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Phelps EZ Bugle.
Elk
Contributors to this thread:
Ambush 28-Apr-24
Pop-r 28-Apr-24
LUNG$HOT 29-Apr-24
BoggsBowhunts 29-Apr-24
wytex 29-Apr-24
Bob H in NH 29-Apr-24
Charlie Rehor 01-May-24
Ambush 01-May-24
Ambush 01-May-24
From: Ambush
28-Apr-24
Anybody have any experience with this bugle tube other than "holy sh!t that's a lot of money for some plastic!".

I have partial dentures and it becomes a real pain using diaphragm calls. I don't bugle a lot but still need the option when the situation warrants. I'm not a fan of the Primos type tubes, but this one seems very easy to use.

From: Pop-r
28-Apr-24
Why not a fan of the Primos?

From: LUNG$HOT
29-Apr-24
I don’t have any experience with the Phelps EZ bugle but love their reeds and other tubes. I used the Berry Thunder Bugle for a couple years before I got the hang of using reeds. It’s a good tube. I’m sure the Phelps would be good as well. And I agree, almost any of them will be better than the “ Primos” products.

29-Apr-24
The “Power Bugle” might be worth a hard look. So easy even this midwesterner could do it, and not a diaphragm system at all. Relatively small and easy to pack compared to the giant wiffle ball bat tubes as well.

From: wytex
29-Apr-24
I'll second the Power Bugle, sounds very realistic.

From: Bob H in NH
29-Apr-24
I'll 3rd the power bugle. Very easy to learn and for variety of sounds you can remove the mouth piece and use the tube with a diaphragm once you learn that

01-May-24
I’ve had good luck with the Berry Thunder Bugle.

From: Ambush
01-May-24
Thanks Elk Callers!

I found that I bagged the latex out pretty quick on the Primos tube and probably my own fault for trying to hard to get more out of it.

I have a Power Bugle and it's good but I can't seem to be consistent enough with it. But with all the positive comments, maybe I just have to be more patient, persistent and practice more. I definitely get better results from diaphragms, just the nuisance of dentures. I really like the Primos reed call "I maka-da-bull crazy" for cow calls as well as the AMP pink diaphragm.

I don't, or rarely use aggressive bugles, so I don't need a lot of volume. Basically just casual elk talk. But I've only been purposely hunting elk for a couple of years, so not like a have a bunch of experience.

I just got back from a scouting trip looking for rubs and sheds and checking a few cams that wintered over.

From: Ambush
01-May-24

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