FoxPro Wildfire vs Cass Creek Waggler

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I have listened to the Wildfire. Seems adequately loud/clear. Locally $200 + $45 more for the "tail". At another shop they have the Waggler which comes with the tail and costs $100 (cannot listen to it to see how loud/clear). Of course I would rather pay $100 if it is close to the same volume/clarity. Anybody know?
 
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Originally Posted By: RSI308I have listened to the Wildfire. Seems adequately loud/clear. Locally $200 + $45 more for the "tail". At another shop they have the Waggler which comes with the tail and costs $100 (cannot listen to it to see how loud/clear). Of course I would rather pay $100 if it is close to the same volume/clarity. Anybody know?

It ain't.
 
What about the Icotec 300. I can purchase it for $62. I just came from the shop and listened to the Wildfire and the Icotec 300. No difference in volume/clarity. Only 12 sounds though; but they are the sounds I would want here in NC. Remote has a button for each sound and you can do two calls at once (I dont know if that is needed).
 
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I would use the 25% off coupon and buy the FoxPro Fury II or the Shockwave and not look back. Worst case scenario you end of with a $150 Wildfire.
 
If your just wanting to get your feet wet in predator calling to see what it's all about and don't know if you'll keep at it(a LOT of people don't), the ICOtec300 wouldn't be a bad way to go.

It's plenty cheap enough, it's a simple and easy to use caller, it's loud enough for most situations and it has sounds that will damm sure call predators.

Another fairly cheap entry level caller is the Flextone Echo. It comes with 100 sounds and it will get the job done too.

Honestly, the very last thing you need to be concerned about at your stage of predator calling is the *name* on the caller you are using.
 
Get what you can afford. Coyote calling equipment can get expensive if you try to get the best of the best.

FoxPro Shockwave and the CS24 are top of the line E callers with all the bells and Whistles on them. But a Johnny Steward PM4 caller will call in a lot of predators for much less money.

Unless you have money to burn get what you can afford at first and get your feet wet to see if you really want to do this.

It's not a lot of fun sitting in a blind when it's only 20 deg F out side and you are all alone and there is no action. The winds blowing and some people may be better off staying at home watching the ball game and drinking a beer while in the lazy boy.

But if you really enjoy the outdoors and are determined to hunt coyotes then go for the shockwave if you can afford it.

It's up to you. Only you can determine what's best for your.

I have an FX3 and a couple of the Johny Steward callers. One is the four call cheap $50 Predator One and the other is the JS PM4 with several calling cards for it. But I'd love to have a FoxPro Shockwave caller for just the remote. I want a remote that tells me the volume setting on the caller and the battery life that's left on the caller at night. Those two features are nice to have but not really necessary. But I can't always hear my FX3 caller even when it's only 40 yards away. I can't tell if it's going or not some times. And I don't have a way to put the FX3 up on a tripod right now. These E callers work better (longer remote ranges) when they are up off the ground and you have a good line of sight between the caller and the remote control. Of course good batteries that work in the cold also help.

If you are just worried about increased volume you can always add an external speaker to the FoxPro Units. I think that they all have an external speaker jack on them. And the FoxPro External Speaker is plenty loud enough from what I've read. I have a Radio Shack Outdoor Power horn Speaker that works great with my FoxPro FX3. It's much lounder than either than the two speakers that are built into my FX3 unit. The speaker quality is better too. It's a 50 Watt Speaker so it's got room to go even louder than the amps in the FX3 can push it. And it was not very expensive. Check it out at Radio Shack if you need more volume from the less expensive Foxpros.

My first E caller was a home made one using a Amp from Radio Shack the speaker I talked about above and a portable Digital Ipod thing. I down loaded sounds from Al's Predator Sight and played them over this device. I still use this setup to play Fire truck or Police siren sounds to help me located coyotes. The sound is very loud using the Radio Shack Speaker and amp and the coyotes will howl back at the siren but not come to the call or get scared off. They are use to hearing the local police cars driving around using their sirens and will often howl when the local sheriff cars drive by using the sirens. It's a great way to help you find them at night and not really educate them.

There are many new brands of E callers out there today. The Primos E callers have some sounds from Randy Anderson who is a good coyote hunter and excellent caller. He has done some calling sequences for those callers that may be useful. I've not used them or hear them but I have a few of the Videos from Randy Anderson and have seen him shoot a lot of coyotes on video.
 
I just sold my Icotec gc300. It's a great caller for the
Money. Good luck finding another wireless remote caller for under a hundred bucks. It's clear and loud enough but it's not expandable in an way. 12 calls and no external speaker capabilities. I just bought a Wildfire2 a few weeks ago and have a foxjack on it. I think it's a bit louder and the best thing is I've already added another 12 sounds to it. IMO, buy the Wildfire, use it and if you decide to upgrade or quit you'll get closer to your original cost when you sell it.
 
I suggested a FoxPro because you can always get your money out of a FoxPro if you don't end up liking coyote hunting. If you don't like it, put some crow calls on it and give that a try. Blasting crow on a nice sunny day is a blast!!!
 
Originally Posted By: Yote Yoda USMCIMO I would start with the entry level FoxPro and work my up from there.
I'd agree. The guys at Foxpro provide great tech support as well.
 
You can put the wildfire on Craig's list and sell it later on. It's not like it's a total loss if you don't like it. Some of the other callers you might just have to eat it.
 


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