Crow Busters Forum

Crow Down · Veteran Member

Telescoping poles

NGillespie10 · Senior Member

depends on how high the trees are where you normally hunt. I have a 10 foot poll that I use, which allows me to get the crows up 17 feet or so, which is a little short but still works.

Buckshot1822 · Senior Member

Just go to Lowes or Home Depot, and get a paint roller pole, they have a lot of different sizes to look at, and pick from.....

8fishermen · Guru

I had several old poles laying around so I used what I had. This is a 16' telescoping paint pole with the end removed so the insert will slip inside. The other section is a 8 ft top section from a broken pole. The two together make for a 24' pole. The top is a rat tail roller frame bent to cradle the decoy. It holds the decoy very securely while deploying them into the trees. The way the poles slip together and the way the top is twisted into the coils along with the added weight of the decoy makes the decoy always stand upright when raising them. The top section of pole spins freely so the hook on the decoy is always up which is very helpful when hanging before daylight. Notice in the last pic how the hook is on top. The way this balances it is always on top. I did not do that on purpose, it just came out that way when it was assembled but it is very nice to use in the field.

I have seen others here use a funnel attached to the top of roller poles or just a hook to hold the hook on the decoy. Several here use lineman poles which are very long. 24' seem to be plenty for us.

The pole you listed would work well.

8fishermen · Guru

Highlander wrote:
I've been wanting to purchase a telescoping pole so I can hang my decoys from trees. I found a website all about these poles: http://www.telescoping-pole.com
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I checked out thais web-site, There are two poles I like, The Unger 24' extended - 4 sections- 6'11" collasped = $54.99
and the Deluxe Economy 20.5' extended - 7.5' collasped = $39.95.
======================================================================================================================

The paint roller pictured above looks like a nice end to use for attahing the decoy in the trees, I have one out in the shed I'll have to try & shape it and see in I can get it right. Pat

The key I found is to make an angular bend toward the end of the spiral. This angle rest in front of the stake location locking the decoy into the holder. The decoy locks into the holder as long as it is upright. When the hook is over a limb and the weight of the decoy is supported be the limb, the decoy just slips out of the holder. Kinda neat how it all came together. I wish I planned it that way but honestly I got lucky. smile

If you leave the steaks on your decoys you may want to use just a spiral without the bend. Put the decoy in place and a simple twist of the handle will unlock the decoy from the holder.

Good luck Pat.

-- Edited by 8fishermen on Friday 25th of January 2013 12:34:59 PM

Highlander · Senior Member

I've been wanting to purchase a telescoping pole so I can hang my decoys from trees. I found a website all about these poles: http://www.telescoping-pole.com
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I checked out thais web-site, There are two poles I like, The Unger 24' extended - 4 sections- 6'11" collasped = $54.99
and the Deluxe Economy 20.5' extended - 7.5' collasped = $39.95.
======================================================================================================================

The paint roller pictured above looks like a nice end to use for attahing the decoy in the trees, I have one out in the shed I'll have to try & shape it and see in I can get it right. Pat

Redditch · Guru

What I have found is A) the poles are very heavy once assembled, and not easy in a high wind. B) they are generally too long for the strength of the tubing used, and you end up using at least one pole less than the maximum amount, or the will bend badly C) even with one pole less, one, maximum umm two plastic decoys can be used, and the need leaning up against something at the top, a tree is ideal.
DON'T go anywhere near electric pylons, very quick way to end up dead, as they are easily long enough to touch, and even getting NEAR electric can cause the lectric to jump over, and 30,000 or more volts is instant death

SkeeterTheCrowHunter · Member

I use a 20 painters pole I got form Menards works great. I can reach up to 25'

Kevin Burroughs · Veteran Member

I really like the twisted paint roller handle for your pole. Going to build one today. Very cool.

Rook-ie · Senior Member

I modified a golf ball retriever and can easily put decoys up 20+ feet.

Crow Down · Veteran Member

Thanks guys, I think Ill try Greg's painters pole. How do you attach the hanger to the decoys?

Rook-ie · Senior Member

Fashioned a hook...

Buckshot1822 · Senior Member

I made a Y out of the paint roller handle, I sit the hook on the decoy in the Y of the handle. Lets me slip it right on a limb.....

8fishermen · Guru

Rook-ie wrote:
Fashioned a hook...

Started out with one just like it. They work.

Mainehunt · Guru

Last Monday I cut a forked maple sapling that was about 12-14 feet long. It worked pretty good.

I left it at the blind so I can use it the next time I hunt that spot.

Buckshot1822 · Senior Member

Here is what my setup looks like.........