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Offline 84Jim

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Opinions on electronic callers
« on: July 01, 2012, 02:42:07 PM »
I got a Bass Pro shops gift cert for fathers day.  I've decided to get an electronic caller and try to bust a yote.  I'm thinkin' about something in the $200 range.  Anybody have experience with a Primos Turbo Dogg or Foxpro Spitfire?  Any other suggestions in that price range?  Thanks.
 
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Re: Opinions on electronic callers
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2012, 03:06:49 PM »
Bought a foxpro spitfire for the very same reason.
Can't say one has ever come to my foxpro.
I downloaded the free sounds and have used the local dinner sounds (lost turkey, cottontail, fawn).
Have not used the social sounds (howls and barks)
Have not downloaded any "pay extra" calls.

Coyotes and bobcats have come to my Primos Double Cottontail mouth call (from BassPro) and my turkey box call.
I think the reason is those never sound the same way twice.
The Primos Double Cottontail call has two reeds and just sounds more real than my single reed rabbit call.

The "crow fight" on the foxpro spitfire works great. Always get them to circle over for a shot.

I had a BassPro gift certificate and bought an Ameristep one-man chair blind. Used it more than any other hunting seat appliance (climber, shooting house, ladder) this past year. Got caught in a rainstorm and just picked it up and walked out with it over me like an umbrella.







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Re: Opinions on electronic callers
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2012, 05:40:49 PM »
Of the  one listed the Spitfire is the hands down winner.  The JS PM-4 is pretty nice also.  My hunting partner runs a Spitfire and we've killed a few dogs over it.  My B in L in WI does control work for the local farmers with a Spitfire.  I hunted with a quide down in NM insome horrible conditions , high winds and blowing dust, most of the time he mouth called but broke out a Spitfire when he had to push sound continously at a couple of stands.  The stock sounds have worked well.  90 percent of the time I use the same four sounds and called coyotes in MT, WA, AZ and NM this year.  Your stand location, use of the wind, and lack motion on the stand will have more to do with calling in coyotes than the sound you use.
I started calling nearly 50 yrs ago and have used portable phonographs with 45 rpm (you younger guys might have to look in a museum to see one), cassette players , CD's, digital, even built my own remote caller with a camcorder remote sound system.  I prefer the Minaska remote because I can run the caller without reading glasses on the stand.  They all have called coyotes, even the cheapest mouth rubber band mouth calls have called preds for me.  The newer light weight remote callers just make things easier.
 
 

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Re: Opinions on electronic callers
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2012, 05:52:40 PM »
I did just fine as a very serious and successful predator hunter and doing ADC for land owners for near 50 years with just the mouth calls I made myself and sometimes with a feather or two on a string for a decoy.    Like camo, the "E" callers are just sales hype IMO, not necessary gear if you acquire the skills for any kind of hunting.   Buy or make a couple of mouth calls, and start the never ending leaning process of predator hunting.   The satisfaction and rewards of pitting your skills against them one on one will be endless, and will last you a lifetime.
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Re: Opinions on electronic callers
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2012, 01:58:29 PM »
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Like camo, the "E" callers are just sales hype IMO, not necessary gear if you acquire the skills for any kind of hunting.

Sales hype- no.  A tool in the tool box- yes.  Hand calls are awesome - no doubt.  But if you cannot make the sound or in a situation where an ecaller will work better, then pick the right tool.  The Spitfire has caused the demise to some yotes, crows, and a butt load of coon on my hunts.  I loved the PM-4 until it got real cold out.  Then the electronics started to act up.  I have had no issues yet with the spitfire.  However, you will find a mouth call hanging from my lips just as much and I some times use both in tandem.
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