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Post by jfaulkenburg on Dec 16, 2008 22:58:50 GMT -5
I am just curious what you guys use for electronic calls. Or if you even use electronic calls at all.
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Post by Decatur on Dec 17, 2008 0:21:37 GMT -5
Personally, I prefer Burnham Bros., P.S. Olt and Primos myself! ;d
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Post by jfaulkenburg on Dec 17, 2008 17:23:27 GMT -5
Well i pieced together one from radio shack today. I will post up some pictures today. I am building it now and going to test it this evening.
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Post by jfaulkenburg on Dec 17, 2008 18:16:45 GMT -5
Well i made it and honestly it sucks..
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Post by Decatur on Dec 17, 2008 18:49:08 GMT -5
LMAO! What's the matter with it? I'm still laughing!
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jrwert
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Post by jrwert on Dec 17, 2008 19:56:58 GMT -5
I made my own a few years ago. I used an old radio from a car and wired it to a speaker and powered it with a small 12V battery. I can put tapes or cds in it. It works better than I anticipated. Just need to make a case for it to make it a little more portable.
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Post by coyote6974 on Dec 17, 2008 21:44:13 GMT -5
Over the past seven or eight years I've spent lots of time calling coyotes. I at first used a casette type electronic caller from Cabella's. It work OK but was heavy and a pain to carry around.
After a season using the tape machine, I learned to use mouth calls. I used a cheap plastic Primos mouth call that worked as well as the electronic caller. The only problem I had with the mouth call was that the coyotes came in keyed directly on me. Any movement what so ever would be picked up. Circling was also an issue since I hunt alone most of the time.
When the FoxPro calls came out I bought a 416B with the remote. I was able use it keep coyotes from circling downwind of my calling stand and I noticed my success improved a bit. I have since upgraded to an FX3 and use it nearly all the time. I still always carry my little Primos mouth call for the times my FX3's batteries die on a stand.
I really think that unless you are a serious caller, a mouth call will do about everything an electronic will do.
Coyote 6974
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Post by jfaulkenburg on Dec 19, 2008 11:22:35 GMT -5
LMAO! What's the matter with it? I'm still laughing! I went with a little bigger speaker. It distorted really bad. I can laugh about it now. But i spent 100 bucks thinking i was re-inventing the wheel when i made this thing. LOL I took everything back to radio shack and wal-mart. Had my girlfreind go to bass pro shop's in clarksville and pickup a "Johnny Stewart Wildlife Calls™ Preymaster™ PM-3 Digital Game Caller" See here. www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_91404?cmCat=CROSSSELL_PRODUCT&cmid=PP_P0_1I wanted to get a Fox Pro but i couldn't justify spending 600 or 700 on a E-Caller. I then took it out of the box the next day. Sit it on my front porch where i rarely see crows. I turned it on and sit for about 5 maybe 10 minutes at most and i had 3 or 4 crows fly within 15 feet of the caller. I was impressed. ;D I can't wait to try it out tomorrow. I will update this thread when i get done hunting. |
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Post by TagTeamHunter on Dec 19, 2008 12:32:20 GMT -5
Hey don't feel too bad; I can't nail two pieces of wood together without instructions.
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Post by buster on Dec 19, 2008 20:05:04 GMT -5
If you want the best, Wildlife Technologies makes the absolutely best caller available today. The digital sound is crystal clear, and sounds like the animal itself instead of a recorded sound coming out of a speaker or plastic flashlight casing (FoxPro). Don't get me wrong, FoxPro's are good callers, and many a critter has met its demise within earshot of the FoxPro, but they sound like recordings and the sound itself really starts to distort from medium volume and higher. Priced a little steep, but well worth the cost. We went in halves on it, else I could not have afforded it. www.wildlifecontrolsupplies.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=NWS001&Category_Code=NWSWC01 |
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Post by buster on Dec 21, 2008 23:55:56 GMT -5
Hunted with a guy this Saturday who uses as top end FoxPro. We used his caller, my batteries were shot. Man, what a mistake that was to leave it in the truck overnight. No doubt that FoxPro's are decent callers, but after hunting with our WT caller over the past 2 years, the FoxPro sounded like the old songs I recorded off the radio on my 1980's boom box back in high school! The sound lacked clarity and really lacked on overall volume, but most of all, the sounds were not near as realistic sounding as the ones on mine. Seriously, with the WT, crows as far as you can see in the distance (unless you're hunting into hurricane winds) respond at max volume. The ones Saturday I'm sure never even heard the FoxPro unless they were within 200 or 300 yards.
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