I recently have purchased the primos power dog and i am not too impressed with it..I wish it had more sounds and had a louder volume, I like how u can set it out there a ways to take the attention off of you but it just doesn;t seem loud enough for anything over a few hundred yards to hear..It would be great for hunting inside a woods but I wouldn;t recommend it for open country. I'm definatley wishing I woulda spent my $160 on sometin else...anyone else got any feedback on it?

I went hunting with one for the first time this winter. My brother n law bought one. I am a Foxpro guy, so I wasnt too impressed either with the volume. I love the coyote sounds on it, but like you state, it is just not loud enough. I think Primos needs to fix the volume issue and it would be a great call. Either that, or have an option of getting an external horn speaker that will carry out the sound...

I would love to get a fox pro fury!!those calls are top of the line! just a little too much $$$$$

I've heard a few folks talk about weak volume. Mine seems to be plenty loud though (big cornfields/bean fields/huge woods/etc), other than the cotton tail sound(it just doesn't carry much, due to the sound itself). The howls carry very far. I can personally compare the power dogg call to a scorpion, fury, nite stalker, gametraks and phantom callers! (had them all this past week!) but my loud enough may be very different than others?

I was also in ??? of the volume but I walked 400 yards from the call with the female invitation sound on full volume and I could hear it and it was snowing very hard that day and we didn,t call anything in may try again this week ------ kitchbow

remember, a dog hears way better than you do.....

In regard to your question about the PD not having volume. This unit only has 4 batteries, compared to others that have more and that is why they have a higher volume. I recently purchased a PD to be used as a back up unit. The call selections are excellent and are clear with high quality. I have had great success with it.

In predator calling, "Loud is not always best". As was mentioned above, a predator's hearing is very good and they can hear the calls from a long distance. The wind is a predator callers enemy. I will use a higher volume when there are high windy conditions or when I'm hunting grey fox and used the grey fox pup sound.

Suggest you get your PD off of the ground, the sound will carry out a lot further. If possible, put it on a rock pile, dirt mount, log, hay bale or hang it from a tree branch. I use a piece of wire in the form of an "S" hook to hang it from a tree branch.

Man I just bought one a couple of weeks ago. I haven't had a chance to take it out yet. I sure hope it does good.

the power dog is a great little beginners call. i have one and called in lots of coyotes. and im in CA where there is lots of open country.

I don't have a power dog but feel compelled to respond. YOU DO NOT want to call too loudly!!! I try not to call very loud except howls, but I just hunted with a guy who shoots a lot of dogs and he calls very very quietly.

They can hear a long ways off. Plus, the closer they are to you when you call the better chance you have of calling them in.

I love my Power Dogg. It has brought in a lost of yotes for me.

I guess its possible to call too loud but I know folks that are killing coyotes by the dozens and they blast away at full volume all the time .... go figure. I once accidentally had my foxpro turned up full blast and set it about 30yds away in big woods and hit the woodpecker distress it was so loud it startled me so I hit mute and as I did i heard something running in the leaves and two coyotes popped out at 20yds and ran right past the caller and I got one as they ran by. Those coyotes were no more than 100yds away when the caller turned on at full blast.So much for calling too loud. I usually run at 1/2 volume unless the wind is blowing then i crank it up. It saves on battery life to run at lower volume and the idea about getting your caller up off the ground is a good point you get better volume and your remote works better too.

Saw that a new Power Dogg model 3751 is out. Does anyone know what the difference is in the new unit vs the older 3751 unit?

I too would like to know if there is a new model Powerdogg?

The Powerdogg is a deadly electronic caller for Eastern coyotes... I know of many acquantances that have already called in coyotes and fox here in the East.... I have all kind of electronic callers.... I already got my money worth out of mine since I have actually called in 3 Eastern coyotes with it this season.....

Cosack is correct too... By hanging it from a branch, farm equipment, bale of hay, the sound travels farther... Also the remote works better too when the Powerdogg is elevated and not on the ground.... The # 5 volumn settng is plenty loud for even crow hunting if you hang the caller from a tree like referenced above..


Gee if there is a new model out I would buy one of those too.

I am looking forward to using the Powerdogg again to out smart the Pa Eastern Coyote.....

There is a new model out? I would like to know also!

