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I know everbody loves there foxpros, but iv been using mine all season with not a thing, the last two years I used my homemade caller with my ipod, calls from Western rivers ect. The first year I killed 1 coyote, last year I called several killing four of them. This year I decided if I was going out alot I didnt want to deal with the wires or possibly losing my ipod so I bought a foxpro wildfire 2, I think it sounds better and is alot easier to set up. But so far I tried getting an early start on things in sept. Iv been out atleast twice as often, hunting spots that are much better having done alot of scouting and more reading research ect. I have also hunted the same areas like I had last year putting more effort into my setups and time in the field. I know im not doing anything wrong like I said iv got 5 so far in past seasons. Its not that I havnt found coyotes, I have been with 100yards many times this year having them howl back to my howls ect with nothing coming to the distress calls, I did shoot a red fox this year at about 9am after having turned my caller off 20 mins prior then getting out my syco tweety I was using a decoy aswell when I saw it sitting watching the decoy. Im going to credit the mouth call for that one. Now the only thing siff this year is that iv been scanning the whole time on stand as alot of you guys seem to do. So far I have not seen 1 set of eyes using this method. Im not sure if it is keeping them in the woods or what but last year I would sit and watch say a logging trail and listen. then periodicly turning my gun light on to scan and having actually killes them this way I might think this is the problem. I will say tgat this year I did call a grey fox at night sitting in a treestand in the woods with no light, when I hit the light it was not were I though it would be and when I saw it I only had a sec by the time I ID it it was too late. Being that I was in a tree stand I couldnt move well enough for a shot. This is the only thing I can credit to this caller, but I had been sitting there atleast 1.5 hours very quietly. I realise the rensonses im going to get tend to be towards me doing somtging wrong wich I am not. If anyone has any thoughts or advice or similar problems just let me know I am trying to narrow down my problem. Keep in mind I hunt atleast 3 nights a week. Thankyou