Today, the bugle call is no longer needed to communicate a commander’s orders in battle. However, the tradition of using bugle calls is deeply engrained in Army culture.

Bugle calls have been an important tradition to the U.S. Army since its inception. As the U.S. Army developed, it standardized the use of these bugle calls for a disciplined lifestyle.

The first official list of bugle calls was published in 1798 and many of the most familiar ones, such as Reveille and the Last Post, have stayed virtually the same ever since.

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The bugle call's 24 notes were composed by a man from Utica — then 31-year-old Brigadier Gen. Daniel Adams Butterfield, with an assist from his bugler, 23-year-old Pvt. Oliver Norton.

Elk will bugle on their own, but you have to be in the right place at the right time. So most of the time as an archery hunter, I go out and I’m the first one to make a sound.