Does anybody here use an electronic caller for coyote hunting? What type of callers are available in Canada, and how much are they,also what are the best models. Lots of info on the net for American gear, but theres not much for us in Canada. Some of you people must use these things, give us your thoughts and opinions on whats available and what you use, thanks in advance. Cheers.
Coyote Callers
- Thread starter cainesy
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My buddy (powder monkey on the forum here) went through 3, yes I said 3 foxpro's this season. Everyone was a piece of garbage and he ended up sending them all back. I also had a foxpro at one time. I used it a couple of times until the remote froze on the second stand one day and I got rid of it. As far as I'm concerned they aren't meant for use on the cold prairies. Try a Minaska.
M12shooter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- East St. Paul, mb
Nickle Methyl Hydrate recharable batteries loose their charge fast in sub zero weather. The FoxPro rechargeable that I go sucked into buying were total made in China crap IMO.
Bought some Energizer NiMH and they worked great and lasted a long time.
My solution is to have two sets of batteries and change out between stands. Still at -20 or 30 temps your lucky to get ten minuites out of a set of batteries. But how long does one call from any one stand?
That was my only complaint with my FX3. The remote works wonderfully at 200 or 300 yards.
As for the comment about the unit not being made for our cold prairie climate...I have to say that I for the most part agree! But what really is...besides buffalo and jackrabbits!
Glock4ever
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Edmonton, AB
I used to use a Foxpro 416B got rid of it when I got to Alberta because it was against hunting regs, when AB changed the law and made it legal, I got a Johnny Stewart PM-4. The 416b was alright, it was nice for size but the remote was line of sight so it didn't work great for me as I like to hide the caller and if it is hidden the remote is not very reliable. The PM-4 has a nice remote portion that you can hang in a tree with a line that you can run out to the speaker. The nice thing with the PM-4 is that it has good range on the remote and sounds are really effective - I have called in a few yotes with it. The bad thing is that the speaker isn't super loud and the caller isn't very robust. I am careful with it but sometimes it will have difficulty reading the cards and you need to blow on them like an old nintendo cartridge to get them to work. I have yet to buy an e-caller that will not glitch up in the field. It is a real PITA to set up a stand walk 100m away and find that the caller won't play or stop when you want it to so I always keep mouth calls as a backup.
I`ve got a Foxpro Spitfire-great caller for the $. Think I paid about $200 US last year for it.
Foxpro has excellent customer service also-take that into consideration.
They reflashed my software to V:4 which helped with a couple of bugs and for my time and shipping it to them gave me 16 downloads.
One thing to remember with the Spitfire is that it will only hold up to 24 sounds at one time.
SM
Foxpro has excellent customer service also-take that into consideration.
They reflashed my software to V:4 which helped with a couple of bugs and for my time and shipping it to them gave me 16 downloads.
One thing to remember with the Spitfire is that it will only hold up to 24 sounds at one time.
SM
Pathfinder
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Northeast Ontario
If you dont' mind spending (about the same as a high end fox pro) look into Wildlife Technologies. Works great in the cold and remote works well a couple hundred yards out. The calls are extremely loud and the sound quality is awesome. I dont' have any coyotes to test on but but Ive had wolves respond. Wish I had time to use it more.
M12shooter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- East St. Paul, mb
IMO the biggest problem with using a battery operated electronic caller in fridged temps is not so much the cold as windchill. A called places in the wind at -30 will be a block of ice in minuites.
I primarily purchased my FX3 for crows as I am an avid crow shooter. I have absolutely nothing bad to say about FoxPro. The unit is made in the U.S. and customer service is second to none. Best invention IMO since cold beer! Best 400 bucks I've ever spent.
I primarily purchased my FX3 for crows as I am an avid crow shooter. I have absolutely nothing bad to say about FoxPro. The unit is made in the U.S. and customer service is second to none. Best invention IMO since cold beer! Best 400 bucks I've ever spent.
