Originally Posted By: BUXH8MEjust bumping it up to see if anybody has an opinion on setting the e-caller over 100 yards away (benefits, that is). Seems like everyone wants a caller with 100+ yard remote capability but not many actually ever put it out that far. I know I don't. Anybody want to weigh in? I've never been in a situation where I felt like it needed to be that far away but would love to hear reasons/circumstances when it would be benefical.
Actually, I have.
But, in particular circumstances. The mostly wide open area around the headquarters at the Texas ranch out in west Texas. There are coyotes that satellite around the headquarters, as is the case around most ranch headquarters in the area. They come in and kill chickens, cats, or whatever, and are not afraid of vehicles much, but do keep their distance somewhat. It's a very large pasture, and if you try and walk out there and call, you will have tired legs, and not many stands.
I take my truck out into the pasture and find a likely spot where I can see all directions, and place the caller out 100 to 150 yards from it. I get back to the truck and let things settle a bit and start calling. Usually I use my Fury that has FHSS, so the range isn't a question with the remote. Usually, I call soft enough that I can't hear the volume at first. I look in 360 degrees around the truck, as you don't really know where the coyotes will come from.
Also, I have the driver's and passenger window down to shoot from the truck. If I see a coyote coming from an odd angle, I exit the truck, and using the truck itself as cover, I make my way around it for the shot.
I have killed a BUNCH of coyotes this way. It works, and so does the Fury...flawlessly. Much the same as me using a FoxPro on my regular stands, I want the caller away from my position, and the coyote focusing on the sound location, and not MY location.
Hunting at night from a truck, FoxPro has new caller that is the best for that type of calling. At night, you want the sound coming from the truck you are hunting out of so that when you are scanning with the light, the coyote will be looking at the area the sound is coming from, and you can get his eye reflection.
There's one scenario. I'm sure there are others, but that one works from me.