FoxPro Call for deer?

[bkln]

Do you guys use it? I read the regs and couldn't find anything that this is a NO NO like for turkey.

FoxPro comes with doe bleat did you fellows got any success?

[WNYBuckHunter]

Ive thought about using my e-caller, as it had doe bleats, couple of buck grunts and fawn bleats. Problem is, it weighs a heck of alot more than my grunt tube, which can do all of those things.

[Pipecrew]

I may be wrong but I thought any electronic calls for deer were illegal.

[fasteddie]

I may be wrong but I thought any electronic calls for deer were illegal.

I thought the same thing .

[WNYBuckHunter]

Nope. Theyre legal.

[fasteddie]

I have seen gadgets at Dick's & GM that have a wrist remote and a unit you place on the ground / whatever that makes 5 different deer sounds .

[WNYBuckHunter]

My e-caller has a remote, and Ive thought about using to draw a buck in with a grunt, and doing it at a distance from me so that the buck's attention is not directed at my location. Problem is, I dont think the battery would last all day long, and the unit may time out and shut off before I need to use it. I have to experiment with it first.

Last year I had a huge buck come out into the field that my stand was on, and after 2 grunts, he came in on a string. Problem was, he came in to my downwind side, on a trail behind my stand. When I tried to draw my bow, I had problems due to my safety strap, and bumped the riser of the bow on the stand, which scared the buck off.

Now, if I would have had that caller, about 30 yards upwind of me, in the same hedgerow, that buck would have probably responded to it and tried to wind it, which would have put him directly in front of me. I can definitely see the advantage to them.

[WNYBuckHunter]

Yepper. I believe they changed the regs 2 or 3 years ago. Im pretty sure they used to be illegal for deer.

[bkln]

Good Point WNY, I will also start to experiment a bit, who knows, anything to get a buck :-)

[the blur]

I used a "bleat in heat" can yesterday, and a buck jumps up from the thicket, and runs the OPPOSITE direction !!

[BizCT]

Illegal.......I use doe bleat during the winter for coyotes and once had 20+ deer come to it. But anyway, a handheld mouth bleat call always works good for me during deer season.

[bkln]

Illegal......

You know that for a fact? or just what you think? I have read the regs and saw nothing about. Would you be nice enough to point me at the link or chapter where this is explained?

Thanks man

[WNYBuckHunter]

Q: Is it legal to use decoys and electronic calls to hunt deer?

A: Both decoys and electronic calls are legal to use for deer hunting in NY. You should exercise caution when transporting a deer decoy to and from the locations in the field. Some hunters wrap a strip of blaze orange material around the decoy when carrying it.

Almost at the bottom of the page here: http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/8310.html

Like I said, 100% legal.

[New York Hillbilly]

i forgot my grunt tube one day so i typed in youtube and found a "small buck grunting" and chasing that was caught on a trail cam. it was short clip but the real thing and i cracked up when a small doe heard it and came sneaking in right under my stand. i thought it was way to quiet but she sure as heck heard it!

[bkln]

Thanks WNY, I don't know how I missed that.....I will try some tricks with my FoxPro now :-)

[BizCT]

wow, they must have changed it.....see its still illegal for turkey, ducks, and geese....but for deer it is legal now.....seems weird to setup an e-caller 40-50yards away and have it bleat lol....but hey i might give it shot now lol.

[sampotter]

Are you able to load new sounds onto a Foxpro?

[waterweasle]

theres hundreds of calls for a foxpro caller...............I have about 80 in my library and change em within minutes, my caller has 31 calls on it with a remote

[coyoteman]

I used one during bow season and called in a nice 8 and shot him at 22 yards. He came from roughly 120 yards across a bean field. They work well with a decoy it keeps their attention off of you.

[Dstone001]

Hmm. Is there an iPhone app?

[waterweasle]

phone app for playing foxpro calls?? not that I've ever seen, foxpro call files arent mp3. they are a different file that allow them to only be played on foxpro units( I think I recall that correctly)

Edited November 30, 2011 by waterweasle

[SteveNY]

There is an Android app called "Deer Call". It is louder than you think when you use it in quite woods.

[phade]

Yep..that app was used to shoot a buck by a friend of mine. He got bored mid morning and started messing with it. Within 30 seconds he had an arrow in a buck. Go figure.

[SteveNY]

Yep..that app was used to shoot a buck by a friend of mine. He got bored mid morning and started messing with it. Within 30 seconds he had an arrow in a buck. Go figure.

lol, nice. I'm gonna give it a shot this weekend

[bkln]

I took my FoxPro call out a few times, no luck so far but then again I didn't see any deer either....

I have a feeling when the deer is moving it would catch their attention...