I just got a Cass Creek Nomad MX3 remote game call and ran a short test

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alhefner

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Just thought you all might want to know how well the Cass Creek Nomad MX3 remote game call worked in a short test of the functions.

I took the call to Seven Lakes Mountain just outside of Reno Nevada to test it out. The weather was cloudy with just a little snow and the air temp was about 36 - 40, no wind. Time of day was about 4:30 PM.

I first set up the call in a bush and backed off up a hill to about 50 yards and started off with the cottontail distress at about 1/2 volume. I wasn't too impressed with the sound but a magpie came in to check it out within 20 seconds.

I ran through all the buttons, sounds and volume levels at the 50 yard range. Everything worked and I could easily hear the sounds at the lowest setting at that range.

I then moved the call out to about 110 yards and repeated the test. At this distance, I had to occasionally press a button more than once but the sounds were still good and I could still hear them at the lowest volume setting.

Also, I played around with it at work quite a bit. It tends to drain the batteries on the receiver in about 4 hours or at least the volume gets pretty low by then.

I am not impressed with having to carry around two different sizes of battery either. The receiver takes AA and the remote takes AAA.

I plan on doing a real tryout of it next week and will have more info then. So far, for a $60 electronic caller with remote, it isn't the worst option on the market. If it calls predators to my camera my opinion will improve greatly.

I put a more detailed review on my blog and will update that as well sometime next week.
 
Just a minor update on the Cass Creek caller.

I was out on Peavine mountian, near Reno Nevada, early this morning. I was trying to get some photos of big Mule deer bucks I had seen a couple of days ago.

Anyway, after getting some shots of a bunch of doe (doe are real camera hounds!), I decided to try out the Cass Creek call for the fund of it. Time was about 8AM.

I drove to a side trail and parked the Jeep in some high brush about 1/8 mile up hill from where I suspected the coyotes to be bedded.

I put the call about 75 yards from the Jeep and about 50 yards from where I planned to sit.

Started off with cottontail distress and as soon as it stopped, a coyote started barking and howling. Of course he was about 50 feet in the opposite direction I thought he should be and of course he had a great view of my Jeep!

I tried the cottontail again and still only got him to bark and howl a bit louder so I switched to coyote howls and got the same response.

This went on for about 20 minutes until a local off-roader came along and scared off the coyote.

So, I guess the Cass Creek call does work and a remote call good to 100 yards for about $60 ain't to shabby.

I'll be going out to Peavine again later this week to try and finish my photo shoot. Once done, I'll post them to my blog and maybe a couple here as well.
 
Well, I have had a lot of time to try out the Cass Creek MX3 and have come to the conclusion that if you only have $60 to spend on gear, buy mouth calls and camo instead.

I put the final results on my blog bt the above is my basic conclusion.
 


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