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Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: AWS on December 25, 2009, 06:06:39 PM

Title: My history with E-Callers w/pics
Post by: AWS on December 25, 2009, 06:06:39 PM: 1966 my first encounter with a e-caller, the Herter's catalog showed small portable phonograph and 45 rpm records. We had been calling fox for a couple years when we saw the ad. We had a small portable player that we took to keggers out in the country. So we orderred a record. While it sounded good it was a pain to use and no improvemnt over a mouth call.

Fast forward twenty year, many cartons of smokes, frost bit lungs and cronic bronchitis and I couldn't finish a calling series with out coughing fit, needed a fix here. The JS tape player was just the ticket and worked like a charm but was heavy and awkward to carry.

My first attempt at making things smaller and easier to use a small battery powerred computer speaker with a built in amp and litttle walkman cassett player, great sound, very compact and easy to transport. Cassetts are fragiland wore out.

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Searching for better sound and even easier operation the addition of a CD player and JS CD's with four different sounds and the abillity to loop the track and have it play the same sound continous. It worked great.

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Then I started hunting bigger country and the little computer speaker while loud could use a little more oomph. I spotted the JS Convert a Caller , huge sound, balanced system, worked great, but bulky.

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Along came the Preymaster, compact, great sound, good volume and if need could be hooked to the Convert a Caller for big sounds.

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Then the learning curve, I'm finding that I'm getting better responses in tight cover but getting busted because the coyotes a focusing on a sound close to me. Alot of searching and access to a computer and pred hunting sights turned me onto the Azden remote system for a camcorder and directions on adapting it to the Preymaster. Again a great system and worked like a charm. Compact, great sound and coyotes are coming in and shots are getting easier.

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Finally the Holy Grail, great sound, simple remote and range.

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Hoped you enjopyed this little journy.

AWS
Title: Re: My history with E-Callers w/pics
Post by: MtnMuley on December 25, 2009, 06:41:02 PM: Very nice, AWS. :)
Title: Re: My history with E-Callers w/pics
Post by: Bofire on December 25, 2009, 07:59:48 PM: That is almost my exact story.
Carl
Title: Re: My history with E-Callers w/pics
Post by: stumprat on December 26, 2009, 06:45:34 AM: Ahhhhh,
Evolution