Oldbloke wrote:I've been whistling foxes for a few years with mixed results. Getting into it more now that im retired. As I've said, bit like fishing. Some times they bite, mostly they don't. Lol But I like it.
I was looking at Foxpro's (& other callers) on the net today and certainly not cheap for what they are. Just a speaker and some cheap circuits.
Sooo, anyway I tried a blue tooth speaker a while back with my mobile. BUT, they seem to tell you in a loud voice you have turned them on, or batt is low. A complete PITA. Last thing you want, a speaker yelling out, I'm turned on, or I'm in this mode. Lol And I think not quite loud enough.
Soo, wondering what others may have had success with DIY. I was thinking a loud speaker, perhaps with a small amp. (https://varmintal.com/ahunt.htm#El-Cheapo)
Or perhaps a megaphone that has a 3.5mm input plug and connect to a mobile. I think they have an internal amplifier.
Both are pretty cheap. So, what's worked for you?
NTSOG wrote:G'day,
No DYI for me when it comes to electronics. I use an Icotec 350 and a variety of commercial whistles, tweeters and honkers. I'm getting a few in, but there is no predictability in it. They seem to completely ignore me or charge in like an express train - there's no 'in-between', though there were two beggars a few days ago who sat in range on a neighbouring property in a field of stubble and simply looked at me and wouldn't come into 'legal' territory on the property where I was hunting. If I was fishing I would blame the variable 'bite' on the tide changing.
Jim
Oldbloke wrote:I bought 2 and both start talking s**t when you turn them on.
E.g
Speaker is on.
Battery is low
Currently in xyz mode.
And its fuking loud.
Oldbloke wrote:
Sooo, anyway I tried a blue tooth speaker a while back with my mobile. BUT, they seem to tell you in a loud voice you have turned them on, or batt is low. A complete PITA. Last thing you want, a speaker yelling out, I'm turned on, or I'm in this mode. Lol And I think not quite loud enough.
Oldbloke wrote:Ziege.Oldbloke wrote:
Sooo, anyway I tried a blue tooth speaker a while back with my mobile. BUT, they seem to tell you in a loud voice you have turned them on, or batt is low. A complete PITA. Last thing you want, a speaker yelling out, I'm turned on, or I'm in this mode. Lol And I think not quite loud enough.
DaveZ wrote:What brand of bluetooth speaker is it? Sometimes you can download an app to control the speaker with and change internal settings. I have done that on my UE Megaboom so it is now silent. I can turn it on and off remotely with no sounds and play calls through it.
Oldbloke wrote:I've been whistling foxes for a few years with mixed results. Getting into it more now that im retired. As I've said, bit like fishing. Some times they bite, mostly they don't. Lol But I like it.
I was looking at Foxpro's (& other callers) on the net today and certainly not cheap for what they are. Just a speaker and some cheap circuits.
Sooo, anyway I tried a blue tooth speaker a while back with my mobile. BUT, they seem to tell you in a loud voice you have turned them on, or batt is low. A complete PITA. Last thing you want, a speaker yelling out, I'm turned on, or I'm in this mode. Lol And I think not quite loud enough.
Soo, wondering what others may have had success with DIY. I was thinking a loud speaker, perhaps with a small amp. (https://varmintal.com/ahunt.htm#El-Cheapo)
Or perhaps a megaphone that has a 3.5mm input plug and connect to a mobile. I think they have an internal amplifier.
Both are pretty cheap. So, what's worked for you?
Bello wrote:Hi all
I was talking to an ol cockie some time ago and he mentioned to me that, at certain times of the year the whistling doesn’t work.
I can’t remember if it was around breading time.
Perhaps someone more knowledgeable than me can confirm or dispel this.
NTSOG wrote:Ziege: "... they have a call on there called "coyote pup distress" its brilliant, foxes cant seem to help themselves, me and the old man spent a total of 45 mins setting up and waiting in 3 different spots got a total of 4 with one extra running off after a shot having not been spotted by us in the long grass, I wont use anything but that and a tenterfield now."
I tried a coyote call last night for the first time after playing a number of other calls on my Icotec 350: mouse, hare, vixen, lamb and so on over 50 minutes. The one fox I saw at 150+ yards ignored every call and disappeared into the scrub. I played a coyote call for the first time and a fox came in after 4 minutes or so to sit about 60 yards from the caller sitting facing it. It seemed very calm and curious and gave me an easy shot with the .22 magnum. I assume that the coyote call is a novel sound and foxes are simply curious as to what sort of 'food' makes the noise.
Jim