BOOM box/Ghetto blaster

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coyoteUGLY

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we used one the other night. Its a sony with a tape and cd player. We put in the tape, and had a red fox at the radio within 15 minutes. We want coyote though. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
 
Originally posted by crapshoot:
[qb]I have even used the radio in a truck at night. Stick in the tape, crank up the volume and open the truck doors.[/qb]
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awesome idea crapshoot;

we thought we were "smart" last thursday and put the ghetto blaster out 45-50 yards approx from us. Well we didnt feel so smart when the fox ran right up to the radio while we were out of range for a respectful shot with the guns we had and it was night as well. (If it was a coyote i would have been tossin some lead and killed one for sure)

But we are ready this week or next. We are goin to where the coyotes have been spotted big time and there even was an albino one spotted.
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Many people for years in the trapping industry used regular cassette players to get started with until they collected enough pelts to buy a caller from us or others. Any player of any medium can be used for a game caller. Some are not very practical for that but some are.
 
CoytoeUgly,
Sorry to ruffle your feathers. I didn't mean to come off that way. i just meant what were you getting at. i see now though. A few friends and I usually use a boombox type tapedeck for calling at night. Seems like they get better sound quality than the actual dedicated callers, to my ears anyway. I just wish I could find one with auto reverse and a little more durability. This dirt and sand in texas is pretty rough on them.
 
Do they make boom boxes that play MP3 files now?

I'd assume they do, but haven't paid any attention to this at all. Seems like a decent option for someone on a tight budget to get started with.
 
From a quick look around the net, it seems that true MP3 players are still a bit expensive. I was hard pressed to find one less than $60.

But, there is at least one boom box that will play MP3 files on CD:

Boom Box

for a very reasonable price. I can burn MP3 CD's on my PC, so this might be a cheap way to do some e-calling for a while.
 
I used a CD player. Heck, with a CD player, you can program the sequence of different sounds or put it on repeat on. I also have a CD burner at home. I burned a cd for my own use off of different calling cassettes. This CD has 12 sounds on it and I could have added a few more. I recorded a minute of silence on a blank cassette and then 4 minutes of the critter's sound. Then I burned this total 5 minutes onto a CD. I did this with 12 sounds. I have found that I can (at 50) walk over 50 yards EASILY in a minute. I place the track I want on repeat one. When the sound quits playing and I get to that silence again, I know 5 minutes have passed. This minute of silence when it comes around again is a good time to use a squeaker or a mouth call to bring in any shy critters that may be holding up.
Anyways, CD's are much better IMO than cassettes because they are so much more versatile and space-saving. On my CD, the way burned it, I could have (and will next time) burned four more sounds for a total of 20 sounds on one disc. That's ALOT of flexibility to be sure!
 
I used a radio myself for a while with tapes.The only problem I had is the outdoors would take it's toll on the radios after a while.I had alot of luck with a small digital tape recorder like I used in College for class. I would copy sounds on to it off of tapes I had.Very good sound,but not real loud mainly 100-500 yards calling depending on wind. Called alot of game that way.
 
Good Post Phantom,

What I've done with a couple of my smaller callers is put them inside a plastic lunch bag (opened) and then put that inside a fanny pack. A larger caller could easily fit inside a small backpack. Just open the pack and leave the caller inside. The camo pack (I have both fanny and small backpack) keeps the caller camouflaged while the plastic bag keeps it dry although quite frankly, if it's raining out, I don't go anyways. I've never had any problems using this set-up. Quite frankly, if I was using a super-expensive Fox-Pro or similar caller, I'd STILL be using my plastic/pack bag system. I used one cheap ($25) monaural cassette player for well over 5 years for squirrel hunting (the Burnham Bros. fox squirrel barking tape really works folks), predators and crows (a little underpowered for crows but it even worked for them on a limited basis in woodlots). I would never claim these el cheapo specials of mine to be as rugged as say a Johnny STuart 512 BUT with a little bit of tender, loving care like the kind I mentioned above, they WILL work and KEEP working!
Phantom, I'm interested in that digital caller you used (the one for note taking). What model was yours and where did you get it? Price? The reason I ask is because I tried a (VERY) cheap one this fall and I had a hard time hearing it in the store with the speaker up to my EAR!!! LOL! I do believe you and I were using different models!;0) With that said, the digital recorder would seem to have some real possibilities for certain kinds of hunting and lightweight, compactness is always a plus!
Thanks In Advance,
Mike
 
I believe it was a sony or RCA and it was about $40 not real cheap I bought it Walmart a few years back. I used it for two years and it is still around some where in my house. It was thin as a ink pen and about the size of a pack of playing cards.It held 8 different sounds in folders. Overall it was about loud as a coxer call maybe around here making it a 200-500 yard call depending on wind. My Foxpro worked much better but $$$ matters and sometimes we have to built your own calling system.
 
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