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jacobhwrd · Senior Member

what's your favorite decoy?

Old Artilleryman · Guru

Home made plywood. Cheap. SEP 1936 Popular Science design. They work.

jacobhwrd · Senior Member

Old Artilleryman wrote:
Home made plywood. Cheap. SEP 1936 Popular Science design. They work.

Is this a siloute type that your making? I am searching for the issue now

-- Edited by jacobhwrd on Sunday 27th of September 2015 12:50:05 AM

Old Artilleryman · Guru

Nope: 3-D and silhouettes both; same plan. Just add the wings to the silhouette. An addition to the 1936 plan is that I used small dowels made from shish kabob skewers to secure the wings.

See this posting for some examples and the website where I found the plans--if it's still active. As usual, do a search on the site--tons of info here.

http://crowbusters.activeboard.com/t53971351/home-made-crow-decoys/

Wingsetter · Senior Member

I use the Flambeau's but I took the time to flock them,,

jacobhwrd · Senior Member

Wingsetter wrote:
I use the Flambeau's but I took the time to flock them,,

I was looking at some of those today. i was thinking the same thing about them having to be flocked but I worried about the plastic "peg" that's molded into it being broken easily.

gmochty · Veteran Member

Lucky Duck decoys! They are the most realistic looking decoy I've ever seen. Hands down the best.

Redditch · Guru

A shot bird on a flapper, nothing brings them in better.

A close second would be the pro flap or hydra flap decoys on a bouncer pole or in a flapper, or a magnet

-- Edited by Redditch on Sunday 27th of September 2015 12:01:25 PM

Big Honkers · Guru

jacobhwrd wrote:
Wingsetter wrote:
I use the Flambeau's but I took the time to flock them,,
I was looking at some of those today. i was thinking the same thing about them having to be flocked but I worried about the plastic "peg" that's molded into it being broken easily.

I have some Flambeaus. I flocked about 2/3rds of them. They are pretty tuff. In my experience, the peg will get bent if using on hard ground but generally will not crack off.

Big Honkers · Guru

If you are looking for something ultra portable, check out BoonDocker decoys. They are getting hard to find. I think crowmart might still have some in stock.

BH

jacobhwrd · Senior Member

Big Honkers wrote:
If you are looking for something ultra portable, check out BoonDocker decoys. They are getting hard to find. I think crowmart might still have some in stock.

BH

I just checked them out. That does look perfect or more mobility. To be able to carry ~2 dozen crow decoy and an owl would be awesome.

Redditch · Guru

Wing locker do silhouette decoys at $1-$2.00 a piece. I was going to order 30x - 50x, but he wanted $50.00+ postage to the UK, so that was a none starter :(

but should be good for the USA

-- Edited by Redditch on Monday 28th of September 2015 08:13:02 AM

Island Shooter · Guru

jacobhwrd wrote:
Wingsetter wrote:
I use the Flambeau's but I took the time to flock them,,
I was looking at some of those today. i was thinking the same thing about them having to be flocked but I worried about the plastic "peg" that's molded into it being broken easily.

Not to worry with the plastic peg. If it is damaged, here is the fix:

- Buy some 1/4" hardwood dowels - cut them into 12-14" sections - Sharpen one end with a pencil sharpener - paint black.

- Saw off the plastic peg flush - drill hole into body (slightly smaller than dowel)

- Insert dowel almost all the way in for storage or pull out to desired length for mounting decoy.

Problem solved.

Demi

boba · Guru

I love that expression "problem solved" it's so positive!

My old pal (who passed away 5 years ago two days ago) Jerry Byroad used to say that in regard to a current problem.

M12Shooter · Guru

Boondockers all the way.

Ted

jacobhwrd · Senior Member

M12Shooter wrote:
Boondockers all the way.

Ted

I was looking at those last night after they where suggested. I think I am going to order some here in the next few weeks and see how I like them. Also I broke down and had to buy a mojo crow to see if they are bad or not. Excited to find out. As a side note they could have done a little better with the design of it.