I also agree with Pennsylvania although i live in the west aka southern California and i have called in many coyotes with the Power Dogg.

we set up on sunday below A fox den. no fox but a rooster pheasant came running for the rodent squealer.he was a little confused when he saw the speaker,but got kinda pissed when he realized there was no mouse,almost attacked the powerdog speaker when hit the button at pointblank. NO DOGS,but we did lao.

Dog Slayer=I have had a powerdog for a while it works pretty good.I think it has a medium volume with a awesome remote.For the money it would be hard to beat.I have called in coyotes from a long distane with mine.I own two calls the powerdog and the daystalker both have enough volume on a calm day to echo the sound off of stuff.I dont think any body would have any trouble calling in coyotes with either.All though I always hang my call in a tree or hang it up. Hope you have better luck with yours.Make sure your batterys are good it might make a difference.Sometimes when the batterys get low the call will act up and get stactic and not be loud

Why the Primos Powerdogg is a coyote calling machine:


First of all you have to know what your doing...However the sounds on there are Randy Anderson doing all of the coyote vocals....I was blessed.....I had supper with Randy Anderson in Pennsylvania, Lewistown, Pa in April of 2006. He was doing a coyote seminar at Port matilda and I was doing a fox calling seminar for the PA Predator Hunters Assoc. Randy....is no phoney.....He told the small group eating with him at night if we wanted to call in Pa coyotes to do this, that, and don't forget about this....I have done just what he has told me and I am calling in the SMART Pa coyotes now....I am using the Powerdogg....Makes sense....If I want to do a Coyote Challenge.. When I activate the Coyote Challenge on the Powerdogg I know when it comes out the speaker it's going to be Randy's Coyote Challenge, If I do the coyote pup,,, it 's going to be the pup, If I do the female Invitional Howl, it's going to be Randy doing the female Invitaional call.....

The Powerdogg used right to play with Eastern Coyote Brains.......IS DEADLY!!!!!!!!!

I have 3 electronic callers, #1 is the old J. Stewart tape call and it has good volume and great sounds but are limited to only one sound at a time. #2 XR6 Fox Pro good volume but the sounds are not good and the remote is not real easy to use. #3 Newest Power Dogg, volume is sort of medium BUT the SOUNDS are a whole LOT BETTER than the Fox Pro ,, the remote for the Power Dogg is simple and easy to use...IMHO all 3 will do the job but So far I will go with the Power dog and If I need more volume I will just use my mouth calls.


DAB

Not sure what all the fuss is about he volume. I almost didn't buy one due to the reviews, But decided to give it a try. Got it two days ago and s soon as I got it I put it on my back pourch to play with. 80 yards away I started the howl pointed away from me. I called my hunting buddy who lives over 3/4 of a mile away and hecould hear it so good he staretd too call me about the yotes howling over by me. Even the cottontail & woodpecker was more than loud enough for me to hear on vol #3 setting. Took it out in the forest that night and idd a challange call & then a distrest pup and had responce from two different areas. After about ten minutes I had a yote run amost full speed to about forty yards from me and stop. Not sure if they have improved this model in the last couple of months,But the volume was plenty loud. My hunting buddy has a very expensive unit with like 30 sounds and this unit has a clearer sound. We mostly hunt just yotes so I think the 12 calls on this unit are mostly all we use anyway. If yuor worried about the volume don't be. I could not be more satisfied at this point.

Don't spread my wealth, Spread my work ethic!!

So Pennsylvania what did he tell you to do, share the secrets. I live in Pa. myself, I am just getting started with the predator hunting. I am looking at buying the power dog for the price I think it is the one I will go with.

i have a pd as well and i hunt in the north eastern corner of cal and it does sound like its not very load but in the open sage flats i have seen coyotes at well over 1000 yards pick up thier heads and look my way so its load enough for the job as long as the winds are not to high but at that point any call suffers plus the circling way out of range is high too in that situation but the sound quality of the pd is really great ive had it work when non of the other calls would only problem i have is it acts up when it gets really cold so i started keeping it in the house instead of the truck problem fixed over all for what it cost it works very well

I bought a power dog after last years sports show at Harrisburg. I got to meet Randy and Wooly at Primos' booth and got randy to sign last years video. got home and was watching what Randy did and called Cabelas and ordered one. I like mine, my cousin and I killed a monster female gray fox with it about a month ago. We tried the same spot a week or so later and saw another grays eyes. It wouldn't come in, sat about 50 yards away and barked at us. can't wait to get some more use out of it.

well, i dont know how u seem so dis-satisfied with volume, i called one in from over 460 yrd's, and another from further than my 500 yrd range finder would reach! I own 3 electronic callers, and none compare to the power dogg's volume, or quality of the sounds! My only regret's so far are, 1: i bought the other 2, 2: wish it had a fox in distress, but havent seen any that did so far! I also hunt in Utah, i have large open areas, and mtn.'s and about all the in between. As for me, i am very pleased with my results, and wish you better results in future, happy hunting!

