark, Bark Bugle, Curious, Demanding 6 X 6, Demanding 2, Big Bull 2, Demanding 3, Boulder Bull, Distant Bugle, Distant 2, Bugle Grunt, Response, Locater Bugle, Locater 3, Screaming Bugle, Screaming Bugle 2, Screaming 3, Up Close, Herd Bull Close, Close Bugle, Lost Voice Bull, Peak Bugle, Threatening Bugle, Locater 3, Display Bugle, Competing Bulls.

Grunts and Chuckles

Is it a grunt, or is it a chuckle? The terms grunts and chuckles are often used interchangeably. However, you will often hear sounds that you will recognize as coming from a bull elk's throat that is hard to classify!

Grunts and Chuckles 3, Grunts and Chuckles 2

Glunking

See a brief discussion of glunking on this page.

Glunking Mews

Cow Sounds

Cows and calves talk year round, as do bulls. Calves make shorter, higher sounds than cows. Mature cow elk often have a raspy ending to their mews.

Cows:

Estrus Whine, Cows and Calf, Cow Mew1, Cow Mew10, Cow Mew9, Cow Mew5, Cow Loud1, Cow Mew7, Cow Loud2, Cow Mew8, Cow Loud3. Cow Sounds and Bugle

Calf:

Calf Seeking Long, Calf Leaving, Calf at 10 yards.

Read and Watch Calling Elk In Close

Go to How and When to Call Elk, from Elk Recordings Page

Go to Introduction to Elk Calling page

Go to Elk Hunting Calls Review page

For more elk sound recordings visit www.Elkheaven.com

Please subscribe to "Website Updates" in the form on the left of this page to receive "new page" alerts. We will let you know the topic of any new pages added. You can also subscribe to an RSS feed for this site to receive automated update notices (left column).

New! Comments

What do you think about this topic? Leave a comment in the box below.

SBI!

Search This Site:

Custom Search

Forum Topic Discussions:

Go to Forums

Crooked Guides?

Recent Submission:
BEWARE of Triangle T Outfitters !, by Steve (Thompson, Pa)~ Mr. Ed Tibljas (Triangle T Outfitters) is NOT a licensed New Mexico outfitter or even a licensed guide in New Mexico. He is also in Federal violation for guiding on U.S Forest without permits. ...

Recent Submission:
Unit 18 Crooked Guide Guide J.A. eagerly accepted our down payment to guide my father and I the first rifle season in unit 18. ...BE CAREFUL if you hire this guy...

Recent Submission:
Non- Lead Bullets for Elk?, by Dave, Elk Hunting Tips.Net(Garrison, MT)~ What do you ballistics guys think about the use of non-lead bullets for elk? According to this story...

Recent Submission: 2012 Kentucky Bull Elk Tag Raffle by Robert Smith, "We have less than 20 tickets still available. You can still participate, but you need to hurry..."

Recent Submission: Wolf Lovers are Bashing Elk Hunters, by Dave, Elk-Hunting-Tips.Net (MT).

"As of January 13th, 2012 FWP is considering extending the wolf hunt...again, because not enough wolves have been killed to meet the quota. I would propose a more effective solution at this time. ..."

Recent Submission:
Rage Broadheads by Chris, ...my buddy gave me a rage practice tip and when I shot it you could not pick out the broadhead from the field points. I was sold...

2011 Elk Hunting Reports:
Elk Hunting 2011:
Blog Your Elk hunts! : Report your successful elk hunting, or "close encounters of the herd kind" in 2011. Give us reports of how it went for your season.

Recent Submission: Wounded Veteran Elk hunts, by Joshua(FL), I am a disabled veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and have always dreamed of hunting elk. I am posting this to see if anyone would know of any elk hunts free to disabled vets....

Recent Submission: Bull Elk near Mayhill, NM, by Daniel Ortega Sr. (Roswell, NM), It had been several years since he drew out for the Handicap Hunt in New Mexico. Danny shot the 6 x 6 elk during the middle of October near Mayhill, New Mexico...

Recent Submission: First Elk with a Bow, by Ryan H. (Colorado), ...Finally after many years of hunting with a bow "I got er did"!

Recent Submission: First Elk!, by Tater (Sheridan, Arkansas) I took the advice I received from this website and was successful…I wanted to Thank You and Your Forum and the folks that share on here for the knowledge and information that helped me find an elk I was quite happy with.

Questions
Recent Submission:
Any success in Unit 14?, by: Dave (MI), "I'm planning on doing a DIY in Unit 14 for 2012..."
Recent Submission:
Rough Estimating Elk Antler Score, by Tater (Sheridan, AR) "I have booked my first elk hunt out west. My package includes up to 250 inches before the bonus prices increase. Can someone tell me how to estimate the antler size of an elk or at least a 250 inch elk?"

Share Elk Hunting Secrets

Recent Submission:
Bugle in Herd bulls, by Swiltbank(Az) The key to calling in a herd bull is to get into his bedding grounds and threaten his herd. Start off sounding like…

Best Big Game Rifle?
Recent Submission:
Hornady 30 cal 180gr SP Interlock bullet?, "I just wondered what everyone's experience has been using this bullet?"
Recent Submission:
.35 Remington, by Bill Smith "...my .35 Rem appears to have dropped a medium deer flawlessly, but I now have serious doubts as to its capability to take an elk."

Arizona Elk Hunting
Recent Submission:
Trying for elk again. Winslow, AZ Area, by Skip~ I am planning on an over-the-counter elk hunt in the northern part of 4A and 5A; probably in mid October or early November...

Elk Hunting Colorado
Recent Submissions:
Vets Need Help With First 3rd rifle Season Colorado DIY Elk Hunt , by: Eithen (Fort Collins, CO) "Well, its our ten year anniversary of joining the Marines together, and are celebrating by going on a DIY Elk hunt here in Colorado (Nov 8-13). ...we were thinking of going to the Walden vicinity, (rabbit ears pass etc..)"
Colorado unit 43 Maroon Bells Wilderness Area , "We are going to hunt this area the second season .Oct 22nd 2011..in the Haystack, Capitol Creek West Snowmass Creek area. Any tips would be appreciated."

Idaho Elk Hunting

Recent Submission:
HOW IS THE ELK HUNTING IN UNIT 22 IN IDAHO? by CARL (WASHINGTON)
I AM TAKING MY 81 YEAR OLD FATHER TO HUNT COW ELK IN UNIT 22 IVE BEEN TOLD ITS A PRETTY GOOD AREA WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Recent Submission:
How is the elk hunting in unit 30A in Idaho?, by Terry (Richland Center, WI) Has anyone archery elk hunted in unit 30A in Idaho? What can you tell me about the area?

Elk Hunting In Montana
Hunting in Western Montana, by Mike A. (Alabama)
I did not draw a tag for Missouri breaks where I have hunted in the past. Having to start over and try western Montana.

New Mexico Elk Hunting

Elk Hunting in Utah
Recent Submission: "This is my first year hunting. I'm trying to make it fun and exciting for my kids. We went to the north slope by Bridger and China Meadows..."

Questions from Novice Hunters

Big Game Recipes

Recent Submission:
Corned Elk Recipe You can easily make corned venison and elk, moose or corned beef from these instructions...

My wife's website:
Search This Site:

Custom Search

Elk Recordings: Listen to Elk Talk to Recognize and Replicate It