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BUGLE BOYS Each October, each bull elk tries to gather a handsome harem of cows for, well, making more elk. The cows, like all good females of any species, decide which bull they’ll attach themselves to and which will have the privilege of fathering her calves. So they are not sheep. They will go with the strongest bull. Bugling thus equals swagger. Swagger isn’t enough but it can, like the death penalty, be an effective deterrent for some. Click the play triangle below to hear elk technician Will Bowling try to coax bull elk into a bugle or two at the Big Elk Mine (formerly Star Fire) in Perry County. You may need |
