Originally Posted By: SlickerThanSnotOriginally Posted By: Seebass Directional sound, Foxbang, Foxfusion, Foxpitch, Foxmotion and Foxcast are definitely not "just for show"! These are field applicable options that WORK in real life.
Just for show... that made me laugh!!
made me laugh too. but it really is true.
back in the good old days predator callers called and killed thousands of coyotes, wolves, cats, fox and other predators using a johnny stewart record player. then a cassette or other device. those callers had none of that stuff on it and called just as many animals back then, if not more, as digital do now even though the fancy digital callers has all those things on.
in fact a plain old $2.99 store bought circe or burnam brothers mouth call did a great job calling animals in.
anybody that says you need all that crap to call animals was not doing any predator calling back in those days or is not old enough to know a thing about it or ignorant of the facts.
kind of like cell phones. 40 years from now when a cell phone or some other gadget will be able wipe you butt for you, people will think you have to have one to wipe you butt. they will not realize that they can use their own hand and some paper to do the same job. might be a little exaggeration with the butt wiping cell phone.. but not much.
need all the bells, whiz bangs and whistles to call stupid animals. not hardly.
Haha! I hear you all. I agree with Slickthansnot 100% though. We've probably all heard the "Indian's killed deer with sharp sticks" montra, when we tried telling our buddy that one gun was junk compared to another or asked the difference between a Matthews bow and a bowtech. And whoever says that, is right. Comparing Fords, Chevy's, Dodges of all models and types - within reason, would lead you to the same understanding. Luxury items are a need and not a want. A new hunter could pick up a cheap mossback open reed call, a savage axis, and a white painters blanket and go out there and beat you in a coyote tourney - all the while shooting cheap american eagles and driving a 93 ford ranger that he picked up for $650 bucks.
I believe a lot comes down to luck and having that coyote be where we want him to be, and when we want him to be there (I wish).
We are in the day and age of very efficient outreach branding and marketing to the Nth degree and it is starting to brain wash people into believing that one thing is better than the other because it has more bells and whistles and has capabilities (higher price tag for the manufacturer and vendor) to do things that haven't been done before.....However, all of these calls are able to call coyotes. They can all do it and probably can all do it at about the same rate if you do your part in preparation and strategy. You don't need any Foxfusion, Fox-this, or fox-that in order to shoot more dogs than some other guy. Last year in the largest coyote tournament in MN, some highschoolers on their first EVER year of coyote hunting, while all of them were still in basketball and wrestling - scored 2nd place losing only to some repeat winners who have no wives and jobs that they could come in drousy as F to, hence, their whole lives ARE coyote hunting - and they have more time than anyone I know to get out there and get their research done.
Dogs are smart sometimes, but sometimes we out-smart ourselves...
