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james · Veteran Member

new Boondocker decoys fab!!!!!!

SHANEDOG · Guru

Full report with pics will be mandatory,James!! biggrin

-- Edited by SHANEDOG on Friday 3rd of June 2011 12:35:52 AM

WVCrowKiller · Member

How many of these things are needed for the ideal decoy set up?

pacrowshoot · Veteran Member

They are very nice decoys. I got 18 of them to give away as prizes for this years crow shoot, and I think I will have trouble giving them out to the winner. They stack together nicely and the flocking looks like it will hold up well. I recommend checking these decoys out also, and the owner (Jeremiah) is great to deal with.

SHANEDOG · Guru

Also check out his silent sleeve scope shades for your yote and chuck rifles!! smile

james · Veteran Member

I will give a full report when I can use them. Limited crow killing in Ga at 95 degrees .They are really nice and will save so much room when hauling the setup. Can not wait!!

Whiteknuckle · Veteran Member

Guys,

Just a heads up here my introductory price on these decoys ends on June 30th. Only a couple of weeks left.

Also I would like to thank all who have already ordered.

Please send me success photos once seasons open back up and ill try and find a way to use them on my website.

Jeremiah Weber

crow laddie · Member

I've just started crow hunting and what decoys do you think i should get without any hard feeling twoards anyone? I found this good deal online: http://www.wingsupply.com/shop/Scripts/prodViewSKU.asp?SKU=5900CR or should i just get 6 of the Boondocker decoys?

8fishermen · Guru

crow laddie wrote:
I've just started crow hunting and what decoys do you think i should get without any hard feeling twoards anyone? I found this good deal online: http://www.wingsupply.com/shop/Scripts/prodViewSKU.asp?SKU=5900CR or should i just get 6 of the Boondocker decoys?

Welocme CL from Mississippi.

I have 8 of the Flambeaus, they are good but I am ordering some of boondockers as they are much more compact and are flocked.

pacrowshoot · Veteran Member

The new boondocker decoys are great, and that's what I would suggest. I bought some of the flambeaus before and flocked them myself (which is a pain), and without the flocking I think the shine of them turned away more birds than they helped. Good luck!

crow laddie · Member

so, boondocker decoys it is? (i just want to make sure)

chip · Guru

Lets not get in too big a hurry here fellas!! These new deeks I think are an outstanding Idea and look great. My question is how do they act on the stake with with a wind of more than 10 mph. Or when you drop one on its back in the blue mud down in the river bottoms?? Does it clean up well without losing flocking? Laddie you need to give us a good report if you would please. Ask Shanedog!! He knows I am a pro at buying things and getting all excited about it before I see what it is made of in the field disbelief If I had a
$1 for every $25 I've spent on crow killin gadgets I would be retired now!! The only 2 decoys that I have purchased that lasted in the field and withstood a beating and are still getting bandits to my spread are GHG aggresive callers and the kite that shane turned me on to smile I'm not saying don't buy the boondockers. I'm just older and wiser and realize how valuable this site can be for the serious crow hunter. When I first joined the site I spent untold amounts of cash on stuff that looked good but either did not work or would not last more than half a season. If the boondockers prove worthy and are properly field tested. I will own a ton of em, but not until I have had the right reports in all conditions.... biggrin

Keep your nose to the wind, and your eyes on the skyline!!!!

Whiteknuckle · Veteran Member

Chip,
Please E-mail me your address and I will send you a three pack of decoys. If they pass your tests then you pay me for them. If not then you send them back to me and ill even pay return shipping.

boondockoutdoors@verizon.net

Jeremiah Weber

SHANEDOG · Guru

Whiteknucle

Now thats standing behind your products!! I think once Chip, trys your dekes he will be tickled!!

My season starts Monday but the shootin just does not get good till end of August,so why educate them,I am gonna stay on the chuks and pigeons for a bit.

Any of you guys using rifles,check out Whiteknucle's silent sleeve scope shades,great for coyote callin!!

crowcommander · Veteran Member

How are the boondockers compared to the ghg elite crow decoys. Cant decide wheter to just flock my flambeaus or buy new already flocked.

8fishermen · Guru

crowcommander wrote:
How are the boondockers compared to the ghg elite crow decoys. Cant decide wheter to just flock my flambeaus or buy new already flocked.

We did both. We use the flambeaus as handing decoys and the boondockers on the ground. Works really well. Just a tip... dedicated hanging decoys with the wire permanently attached are much easier to deal with that the removable hook. Check out Marv's hanging decoy modifications.

nhcrowshooter · Guru

Chip, it's been over 2.5 years, did you ever take them up on the offer for the Boondocker decoys? You made many good points about what you expect from a decoy. If you used them how did they work out in the wind, how did they clean up after getting muddy etc.?

motiondecoy · Guru

They should work great as if you got to carry a lot of decoys. Just remember to face them a little into the wind. if wind is a problem well I used different decoys for that slid right down over the cornstalks.
They do not seem to make that type any more.

chip · Guru

I have had a dozen of them for 3 seasons now. I tell you what fellas, I've killed a lot of crows over them. I've not had a single one fall off a stake in the wind. The flocking on them is outstanding. I spray them off at the car wash when needed. If I had to say something that I didn't like about them it would be that the stakes are tough to push in to frozen ground. I just make a pilot hole with a screw driver and stick em in it. It is a good decoy for a good price, they have lasted well and work great. Perfect for the guys who don't want to carry a lot of stuff!!! I give them a strong B+ and I'm very picky. biggrin biggrin

ecuchief · Senior Member

Those look great. Here's a link to the web site for others.

