MT E.L.K., INC.THE LANGUAGE OF THE WILDMT E.L.K., INC. / HISTORICAL ARCHIVE
Twelve preserved records connect the people, calls, and teaching tradition behind MT E.L.K., INC. Browse the dated material by recorded year, or explore records whose dates remain open.
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Expand article scan ↗Mark Henckel’s newspaper account follows Don Laubach, the Cow Talk call, and the early business in Gardiner, Montana. It names Laubach and Eastman in the formation of E.L.K., Inc.
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Expand article scan ↗A preserved photograph of a Sunday outdoors page featuring a report on hunters using cow and calf sounds to attract bull elk.
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Expand article scan ↗A regional outdoor feature explains the advantage of imitating cow and calf sounds and describes Laubach’s call and instructional video.
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Expand article scan ↗Sports Afield lists ELK TALK as a twelve-consecutive-year account of western elk hunting, calls, tactics, and field stories.
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Expand article scan ↗A dated exposition advertisement schedules Don Laubach’s elk-calling presentations at the March 25–27, 1988 show in Billings. The accompanying profile connects calling, books, and video.
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Expand article scan ↗Comus reviews instructional hunting films, including Laubach’s sixty-minute calling presentation and Jim Zumbo’s elk-hunting film.
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Expand article scan ↗Letters from national and regional retail organizations preserve the practical work of representation, show planning, booth costs, and product presentation.
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Expand article scan ↗A company biographical sheet records Laubach’s calls, books with Mark Henckel, and video work with Gordon Eastman. Handwritten notes plan a store seminar and call demonstrations.
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Expand article scan ↗A radio-outdoors column examines elk communication and the practical use of the Cow Talk call.
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Expand article scan ↗A multi-page illustrated field feature explains how imitating the mews and chirps of cows and calves can bring bulls into range.
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Expand article scan ↗Zumbo describes using cow and calf vocalizations as a field technique before, during, and after the rut.
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Expand article scan ↗A contemporary review frames cow calling as an innovation that met skepticism before field use and testimony widened acceptance.
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