Dac9976 Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Hi all. I've been looking at the Foxpro range but can't make my mind up what to get. Any recomendations? Cheers Danny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stacka Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Hi all. I've been looking at the Foxpro range but can't make my mind up what to get. Any recomendations? Cheers Danny. Go to Bushwear.co.uk and get a Foxpro Spitfire £130 Refurbed unit, bloody great piece of kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akeld Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Go to Bushwear.co.uk and get a Foxpro Spitfire £130 Refurbed unit, bloody great piece of kit. Thats what I did, no complaints from me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkyboy Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Thats what I did, no complaints from me me too. Havent used it in anger yet but well impressed. Look at youtube for demos of what it has done for other users...Hugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk1nny Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 I ordered one at 1pm last wed, on the doorstep next morning! Just wondered which calls people were finding successful and if it is worth adding new ones. If so how do I do it?!! Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stacka Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 It's a piece of string question. It depends on how your land is. Try and use calls that are similar to the food source the foxes are predating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsc1960 Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Had the spitfire for well over 3 years a great bit of kit, just got the foxpro jack for it and boy doesn't work, stuck the caller out in a open field about 100 yards away and watched 3 foxs come in, had 2 but the third oe wa motto be seen, Ps, this was in broad daylight. RSC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk1nny Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Ok that makes sense, The barking fox will presumably be worth a try during the coming mating season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stacka Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Yeah, I was dishing out the vixen on hear call which is a good one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stacka Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Check out a book written by Patrick Hook. Really good read, his methods of calling work really well. It charters the annual turn of a Foxer, so month by month calling techniques. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhunter Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Spitfire good bits of kit for the money, although my remote went haywire (3-4years old) so £70 for a fresh one. Keep the caller elevated toget best communication between caller and remote. It has a 1/4" mount underneath so a foot long bit of threaded bar sprayed black is what I use. Use quality rechargeable batteries and have a spare set handy. (I'll put my spitfire up for sale in the new year, new remote, two sd cards, connection wire, spare battery cradle box and instructions) Run a scorpion now which has 200calls on (twice the spitfire price!) many will never be used though had two occasions lately when watching through the thermal a fox took no notice whatsoever of the usual calls (mating calls, distress calls etc) but one came into raccoon squabble and the other adolescent coyote distress... So you just never no what will work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dac9976 Posted December 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Spitfire good bits of kit for the money, although my remote went haywire (3-4years old) so £70 for a fresh one. Keep the caller elevated toget best communication between caller and remote. It has a 1/4" mount underneath so a foot long bit of threaded bar sprayed black is what I use. Use quality rechargeable batteries and have a spare set handy. (I'll put my spitfire up for sale in the new year, new remote, two sd cards, connection wire, spare battery cradle box and instructions) Run a scorpion now which has 200calls on (twice the spitfire price!) many will never be used though had two occasions lately when watching through the thermal a fox took no notice whatsoever of the usual calls (mating calls, distress calls etc) but one came into raccoon squabble and the other adolescent coyote distress... So you just never no what will work! Hi How much will you be selling your spitfire for? Cheers Danny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhunter Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Will be hoping to get around the £115 mark as its as new (the remote is new not reconditioned) postage included. Pm me if intrested Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stacka Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Do it.....Danny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dac9976 Posted December 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Will be hoping to get around the £115 mark as its as new (the remote is new not reconditioned) postage included. Pm me if intrested Danny Pm sent Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akeld Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 To address the call change question, I've found the easiest way is to have different micro SD cards with the calls I want on, then just switch card, connect the AUX cable and remote and update the remote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dac9976 Posted December 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Do it.....Danny. Done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akeld Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Heres how I modded mine to improve running time, http://ukvarminting.com/forums/topic/27005-what-i-did-with-my-foxpro/ Need to do a few tests to see if an external ariel is worth it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz6br Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Had the spitfire for some year it was real good, then upgraded to the firestorm and the sounds and sound quality is much better it called a nice dog in this morning with in minutes of setting up Also a preditor intiser is well worth £35 off eBay Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srvet Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 How do these compare to the icotec range that best fox call sell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz6br Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 How do these compare to the icotec range that best fox call sell? Never used one, Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stacka Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 How do these compare to the icotec range that best fox call sell? Different league, iv had both and Foxpro has a lot more quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouncer Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 I had a new spitfire and sent it back then had a replacement new one and that was the same,i had trouble with the remotes and the distance it would work from.it was ok if it was in front of the car but any further and it wouldn't work.(bloody crap)so I upgraded to the FoxPro fury and well happy.i would never have a spitfire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longbow3 Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 i have been using FoxPro scorpion for 3-4 years now to great effect its a great piece of kit and you can stick it in your pocket One downside with it is the short range that it can be worked via the remote To get the best range you have to keep the batteries fully charged and try to get it off the ground a bit. Also a pity you cant just plug it in and charge it. You have to remove and charge 8 batteries every time you charge it. I have just bought a icotec GC500, seems like a very good call with easy to use remote and good realistic calls on it including many different fox calls also very good range, one guy tested it on you tube and it was working well beyond the advertised 300 yards. Bushwear are buying in these refurbished FoxPro callers from the USA in the hundreds and they are just flying off the shelves Only thing to watch out is the warranty period When I bought the scorpion it had a 5 year warranty, but they don't do that any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srvet Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Different league, iv had both and Foxpro has a lot more quality But does the quality transpose to getting more foxes or better reliability? Hell of a price difference between £180 for the gc500 and £429 for the Foxpro crossfire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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