As a guide and hunter, I've spent thousands of days in the field. This show is about translating

my hard-won experiences into tips and tactics that will get you closer to your ultimate goal,

success in the field. I'm Remi Warren, this is Cutting the Distance.

Now picture this, you're in the Elk Woods and you've got a bull that's bugling back at you.

He's coming in and you know he's just right there, but he's held up. Just on the other

side of some thick timber, you need him to move a little bit closer to get a shot. You can't

even see him yet. You're playing the back and forth game. Now, how do you make that bull

fatally commit to come right into your lap? The thing is, is there are calls that are not

cow calls and not bull calls. I'm going to call these non-verbal elk calls. These are sounds that

you can make that will trick that bull into coming that extra distance, the times that you need him

to move and he won't. Things like raking a tree, making heavy breathing noises, even urinating

sounds on the ground. These calls will bring that bull to where you want him when he wants to hold up.

It's September 19th, a few years back. Now, I remember the day, September 19th, not because of

this particular September 19th, yet over the years, that just seems to be the day that the rut really

peaks for me, calling for friends or clients or even on my own hunts. I just feel like that's a

great day that the rut really kicks off. Now, I started the morning, I was actually guiding this

particular morning. We're at the top of a mountain in southwestern Montana. It's pretty steep terrain

and heavily timbered. I like that area when the rut kicks off because if the bulls are going to be

vocal, that's when they're the weakest in this particular environment. Other times a year,

you can never even find them in this place. Before the sun even comes up, I'm throwing out a few

locator bugles, some long drawn out bugles into these canyons where I can get this echo sound,

because I know that I'll travel through that timber. Sure enough, I hear a bugle down below me.

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