Fox Pro has a whole list of fox distress sounds to choose from. When you order from Fox Pro you can pick almost what ever sounds you want. Go to there website www.gofoxpro.com. You will be impressed. The Fox Pro Spitfire comes with 24 sounds on it. You can get factory pre set sounds, or you can choose from there sound list. The Spitfire is there cheapest model.

Thanks ALOT for the tip about fox pro, JUST CUSTOM ORDERED ME ONE! am amazed at allt he choices, felt like a kid in a candy store! As a founder of a new hunting club, The Dog House I try to stay up on things! Thanks again! feel free to give us a peek. http://thehunter-doghouse.blogspot.com/

No problem. Which model did you get? I think the power dogg is a descent call, but the Fox Pros just have a lot more to offer. But they do cost more.

I ordered the fox pro spit fire! anxiously waiting arrival. Gentleman at fox pro was very
informed of his product, and assisted me in making mine with 24 custom call's that I wanted.
so now will have 3 call's! lol, still have my phantom pro series for sale too! Will see how the spit fire works, but aint parting with my power dogg! Again, thanks for the Tip, Happy Huntng,

I have the Spitfire and really like it. You'll probably never use your Power Dogg again. I went with the factory pre set sounds. I'm going to go back and erase a few sounds and get some different ones downloaded. That's a big thing the Spitfire has over the Power Dogg. Good luck with it. You'll like it.

The volume is fine. Everyone just wants to call too loud.

OK, ive read all this over and over. I mostly use mouth calls, killed 16 yotes many foxes and 1 bobcat (luck on the cat) but I don't think im efective with mymouth calls at long range just in my close in woded areas and small fields because i have never called anything in in my large fields. So i am looking in to buying an electrnic call, I have $200 to put on this. So, i want yals opinion sould i buy the Power Dogg or go ahead and spend more money on a diffrent foxpro or something? Just pm as not to get off the subject of the previous posters.

The Power Dogg is a fine call. But if I had $200 to put down I would go with the Fox Pro Spitfire. You can choose 24 sounds from an unending list to be put on it. The Spitfire is the most bang for your money.

I've got the powerdog,and it works,but if the spitfire had been available last year,I would have bought it.
I'm curious what Primo's will come out with now.
Marketing,if your listenin, we want more realistic sounds,completely programable,for less than 200 bucks. Thats not too much to ask,is it?

Thanks jcELK and coyteodie my buddy is going to buy the Poerdogg and were gonna try it out this weekend probabaly and that will help me decide. just got to find a frind witha spitfire lol.

I have a Power dogg that I really like, But am looking to upgrade to a more expensive unit. It's 8 months old, like brand new and works perfect. I will sell it for $115.00 including freight if anyone is interested!!. "Will throw in a Bushnell yardge pro 800" rangefinder that works perfect for $200.00 including freight for BOTH !!!!!!!!!!.

I think ive decided to go with the fox pro. No offense Primos you guys stil aremy number one choice for my muth calls!. thanks for yals imput guys.

well you got to figure a dog can hear you lip squeek at over 300 yards they hear that call from far enough i use mine alot and im in the high dessert wide open sage and thick juniper mountains works great for me ya it aint loud but it works its not a fox pro but hey it aint 600 buck either unless you are out making a living killing coyotes and cats you really dont need a 600 dollar call your dinner plate isnt on the line lol i hunt every day and i kill alot of predators and it works just fine it got three dogs and a bob this morning and its hard hunting here so it is loud enough

Sorry to stir a dead post but i orderd a Fox Pro spitfire from cabelas a week ago, (and well it got put on backorder for 2 weks ) cant wait to get it out and try it! when it gets here.

I hate it when you try to order something and they say they have to back order it, usually it takes forever to get it, if you get it at all, then you have wasted all that time waiting. Anymore, i just tell them to forget it and try somewhere else.

Dale.

were at in cali do you live im in the north east part by alturas in the high desert

I dont know if I like the power dogg. I dont see paying the price for any e-call but I'm cheap & its all personal preference.

