A few weeks ago my cousin got a Foxpro Wildfire. Neither of us had ever used a Foxpro before so we didn't know if it was just hype or if it really worked. He told me the first night he used it he called in 3 or 4 yotes and a few days later he called in 2 more. Then about a week after that he texted me and said he turned on "racoon in distress" and called in 3 coons. I believed he called in the coyotes, but the racoons I wasn't sure about. He invited me to go with him and his step-brother to his step-dad's lease Thursday night so I went with them and I'm glad I did!
My cousin and I were sitting in the stand and right after dark my cousin turned on the "coon in distress" call on the Foxpro. I had his Savage .17 HMR ready for coons and he had his Remington 700 .300 win mag ready for anything else. We had the call on for about 3 minutes when we shined the light behind us and sure enough; a coon at the base of a tree and another coon in the tree. I got the .17 out the window and took out the coon on the ground. I handed the gun to my cousin who had a clearer shot at the other one, and he dropped that one. We went and claimed our kills and continued to walk through the woods for another 10 minutes and killed another 2 coons out of a tree before his step-brother came to pick us up. We went back to the truck to get the red spotlight and proceeded to make a quick loop around the property to kill a few more coons before we went to dinner. We had been riding around for 5 minutes when we spotted 4 coons in a tree and we took them out. By the time we got ready to go to dinner we had gotten the count to 10 coons but we weren't done yet.
We got back from dinner and got ready to go. I was driving and had my cousin's .50 Beowulf in my lap, my cousin was in the passenger seat with the spotlight, and his step-brother was riding in the bed with his S&W AR15 resting on the roof. Now the fun began. We headed over to a pond and saw 2 coons in a tree on the other side. We didn't feel like killing them and then having to walk over there to find them, so we decided to make them come to us. My cousin set the Foxpro on the hood, turned on "coon in distress" and within seconds we could hear one of them coming down the tree. We wait a couple minutes, shined the light, and he was running towards us through the shallow end of the pond 30 yards away. He ran a little more, I yelled at him, and when he stopped my step-cousin took him out. We kept doing this all over the property and even had one coon come to the call from a tree at least 120 yards away. He got within 40 feet of us and my step-cousin killed him. My cousin videoed that one so I'll try to see if I can upload it on here. We ended up getting a total of 19 in about 4 hours. If you have a Foxpro you need to try the "coon in distress" call. I was skeptical at first but I am now a believer.
My cousin and I were sitting in the stand and right after dark my cousin turned on the "coon in distress" call on the Foxpro. I had his Savage .17 HMR ready for coons and he had his Remington 700 .300 win mag ready for anything else. We had the call on for about 3 minutes when we shined the light behind us and sure enough; a coon at the base of a tree and another coon in the tree. I got the .17 out the window and took out the coon on the ground. I handed the gun to my cousin who had a clearer shot at the other one, and he dropped that one. We went and claimed our kills and continued to walk through the woods for another 10 minutes and killed another 2 coons out of a tree before his step-brother came to pick us up. We went back to the truck to get the red spotlight and proceeded to make a quick loop around the property to kill a few more coons before we went to dinner. We had been riding around for 5 minutes when we spotted 4 coons in a tree and we took them out. By the time we got ready to go to dinner we had gotten the count to 10 coons but we weren't done yet.
We got back from dinner and got ready to go. I was driving and had my cousin's .50 Beowulf in my lap, my cousin was in the passenger seat with the spotlight, and his step-brother was riding in the bed with his S&W AR15 resting on the roof. Now the fun began. We headed over to a pond and saw 2 coons in a tree on the other side. We didn't feel like killing them and then having to walk over there to find them, so we decided to make them come to us. My cousin set the Foxpro on the hood, turned on "coon in distress" and within seconds we could hear one of them coming down the tree. We wait a couple minutes, shined the light, and he was running towards us through the shallow end of the pond 30 yards away. He ran a little more, I yelled at him, and when he stopped my step-cousin took him out. We kept doing this all over the property and even had one coon come to the call from a tree at least 120 yards away. He got within 40 feet of us and my step-cousin killed him. My cousin videoed that one so I'll try to see if I can upload it on here. We ended up getting a total of 19 in about 4 hours. If you have a Foxpro you need to try the "coon in distress" call. I was skeptical at first but I am now a believer.
