Best Tips for using an Electronic Caller

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I would have put this under the e-caller forum, but that seems more of a technical talk than application. Application is what this is about.

I hope to get enough responses to this thread, that it will help someone put it all together and close the deal with a predator this season. If you would reply with your "best" tip for using an electronic caller such as a FoxPro, or Preymaster, Predation, Loudmouth, Compu-Caller or any of the others. I know there are dozens of tips to be had, just your best one(more if you like) that you have gained through first hand expereince. Come on guys give it a shot, it might help someone out.

Mine would be:

ALWAYS HAVE THE REMOTE IN YOUR HAND, READY TO MUTE THE SOUND, ONCE A PREDATOR HAS ARRIVED AT THE SET-UP. THIS CAUSES THEM TO SLOW DOWN AND LOOK AROUND FOR THE DYING WHATEVER, GIVING YOU AMPLE TIME FOR A GOOD SHOT! IT WORKS

When I don't have the remote already in my hand, I sometimes get caught up in the moment/action and don't think to reach for the mute button. Usually results in taking a poorer shot than I could have had.
 
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I would say use a decoy and or hide the caller and don't turn it wide open. I use the caller as a backup or secondary call to hand calls.
 
1..Elevate the caller up off the ground so the sound can get out farther at a lower volumn.
2..Hide caller from view.
3..Point the speaker more into the wind, when hunting cross-winds.
 
Manipulate the volume up and down as conditions dictate (wind, cover, ect...) every three - four minutes or so to add realism. When I turn the volume down, I don't totally mute or shut off the volume, I leave it very, very, low to keep the predator focused on the source of the sound and not hunting around too much and stumbling into me. That also helps with bobcats which like "busy" sounds and might lose interest if there isn't some attention getter.
 
Always remember to set the caller out away from any cover that a predator could use to come in to the caller unseen. Also, if possible, try to position the caller so that if a coyote attempts to circle in he will still come in upwind of your position.
 
Great post Sonny, and great tips.

When hunting field edges I would also resist the temptation to take the caller out to far. This will get you exposed and busted in a lot of situations. It really only needs to be about 20-40 yards away in ost cases to get the atention off of you.

Byron
 
Couple of those tips, like taking it with you to the next stand and remembering to turn it on, hmmm! sounds like first hand expereince to me, for sure. Been there, done that.
 
/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smiliesmack.gif How many times have I forgot to turn it on after placing it. Too many. But I am old so I have an excuse.
E-callers are like boat plugs, sooner or later you will forget it, and say you will never do that again, but still it will happen again... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif
 
Even the professionals do it! I know for a fact, from having hunted with Byron South, that Mike Dillon must have a hard time keeping him supplied with calls and remotes(LOL). We had alot of fun, but it does happen.

Where's my FoxPro? You seen the remote?
 
And has to turn the volume up to find it again after the hunt is over, lol. It sucks getting old. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
"It sucks getting old" tell me about it.....first time I read KD223's message at the top of this page my bifoggles didn't read "BOAT" plug...got it mixed up with the "other plug"...then touched on the part where sooner or later you forget it and say you'll never do that again...had to re-read the whole thing twice to figure out what got stuck where and what got left behinnd...or did I get that backwards ??????
 
Even after getting my foxpro remote upgraded to feel the button press I put the bumpers back on to find them without looking down at it and taking my eyes off the target.
Speaking of getting old and bifocals. My Brother in laws dad puts reading glasses on in front of his single vision glasses. Everybody was laughing at him, but I told my wife I hoped it didn't embarass her to much;I thought it was a great alternative than having part of your field of view obstructed. To stay motionless while hunting I'm sticking with single vision. My luck, if I got bifocals the yotes would see me move trying to keep them out of the reading lens. I've noticed my arms are getting to short to read. GAJoe
 
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GeorgiaJoe;

Those bumpers are a life saver aren't they, just not the critters usually. With the bumpers and enough use, you don't need to look down, you know where you are. Does everybody understand what bumpers he means? Anybody got a picture of that for us?
 
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"It sucks getting old" tell me about it.....first time I read KD223's message at the top of this page my bifoggles didn't read "BOAT" plug...got it mixed up with the "other plug"...then touched on the part where sooner or later you forget it and say you'll never do that again...had to re-read the whole thing twice to figure out what got stuck where and what got left behinnd...or did I get that backwards ??????



lol, leaving the plug out of the boat and launching it only to watch it sink. Everybody boater done it, and will do it again sooner or later. With the caller, you will also place it and walk back to the stand only to find out you forgot to turn it on. It will happen again, no matter what. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smiliesmack.gif See the resemblance here? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
Make sure you turned down the volume before you left the last setup. Many times I `ve forgot to and when I hit the mute button it blew every thing close clear out of the area.I tie my remote to the top of my thigh so it`s always right there and I can`t drop it. One more tip,when calling coyotes always be ready to use a pup distress if multiple coyotes come in, several times I have called the second coyote back in with a pup disress even after shooting the first. It`s a great feeling to do that especially with a sigle shot rifle.
 
chris biester brings up a great point. We all have sounds on our e-callers that are our "go-to sounds". I do alot of fox hunting here in VA, and on my FoxPro I always try and have the Gray Fox Pup distress sound close to my favorite rabbit sounds. I have seen a Grayfox so moved by the Fox Pup distress, that it came back immediately after being shot at and missed, simply by shifting from the rabbit sound to that pup distress sound. Have them close together and know where they are for easy access.

"Response may vary due to attitude!"
 
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Set youself up on a crosswind with the call in front or even upwind with a good field of view down wind of your call.
And dont leave the spare batteries in the truck!
 
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