I may have to snatch some of these for next season. Not sure how much more I'll be able to get out this year. I had to return my Alpha Dogg for service and will have to wait until it is returned.

Buckshot1822 · Senior Member

The guy is local here........I had some of them, and have since gotten rid of them..........crows seemed to freak out, once they could see air underneath them

These are fairly educated, local crows, but they will come screaming in to full bodies on most occasions, I got a lot of refusals with the 3/4 shells....

M12Shooter · Guru

I have found the boondockers to be nothing short of outstanding in my theatre of operation. Have had crows saunter in to them with no calling at all. However, when mounting them in tree tops it is important to have them sitting at a natural angle...as with any decoy.

Ted

BUZZ · Senior Member

We use them, and we like them.....but on a real windy day they are worthless in the trees as the wind flops them around like a rag doll.

chip · Guru

I don't see why anyone would hang a boondocker in a tree!! They are clearly field decoys. That would be like stringing up a goose shell and trying to float it. They are great for the run n gunner? Honestly buckshot if a crow got close enough to see air under my boondockers he would have breast feathers poking out his back biggrin biggrin

-- Edited by chip on Saturday 29th of March 2014 01:57:59 AM

BUZZ · Senior Member

chip wrote:
I don't see why anyone would hang a boondocker in a tree!! They are clearly field decoys. That would be like stringing up a goose shell and trying to float it. They are great for the run n gunner? Honestly buckshot if a crow got close enough to see air under my boondockers he would have breast feathers poking out his back

-- Edited by chip on Saturday 29th of March 2014 01:57:59 AM

We have a tree set up that works very well for us, and we use them that way a lot. May be just field decoys for you, but we have learned other ways to use them.

Crowslayerking · Veteran Member

May get some for this coming fall and try them!

-- Edited by Crowslayerking on Tuesday 1st of April 2014 02:25:31 AM

chip · Guru

I'm all ears buzz!!!! I just figured em to lite to hang in trees. I'm always open to new ideas. Share with us!!! If they make good sentrys I wanna learn. Hangin sentrys is my biggest pain,,, essential but still a pain...

Buckshot1822 · Senior Member

chip wrote:
I don't see why anyone would hang a boondocker in a tree!! They are clearly field decoys. That would be like stringing up a goose shell and trying to float it. They are great for the run n gunner? Honestly buckshot if a crow got close enough to see air under my boondockers he would have breast feathers poking out his back

-- Edited by chip on Saturday 29th of March 2014 01:57:59 AM

It was one place in particular that they freaked out when they saw them............they can see the decoys for a long long way, and have the fly a few hundred yards accross an open field to get into range.........they just flared a lot when I was using them, and I never hadthat problem when I wasn't........they did work well some other places though....and they sure are better to carry than a bag of 40 full bodies

BUZZ · Senior Member

chip wrote:
I'm all ears buzz!!!! I just figured em to lite to hang in trees. I'm always open to new ideas. Share with us!!! If they make good sentrys I wanna learn. Hangin sentrys is my biggest pain,,, essential but still a pain...

Chip,

We usually hang them around 12' to 15' off the ground , using caution to not tilt them to high as to show the under side from a crows view. When trying to hang one high up, as in 20' plus, for a sentry, you are correct that the half shell would not work.

We do not try to get one that high up, although there are times I believe that the "sentry pole" would help us. We hunt in a run and gun area, as we do not have a huge population, so we can only carry limited gear and still cover ground.

So to summarize, the boondockers work well on the ground, or at limited heights in a tree......and are certainly easier to carry when packing in and out of run and gun set up's.

shaky · Member

james wrote:
I ordered 15 and let me tell you they are great. I can now put 15 in the bag with my full bodied deks that I hang in the trees all in one bag. These will save so much space. I can not wait to try them out. I am also getting a new gillie suit that the material matches the army camo the I havve been using for my blind. All this new equipment will make getting to new places on my new ATV so much easier. I can not wait.

James, I'm new to the forum, but have been following it for a while now. What ATV are you using in the field? I've been thinking of a side by side so I can get my wife into hunting with me either for crows, pigeons, or predators. She loves to shoot nd I know she would enjoy hunting if only I can get her out there with me. I've been looking at the Boondocker decoys as well. I'll be ordering some here pretty soon. Thanks in advance.

shaky · Member

I recently got my six pack of decoys. Couldn't be happier. I'm looking forward to crow season so I can put them to work. If you haven't given them serious consideration I think you're making a mistake. These decoys are well made and stack as advertised. Well worth the money. JMHO