Donegalcharlie Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 Who has what? Are they worth there money! Not interested in boys saying squeak them in that's what I do all the time. Plus call in crows with a hand call no problem.... So information only on electronic callers... Model / price / how good you men rate it in the field.. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 I use a Foxpro Spitfire caller, which are no longer made. It works well, and has a range of around 85 yards. I have found that be taking the sound away from you, the Fox concentrates on that, and not where you are positioned. Obviously, wind direction etc has to be right. I sometimes use mine with a 'rocking rabbit' decoy and some bait. That way, the Fox get's sight,sound and smell. There are good callers on the market, one being the Icotec. it's supposed to have a much greater range than most callers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donegalcharlie Posted July 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 That icotec one looks te dogs ******** I was looking at them all last nyt the GC500 is £180 suhn but range is 300 yards an that's a rabbit decoy with it. It's still a good bit of money so that's why I was asking who uses what an if there any good. I like hand calling but the fox comes straight to me an you can some times loose them because of sight sound or they wind you.. If I thought they were good is buy one today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Mini Colibri. Got mine years ago in a boxed kit - caller, external power lead and external speaker - which was lucky as the caller fell from the roof of the Land Rover and damaged the speaker so now have to use the external one. My card has one particular call which I use all the time and is deadly. Can only describe it using morse code - the dots (full stops too small so used 'stars') relate to short squeak and low volume and the dashes, the opposite. ****** _ _ *** repeated. Used with mother's 'at (as per Steve_b_Wales) - see Vermin Forum 'mother's 'at) - if there's anything within a couple of hundred yards or more, it'll bring them in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 That icotec one looks te dogs ******** I was looking at them all last nyt the GC500 is £180 suhn but range is 300 yards an that's a rabbit decoy with it. It's still a good bit of money so that's why I was asking who uses what an if there any good. I like hand calling but the fox comes straight to me an you can some times loose them because of sight sound or they wind you.. If I thought they were good is buy one today This is where the remote callers come into their own. Providing you are in cover, and the wind is right, the Fox will have no idea you are there, and will go straight towards the caller/decoy/bait. I spray the ground with 'horse hoof' lure which works really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 I have a Western Rivers game caller which is programmable, comes with a decoy (which is also remotely operated) and has a range of over 200yds. I have added an external battery pack which is brilliant. (but you need to charge that up, not like last night, 20 mins and it was flat,,, plonker) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donegalcharlie Posted July 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Looks like I'll bite the bullet on what you lads think. Think I'll just order one tonight 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Looks like I'll bite the bullet on what you lads think. Think I'll just order one tonight 👍 You'll bite the bullet, and, hopefully, soon after, so will a Fox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donegalcharlie Posted July 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 hopefully as far as I am see when your into shooting you never stop spending lol this time next week I'll hopefully have a stack of foxes I'll give you lad an update then of what she's like! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear1cat Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Used right they are great, as you pointed out the foxes attention is on your location. As far as I am aware it is illegal to use electronic callers to pull in crows. I'm someone here has more accurate information about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donegalcharlie Posted July 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Wonder why you shouldn't pull in crows with one? Strange one that Bear1Cat but will look into it at some stage can't say it would bother me to much lol Well I'll order this tonight an just see how it goes.. Thanks again lads for the info 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbiep Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 (edited) Yes, as Bear1cat says, it is illegal to call in birds with an electronic caller for shooting purposes As to why that is the case, I have no idea at all. Edited July 15, 2016 by robbiep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superspark Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 You are allowed to pull in crows with electronic callers but not to shoot. I have just purchased the icotec gc500 after reading good reviews and utube videos. Off out fox shooting tomorrow night to see how it fares. I have tried the caller out in my back garden with the mouse call and my cats came running up to it sniffing at the speaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donegalcharlie Posted July 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 I'll just call crows in to look at them then lol that is mad I must look into it. SuperSpark what did you think of the whole package so far well made look robust etc etc Tried ordering one but messed it up will get the wife to do it at 9 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 some lads on here had the ludicrus lumens one...... how is it performing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 some lads on here had the ludicrus lumens one...... how is it performing? I know someone who has one, and he's not that impressed. It's okay, but nothing special. But then, the price is good. I would go for one of the Icotec ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superspark Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 (edited) My first impressions as I opened the box was that it's a fairly small and lightweight unit. It looks OK but doesn't have the same feel of quality as my nitesite spotter extreme does but then there's the he'll of a difference in price. The hand set has soft touch buttons with back screen lighting if you require it. The controls are very simple and selecting which call you wish to use is a breeze. Having up to a 21 character space per line is handy for naming all your calls and numbering them. I'm looking forward to downloading some and adding them to the collection although not having tried this yet looks easy. Then handset takes a standard 9v battery and the main unit takes 4x AA. It can hold up to 200 calls so having a favourite button you can store up to 6 at any one time from your main menu. On the whole it seems to be value for money but the real test will be to see if it performs as well in the field, fingers crossed on my first outing with it. Edited July 16, 2016 by superspark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donegalcharlie Posted July 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Know the feeling super spark ordered ours last night at £216 all in that's can't wait to she lands and get it out on the hills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superspark Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Good luck Donegalcharlie hope you do well with it buddy, will let you know how my outings go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donegalcharlie Posted July 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 Superspark them calls that come with it are a bag of ******** do you know where one could find good uk calls lad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superspark Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 Its a bit hit and miss, there are some calls on their web site but I have found a few by searching the internet. just look for free downloadable mp3 files. down load them to your pc and its realy easy to load them on your unit. My advice would be to buy another sd card and load the new ones to this card. you can number them as well as naming them, good luck mate and let us know how you get on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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