LuckyLuc82
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Rockwood, Ontario
After 3 months of playing around with everything from hand callers to home made e-callers I finally broke down. After calling Bass Pro Shop and them telling me the FX3 was $509.99 + tax, I knew I needed to look elsewhere. I went on the foxpro website, saw the Fury was $599 + shipping (only $90 more than what Bass Pro was charging for the fx3), I checked the status of the Canadian dollar, it was up!! So I figured why not.
I placed my order on Tuesday around 1pm, decided to go with expedited shipping $74US. After I placed my order I called foxpro to make sure they got it, they did and were actually packaging it!! at 3pm I received an email confirming my order has been sent out, by 3:30 received a tracking number from UPS.
Shipped the unit cost $732 Canadian, NO UPS FEES, no hassles, no delays. I received in 3 days.
Here is a picture of what was in the box:
It was packaged very securely, the box weighted 3.3lbs, plain brown box. I was a bit pissed off the UPS guy didn't even ask for a signature from my wife......
the unit:
Light, very well built, has auxiliary and additional speaker outputs, weatherproof. It's also very compact, as you can see in the picture beside the cat. Before you ask its a mixed breed, 8lbs female named Chloe.
The unit requires 8 AA batteries (sold separately) I bought them at Circuit City on sale, Spend $100 for 14 NiMH energizer batteries with a home charger and a quick charger.
Remote:
The remote is also solid, compact, requires 3 AA batteries, the manufacturer recommends rechargeable NiMH batteries for best results.
So I went out today at about 2 in the afternoon, setup the caller about 150 meters out, sat up in a tree and waited. Wind was blowing from several directions........Called in 4 coyotes within 2 hours.
Here is what I learned:
THE BAD:
- programming sequences is a MUST prior to taking this out into the field, I spend a ton of time playing with the remote, most likely missed a lot because of this.
-a couple times I had to push the mute button a couple times before it worked, that might have had something to do with the fact there was a tree in the way though....
Other than that no problmes.
THE GOOD:
-range was fantastic, loud, clear sound.
-you get what you pay for, with 100 sounds I had a blast using everything from birds, kittens, sheep, pigs, deer, and many many more critters in distress.
-very portable!!! and light.
-for some reason I had about 15 crows circling around it while the rabbit in distress was on...go figure.
-used it for 3 hours straight and the battery is still full, the temp outside was about -2 with the wind it felt a bit colder, nice day though. (I did buy good batteries though, that might make a difference too).
DAY 2 IN THE FIELD
It was -17 I programmed 5 sequences into the unit the night before (remember always test your sequences to make sure they work corrrectly before you head out) When I setup the unit about 100 meters from my stance I decided to start it up, and to my surprise the sequences I programmed were not on the remote. Fortunetely all you have to do is push a button and they will download wirelessly from the unit. Unfortunetely because of the distance and the cold they didn't download properly and I has a bunch of jibberish numbers and letters on my remote. I walked over to the unit and downloaded them all again standing next to the unit, it worked! Lesson learned. With -17 I was still able to use the unit for 2 hours straight at full volume, and batteries were 3/4 charged when I got home. No yotes, guess they were too cold to come out.......... Not even a peep the whole time I was out.
I placed my order on Tuesday around 1pm, decided to go with expedited shipping $74US. After I placed my order I called foxpro to make sure they got it, they did and were actually packaging it!! at 3pm I received an email confirming my order has been sent out, by 3:30 received a tracking number from UPS.
Shipped the unit cost $732 Canadian, NO UPS FEES, no hassles, no delays. I received in 3 days.
Here is a picture of what was in the box:
It was packaged very securely, the box weighted 3.3lbs, plain brown box. I was a bit pissed off the UPS guy didn't even ask for a signature from my wife......
the unit:
Light, very well built, has auxiliary and additional speaker outputs, weatherproof. It's also very compact, as you can see in the picture beside the cat. Before you ask its a mixed breed, 8lbs female named Chloe.
The unit requires 8 AA batteries (sold separately) I bought them at Circuit City on sale, Spend $100 for 14 NiMH energizer batteries with a home charger and a quick charger.
Remote:
The remote is also solid, compact, requires 3 AA batteries, the manufacturer recommends rechargeable NiMH batteries for best results.
So I went out today at about 2 in the afternoon, setup the caller about 150 meters out, sat up in a tree and waited. Wind was blowing from several directions........Called in 4 coyotes within 2 hours.
Here is what I learned:
THE BAD:
- programming sequences is a MUST prior to taking this out into the field, I spend a ton of time playing with the remote, most likely missed a lot because of this.
-a couple times I had to push the mute button a couple times before it worked, that might have had something to do with the fact there was a tree in the way though....
Other than that no problmes.
THE GOOD:
-range was fantastic, loud, clear sound.
-you get what you pay for, with 100 sounds I had a blast using everything from birds, kittens, sheep, pigs, deer, and many many more critters in distress.
-very portable!!! and light.
-for some reason I had about 15 crows circling around it while the rabbit in distress was on...go figure.
-used it for 3 hours straight and the battery is still full, the temp outside was about -2 with the wind it felt a bit colder, nice day though. (I did buy good batteries though, that might make a difference too).
DAY 2 IN THE FIELD
It was -17 I programmed 5 sequences into the unit the night before (remember always test your sequences to make sure they work corrrectly before you head out) When I setup the unit about 100 meters from my stance I decided to start it up, and to my surprise the sequences I programmed were not on the remote. Fortunetely all you have to do is push a button and they will download wirelessly from the unit. Unfortunetely because of the distance and the cold they didn't download properly and I has a bunch of jibberish numbers and letters on my remote. I walked over to the unit and downloaded them all again standing next to the unit, it worked! Lesson learned. With -17 I was still able to use the unit for 2 hours straight at full volume, and batteries were 3/4 charged when I got home. No yotes, guess they were too cold to come out.......... Not even a peep the whole time I was out.
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