Getting my butt kicked this year on trapping and was wondering if anyone has used the little electronic game calls for trapping and have you had success ? Thanks

We sell tons of them all over the world, are they the magic bullet? No; they are another tool that comes in handy in specific circumstances. I won't set a cage with out one. When doing damage work and needing to pull targets to a out of sight area they can be just that little extra.

What brand ? And what website do you use ? I'm looking for another tool to help me out. Thanks

I ordered 2 from F&T Friday. Part of my last ditch effort to do everything I can to fill this tag. Faced w/ cat(s) that don't want to follow consistent routes, I plan to give this a try for the last few days of season later this week. It should be interesting. I have a couple spots in mind w/ good cover.

What an effort you've put in.

Well it took 6 preference points to get this tag. I will be sick if I don't fill it.

Unless these are new and improved,you have to weather proof them.I've seen pictures where guys cut the bottom end off a plastic 2-liter pop bottle,wired or duct taped the bottle horizontal in a tree and set the call inside.When these first came out I bought 4,took 2 and duct taped them to trees at 2 individual sites.This was in Dec.,never thought about moisture being a problem.Got a big snow and it filtered thru the speaker and there went both calls.

I've always used zip lock bags. Had rains and snows and protected them. Ran a wire thru and hung on a tree

I might put it in the back of a cubby.

I have wondered about these types of calls and their effectiveness for canine trapping. An old timer gave me a box of lures traps stretchers etc and in it was 3 homemade pvc calls that ran on a battery. One end was drilled with holes to let the noise out. They seemed very weatherproof tho non worked being 20 some odd years old. Does anyone use these at a set or up high or in the brush? How do you make them

Set a few traps in a likely spot . Then blow a few cries on a open reed mouth call before you drive off. Often coyotes within earshot will go check it out when it gets dark.

You know that's funny. Cause I did that exact same thing couple weeks back and it worked. I wondered if anyone else tried that. Have to do more often now.

That's funny.

Hey, whatever works

Check your regs on unattended electronic devices. That is the wording they use in this state.

I figured they'd be illegal, but I read our trapping regs 3 times the other day & couldn't find anything about them in the regs.

Grit guy on here makes them. They will call predators in from a long way then your set will close the deal or not.
They have three or four prey distress sounds and are activated when it gets dark or you tape over the optical sensor. The other type I have is an always on or off (push button switch) type that makes a random bird/rodent chirping sound. For those that are thinking GIMMICKS all I can say is the sound quality of the “fur finder” is as good as a lot of the Ecallers people use to hunt with. I use the rabbit distress or bird distress on the fur finder above as high as I can put it. The chirping one goes in a ziplock then down a deep dirt hole with a wad of grass and a mouse or some prairie dog on top of it. I usually keep the electronics for catty locations and use traditional stuff for the K9 sets. I can’t quantify their effectiveness but I don’t regret buying them and using them. I can buy a dozen fur finders or two dozen chirpers with one cat pelt. That makes economic sense to me.

When I did ran snares I noticed my catch rate was higher when I had them out. Especially fox.

I am impressed with how they sound. I see the one F&T sells is a Wisconsin company. Seems like $20 well spent. In this cold, I'm unsure how long the batteries will last.
We always hear how good of eye sight animals like bobcats have. I wonder how good they can hear

I think cats have a very well developed sense of hearing especially the higher frequencies . When hunting rodents like wood voles I think their ears are at least as important as their eyes.