mtnman1401

im looking for a good e caller to mostly call foxes and coyotes matbe even crow. does anyone have suggestions i have 200$ or so budget and want to get a call that will last me a long long time


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Nomercy448

$200 E-caller? The ONLY choice in my book is the FoxPro Wildfire. Fantastic sound quality, great remote range, convenient options, compact, and second-to-none customer service should you ever need it. I've been through over a dozen E-callers in the last 20yrs and the value of the Wildfire can't be beat. I use my Wildfire more than my $400+ callers.

GTOHunter

NoMercy...how would You compare the Wildfire to the Firestorm,and why is the Wildfire so much better than Your more expensive E-Callers?


I've been wanting to take the plunge into an E-Caller also and hate to drop $400-$500 on a Caller?


I've been pricing the Firestorm and thinking about getting one,they pretty well run $400.00 just about everywhere I have looked...guess FP keeps tight reins on their MSRP prices across the board at all Hunting Suplly Stores!

Nomercy448

Biggest reason I use my Wildfire more than the others is habit. I used a Spitfire with an auxillary SP55 speaker for years. LOVE LOVE LOVE the simplicity of the remote. I only use a few sounds each year, so I don't need a ton of functions in a remote. I want it simple. I up-graded from my Spitfire to a Wildfire this fall because I wanted FoxBang on my Spitfire, but you can't get it. The new remote for the Firestorm/Wildfire/Scorpion/Etc is a little more complicated than my old Spitfire remote, but with the two presets and FoxBang, it's still easy for me to use.

The Wildfire really does everything for me that my Fury does, just doesn't have quite as much volume. I have a $50 spare powered amp and that $50 SP-55 that I used with my Spitfire, makes it plenty loud, but I already had it. You won't. All told, my Wildfire rig has $300 running, and is louder than my Fury.

Between the Firestorm and the Wildfire, the differences that matter to me are:

Number of calls: Firestorm has more from the factory. Both hold 200, but the Firestorm comes with 50, to the Wildfire's 35. I only use about 5-6 sounds EVER. You can also buy a LOT of sounds for the $200 difference in the price point.

Volume/Speakers: As I understand it, the Firestorm can handle stereo sounds-which I never use, don't really care-but some guys like the idea. Firestorm is quite a bit louder than the Wildfire. Firestorm has a bigger amp and more batteries, so when you add speakers to the Firestorm, it adds a LOT of volume. BUT, like I said, you can add an amp and speakers for about $100.

Size: Firestorm is also larger and heavier. Prohibitively, no, but it IS bigger.

The limited volume of the Spitfire/Wildfire is the reason I own more expensive callers (that, and frankly I just like callers). Is it severely limited? No. I have called in Western KS with my Spitfire for years, it DOES call them in the wind.

At that price point, here's another twist for you: The Hellfire has essentially all of the features of the Firestorm, runs about $60 less, comes with more sounds, and has WAY more volume. It might not look quite as handy, and you're giving up twin speakers, but the Hellfire is considerably louder, and for my purposes, has all of the same functionality. That's the way I'd be leaning.

GTOHunter

Do You get to pick the different sounds from FoxPro when You buy a brand new one or does it already have certain ones on their callers,then You have to buy and add more as You go?

I hope I'm not Railroading Your Post Mtnman1401....just adding more questions about the different Callers available!

Sheridan

+1 go with Foxpro


Just depends on how "big" you want/need to go !


Do you hunt big open prairies ?

Nomercy448

If you order one straight from Foxpro you can pick which ones you want (premium sounds may cost more than the call base price), if you buy it anywhere else, it'll come pre-loaded.

mtnman1401

ive looked and looked an read. i think im gonna go FP Wildfire i hunt the mountains of Va. so i dont think the volume will be a problem. now the ? is what sounds do i pick for red and grey fox, coyotes and if there is still a few slots left Crow and i would love to try and call coon to. any ideas on sounds


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Nomercy448

For Crow, Coons, Grey's, Reds, and coyotes, you probably won't even need to change up the sounds from the standard Wildfire list:

FoxPro Wildfire Standard Sounds list

If it were me, I'd buy a Wildfire off of the shelf somewhere, then maybe buy a few extra sounds that I want (comes with 35, holds 200).

If you're buying straight from Foxpro, then I'd swap out a FEW sounds, maybe trade the wolf and mountain lion vocals for DSG Cottontail, and a few others, but frankly, the list on the Wildfire is pretty complete for the animals you're interested in.

Coons will also respond to some distress sounds (bird usually, but sometimes others). I have had a surprising number of coons come into the Verminators Syco Tweety (open split reed mouth call).

Nomercy448

Double tap for this link:

FoxPro Wildfire Standard Sounds List

So when you buy it off the shelf at your local hunting shop, these are the sounds it will have on it. If you order it straight from FoxPro, you can shuffle some of these around a bit. Most of these sounds are good, the only ones I wouldn't really ever use would be the Wolf and Mountain Lion Vocals, so for MY use, I'd just buy a Wildfire and download other sounds.

You can also see a poll of FoxPro users on FoxPro's site ranking their "favorite" call sounds to use:

FoxPro Sound Poll

I just found out about this poll recently, found it not-so-surprising that the top 10 sounds are pretty much the only ones I use, and the top 20-25 wraps up almost every sounds I have EVER used. I do tend to lean more toward the smaller rabbit sounds than Jackrabbit or Snowshoe sounds. I use Lucky bird quite a bit now calling for cats.