Need recommendations for predator call

[txhunt7]

Looking for predator call recommendations. Read many good posts on TBH but need practical experience recommendations for the current models available today, I don't want to pay $150 to $500 to learn later I bought a piece of junk.
I'm not stuck on FoxPro but here's what I'm looking at anyway - https://www.gofoxpro.com/products/digital-game-calls/

Went to BassPro and they tried to sell the foxpro Patriot however I have large concerns its not loud enough. They don't post the decibels but can see the louder models start posting the decibels with the inferno at 110 going up with the $ paid.
Some of the reviews complain about the volume with cheaper models. I understand to start calling with low volume but after I burn out my low acreage area I wouldn't mind cranking for neighboring dogs.

A little about my use case, have a 100 acres with lots of opportunity surrounded by larger properties, good neighbors, and creek border. Some neighbors MAY let me hunt their properties after I get going, they all complain about the coyotes and last professional coming in took 34 but its been a while. So while I have a 100 acres, the border has lots of range opportunity and many dogs.
Are these cheaper calls any good for this use case? Not stuck on Foxpro looking for the biggest bang for the buck.

Looking for recommendations and experience with a model that would work, but not to break the bank.

[HogHunter34]

I’ve got an older FoxPro Spitfire. Has 24 sounds
I’m not the most seasoned predator hunter
I was able to put it to work in a red fox that caught two of my laying hens
I used the juvenile fox distress call & he came in immediately to the sound
Smoked him at 50-60 yards with my 22 mag that I had mounted my ATN digital night vision scope
I hunt East Tx so have limited range & views on places I hunt
Have never called in a yote yet
There are other quality calls out there
Good luck

[Passthrough]

Hard to go wrong with Foxpro!

[Big pig]

Love my fox pro, but I ain’t a pro by any stretch.

[White Falcon]

Take the squeeker out of a dog toy. Get a wine cork, drill a hole in it and insert squeeker. Works great.

[txhunt7]

Take the squeeker out of a dog toy. Get a wine cork, drill a hole in it and insert squeeker. Works great.

Reading similar things like this on the texas hunting forum.

This is interesting, bet its gonna be pricey :

https://burnhambrothers.com/pages/new-electronic-caller

Anybody with specific model information?

[okrattler]

Anything FoxPro is good. I've called coyotes in with their $100 calls and their most expensive calls. Lucky Duck is good too as well as Johnny Stewart calls. People go out looking for the loudest call there is. I've rarely turned my call on full blast unless it was windy and I was hunting a contest. Rabbits don't weigh 500 pounds so I figure I don't need to sound like one. The more realistic the better. I use a FoxPro Inferno and rarely turn it up past 12 out of 20 on the volume.

I have a buddy that if you're sitting more than 25 yards from him while he's calling you can barely hear him. I watched a coyote come in over snow at over 1,000 yards while he was calling one day. Those things can hear better than you or I could ever dream of. All you're gonna do with a loud call is scare the crap out of coyotes that aren't a mile away.

My brother is always telling me "You need to call louder." But he doesn't take into account that he can't hear very good. That call is plenty loud enough. He talks louder than your average person because his hearing sucks.

[WyoBull]

Lovely Foxpro Shockwave. Very versatile call. OP is right that the cheaper calls do not have the volume or the sound quality.
I call in big country up here in Wyoming that also has a lot of wind during the winter months so I need something that can reach out there when needed.

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[Playa]

I like my Convergent Bullet HP. Not sure what the decibel rating is, but I hunt the wide open windy country of the Panhandle south plains. I think the speaker quality is much better and provides clearer sharper tones.

[White Falcon]

Works on fox and Javelina also.

[txhunt7]

I like my Convergent Bullet HP. Not sure what the decibel rating is, but I hunt the wide open windy country of the Panhandle south plains. I think the speaker quality is much better and provides clearer sharper tones.

This looks interesting, comes and can use with the phone to lessen baggage.

https://convergenthunting.com/product/convergent-hunting-bullet-hp/

[txhunt7]

Lovely Foxpro Shockwave. Very versatile call. OP is right that the cheaper calls do not have the volume or the sound quality.
I call in big country up here in Wyoming that also has a lot of wind during the winter months so I need something that can reach out there when needed.

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My brother has the shockwave and likes it but he has 15x more acreage and needs to cover more land.

[txhunt7]

Works on fox and Javelina also.

Which call are you referring to?

[TX CHICKEN]

Tons of calls will work but do some serious reading on how to call. I made tons of mistakes as a rookie before figuring it out. Too loud and too often…In todays world an iPhone and Bluetooth speaker are better than any call from 15 years ago.


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[buckhunter1999]

Fox pro X24 or the Lucky Duck Revolt


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