The only thing I noticed was that most of the calls, especialy the rodent distress call & the cottontail distress sounded realy fake, especialy above volume level 3 & when you stop the call, It doesnt reset the sound so when you turn it on again it starts from mid howl or squeel!
My only other complaint is that my friend & I havent called anything but birds & mule deer with it & we have been out quite a few times.

I have a few questions,
1)What is the black button on the side for?
2)Whats with the false button opposite of the on/off power button???

I have seen it work on primos truth 5 callin all coyotes so we'll have to see what happens when the weather clears up a bit.

I bet all of you who have had sucess only hunt on or around private property or farm land.
I just want a stinkin coyote! or something... I'm tired of poppin finches that we call in.

I'm out to prove myself wrong about the power dogg, I aint going down without a fight.
Its gunna be tough because I hate e-calls!
I have a trick up my sleeve though. I am going to collect some white feathers & tie em to a stick to blow in the wind & make it look like a struggling critter. If that doesnt work, I'm walking the oposite way from the power dogg & continue my sets alone with my trusty mouth & hand calls that I have proven to work.

I am not impressed either. The sounds are great, just not loud enough.

If you dont like it,dont buy it.
The black button on the side operates the red light by the antennea,which unless its a signaling device,or for searching in your bag without a clear bright light,serves no purpose at all,(thanx,marketing). The false buttons are for cosmetics only,near as I can tell,(thanx again,marketing.)
Your not gonna kill a thing, but finches, if thats what you shoot at when they show up. If you arent excerciseing more patience on the stand than you are in this post you should probably take up another hobby. If finches are like magpies or crows,the dogs arent far behind...sometimes. As they're all scavengers. I use birds as indicators of which way a dog might come from and also at which distance he's likely to spot me based on the actions of other critters that show up. I DONT disturb them as they give added reality to the stand.
I hunt lots of land,public and private, and had just as much success on one as the other.
Also,you cant rely on just an E-caller. Nothin works ALL the time.
Heres proof it works,but its not the only trick in the bag.
http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o348/co...091051_0001.jpg
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Nice pics coyoteodie!

I didnt have to buy the power dogg, my friend did!

I think a half hour to 45 min. is long enought of a wait before poppin a finch & moving on to my next stand. That was one of those situations where we didnt hike 3 miles to kill nothin. something was gunna die!
I dont shoot birds every time, its pretty rare actualy, only when I want to check to see if my scope is still sighted in. If the power dogg had worked for us then we wouldnt have had to pop a finch. GEEZE, lay off mom!
I am going to do a few sets alone with the HS jonny stewart predator 2 attractor that my friend bought also, then do a few with my hand & mouth calls & see which brings success.
I'm trying to see this whole e-call thing from a positive prospective.
Its just, IMO the newer the product, the cheaper they are made & the more expensive it is.
Doesnt matter what company or product iether.

The light is the only thing the side button powers? false button just for looks?
Thats the dumbest thing I have ever seen. Thats proof that you are only paying for the name primos instead of a quality product. I realy hate to say that.
That light wouldnt even light up a back pack.
they dont even explain what its for in the instructions.
They dont think that hunters are already going to have flashlights, especialy for preditor hunting?
I saw this comming when they bought out silver xp & changed the formula or something & now it doesnt work near as affective IMO & has a cleaning product smell to it.
I think people buy these products for the name.

I hate stiring up differences of opinion, I'm just sayin, If they cared what customers think, they would listen to what we want out of products instead of making a product with usless gadgets like false buttons & worthless lights.

Thats cool that allot of people are having success with the power dogg, I wish we had the same luck as everyone else. I figured its the specific sound or volume that is the issue because I use hand & mouth calls & have my calling down pretty well & I do just fine.
The power dogg has a vibratory echo right out of the call, not off the hills, but like it was recorded inside a studio & sounds realy fake. the cottontail & rodent distress might as well not even be on the call. They might work on volume 1. dont know, havent gotten there yet.
My friend might have bought a bad one, It was the last one they had on the shelf.


Ever since we've been using it, the power dogg is the only dog we have seen.
Its like fishing, my favorite lure doesnt work in every lake only some.
The power dogg works but not everywhere.

I am going to do a few night sets soon, my friend & I only have white spot lights though so we're waiting untill we get a red lense light.

And I dont want to hear about the 300 yrd red lense light from primos,
I dont care that they make one that mounts on your gun... I aint buyin it!
No guarantees that my friend wont though.